[NEohioPAL] Who Invented TV? See "The Farnsworth Invention" at Beck Center, March 13-April 11

[Fran Storch]

BECK CENTER FOR THE ARTS

NEWS RELEASE

  


CONTACT:                    Missy S. Toms, 216.521.2540 x22 or
mtoms at beckcenter.org

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:    March 3, 2009

 

The Farnsworth Invention

A New Play by The West Wing's Aaron Sorkin 

 

Lakewood, OH-Who will win the race to invent the greatest innovation of
the 20th century?  Beck Center presents the Cleveland premiere of the
award-winning play, The Farnsworth Invention, on the Mackey Main Stage,
March 13 through April 11, 2009. Show times are 8 p.m. Fridays and
Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays. 

 

It's the classic David and Goliath tale. The powerful president of RCA,
David Sarnoff, competes with a self-taught potato farmer's son, Philo
Farnsworth, to invent a device Farnsworth calls "electronic television."
Although they are very different men, their vision is the same: to use
this technology as a vehicle for social change. As Sarnoff tells his
wife, "It's gonna change everything, it's gonna end ignorance and
misunderstanding, it's gonna end illiteracy. It's going to end war."

 

Aaron Sorkin, whose stage play A Few Good Men caught the attention of
Hollywood in 1988, went on to write and create several critically
acclaimed movies and television shows, including The American President,
Charlie Wilson's War, The West Wing, and Sports Night. He returned to
the stage when his play The Farnsworth Invention opened on Broadway in
December 2007. 

 

"The Farnsworth Invention is, essentially, a documentary on stage.
Sorkin adeptly tells the story of two very different men-a Jewish
immigrant media mogul and a Mormon whiz kid from Idaho-who are separated
by 2,000 miles but have the same ambition: to change the world," says
director Scott Spence. "I couldn't wait to bring this show to Beck's
stage and share Sorkin's brilliant script with audiences across
Northeast Ohio."

 

Tickets are $28 for adults, $25 for seniors (65 and older), and $17 for
students (22 and under with ID). An additional $3 service fee per ticket
is applied at the time of purchase. Preview night on Thursday, March 12,
is $10 with general admission seating. Group discounts are available for
parties of 13 or more. To reserve tickets, call the Beck Center box
office at 216.521.2540 ext. 10, or request seats at www.beckcenter.org
<http://www.beckcenter.org/> . For group sales, contact Linda Hefner at
ext. 29. Beck Center is located at 17801 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood,
just 10 minutes west of downtown Cleveland. Free onsite parking is
available.

 

Beck Center's production of The Farnsworth Invention is presented by
special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. and is sponsored by FIT
Technologies, WTAM 1100AM, WCPN 90.3FM, Cleveland Scene, Cox
Communications, and the Ohio Arts Council. Beck Center's production is
also generously funded by the citizens of Cuyahoga County through
Cuyahoga Arts and Culture. 

 

Beck Center for the Arts is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization that
offers professional theater productions on two stages, arts education
programming in dance, music, theater, visual arts, early childhood, and
creative arts therapies for special needs students, and gallery exhibits
featuring local and regional artists.

 

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Posted by:

Fran Storch

Beck Center for the Arts

Publications Manager

17801 Detroit Avenue

Lakewood, OH  44107

(216) 521-2540 x20

 

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