[NEohioPAL] STUDENT MATINEES: $6 seats for "new" Mark Twain comedy

[Fran Storch]

Beck Center presents

the regional premiere of

Is He Dead?

A "new" comedy by

Mark Twain

As adapted by David Ives

Directed by Matthew Earnest

 

Student Matinee Performances:

February 11, 18, and 19 at 10 a.m.

 

Special Student Matinee Pricing:

Tickets only $6 to 7

Depending on the size of your group

 

Experience unique professional theater with your students at affordable prices.

 

Limited seating available. Call today to reserve tickets.

Contact Larry Goodpaster at 216-521-2540 x29 or email at lgoodpaster at beckcenter.org 

 

What happens when a group of poor artists stage the death of a friend to drive up the price of his paintings? A fake funeral, cross-dressing, and lovers' deceptions, to name a few. 

 

Beck Center for the Arts presents the Cleveland premiere of the Mark Twain comedy, Is He Dead?, on the Mackey Main Stage, February 5 through 28, 2010. Show times are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays. 

 

Thanks to special funding from the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation, the Beck Center is presenting three student matinee performances on February 11, 18, and 19 at 10 a.m. A teacher's guide developed by Twain scholar, Shelley Fisher Fishkin, will be available to all student groups. Tickets are $7 per student ($6 for groups of 50 or more).  For group sales information, call Larry Goodpaster at 216-521-2540 x29 or email at lgoodpaster at beckcenter.org. 

 

Written by Twain in 1898, Is He Dead? richly intermingles elements of burlesque, farce, and social satire. Discovered by a Mark Twain scholar in 2003, Is He Dead? was adapted for modern audiences by talented playwright David Ives and staged on Broadway in December 2007 to strong critical reviews. 

 

"This is pure comedy - a fictional, farcical Paris-set yarn about a young painter, the real-life Jean-François Millet, who fakes his death to score fame and fortune," said Playbill.com. And Variety called Is He Dead? "a ripely enjoyable confection."

 

Tickets are $28 for adults, $25 for seniors (65 and older), $17 for students (with valid ID), and $10 for children (12 and under). An additional $3 service fee per ticket is applied at the time of purchase. Preview night on Thursday, February 4, is $10 with general admission seating. Group discounts are available for parties of 13 or more. 

 

For tickets, call the Beck Center box office at 216.521.2540, ext. 10, or request seats online at www.beckcenter.org <http://www.beckcenter.org/> . Beck Center is located at 17801 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood, just ten minutes west of downtown Cleveland. Free onsite parking is available.

 

Beck Center's production of Is He Dead? is produced through special arrangement with Playscripts, Inc. and is sponsored by Martha Holden Jennings Foundation, Cox Communications, the Ohio Arts Council, and Cuyahoga Arts and Culture. 

 

Beck Center for the Arts is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization that offers professional theater productions, 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.

 

 

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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