[NEohioPAL] THURSDAY $10 Preview Night - The Farnsworth Invention at Beck Center

[Fran Storch]

THE TURNING POINT OF THE 20TH CENTURY WASN'T ON TELEVISION.

IT WAS TELEVISION.

 

Beck Center for the Arts

presents the

CLEVELAND PREMIERE

of

The Farnsworth

Invention

A new play by Aaron Sorkin

creator of The West Wing

Directed by Scott Spence

 

~ $10 PREVIEW NIGHT ~

Thursday, March 12

at 8:00 pm

Mackey Main Stage

 

 

Preview night admission is $10 at the door.  General admission seating.
Doors open approximately 15 minutes prior to curtain. 

 

About the Show

Who will win the race to invent the greatest innovation of the 20th
century - the television? The idealistic scientist or the ruthless media
mogul?  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. There is no performance on Sunday, April 12.

 

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. 

 

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. 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 visit www.beckcenter.org
<http://www.beckcenter.org/> . For group sales, contact Linda Hefner at
ext. 29.

 

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

 

Beck Center for the Arts is located just 10 minutes west of downtown
Cleveland at 17801 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood.  Free, convenient on-site
parking is available.

 

To reserve tickets, call 216.521.2540 x10 or online at
www.beckcenter.org <http://www.beckcenter.org>  

 

Cast of Characters

Wilkins, Solomon the Analyst & Others.........................Curt
Arnold

Cliff Gardner & Others.........................John Busser

Justin Tolman, Jim Harbord & Others.........................Mark Cipra

Lizette Sarnoff, Mary Pickford &
Others.........................Bernadette Clemens*

David Sarnoff.........................Paul Floriano*

George Everson, Vladmir Zworykin &
Others.........................Jeffrey Grover

Atkins, Walter Gifford, Douglas Fairbanks &
Others.........................Dana Hart*

Leslie Gorrell & Others.........................Robert Hawkes

Philo Farnsworth.........................Sebastian Hawkes Orr

Betty & Others.........................Jennifer Hayek

Young David Sarnoff & Others.........................Aaron Howell

Young Philo Farnsworth & Others.........................Jesse Markowitz

Stan Willis & Others.........................William Martin

Harlan Honn, Lennox & Others.........................Tom Meyrose

Russian Officer, William Crocker & Others.........................Al
Nicholas

Wachtel & Others.........................John J. Polk

Pem Farnsworth & Others.........................Emily Pucell

Agnes Farnsworth & Others.........................Renee Schilling

Simms, Donald Lippincott & Others.........................J.A. Schultz

 

*Actor appears courtesy of the Actors' Equity Association, the union of
actor and stage managers.

 

Production Staff

Artistic Director/Director........................................Scott
Spence

Stage Manager........................................Diana D'Alessandro

Scenic/Lighting Designer........................................Trad A
Burns

Technical Director........................................Joseph Carmola

Technical Assistants........................................Clint
Felker, Nicholas Koesters

Associate Lighting
Designer........................................Gregory S. Falcione

Sound Designer........................................Richard B.
Ingraham

Costume Designer........................................Aimee Kluiber

Light Board Operator........................................Libby
Burchmore

Sound Board Operator........................................Bryan
Ritchey
Stage Crew........................................Kevin Ballantine, Kate
George, Matt Goins,

    Mary Kahelin, Matt Lengauer, Michael Majer, Anna Verbiak, Anthony
Weishar, Mark Zach
Book Holder........................................Betty Jarvis

 

For complete cast and staff bios go to www.beckcenter.org and click on
Who's Who in the Company.

 

Beck Center for the Arts is a nonprofit 501(C)3 organization whose
mission is to offer the highest quality arts experience, performance and
education to all people and communities of the region.

 

Thank you for supporting the arts in our community!  

 

Posted by:

Fran Storch

Publications Manager

Beck Center for the Arts

17801 Detroit Avenue

Lakewood, OH  44107

(216) 521-2540, x20

 

 

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