[NEohioPAL] Beck Teen Theater Presents Twelve Angry Jurors

[Fran Storch]

NEWS RELEASE

 

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

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:    February 4, 2010

 

 

Twelve Angry Jurors

Beck Teen Theater Presents Emmy Award-winning Classic Drama

 

 

Lakewood, OH-Beck Center Teen Theater presents Twelve Angry Jurors
February 19 through 28 in the Studio Theater. Adapted for the stage by
Sherman L. Sergel, Twelve Angry Jurors is based on the Emmy
Award-winning teleplay Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose. Show times are
7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays, with a special
weekday matinee on Thursday, February 25 at 10 a.m. 

 

A diverse group of strangers must decide the fate of an inner-city teen
on trial for the murder of his abusive father. It looks like an
open-and-shut case until one of the jurors begins questioning the "real"
facts of the case hoping to create reasonable doubt in the minds of his
fellow jurors. Tempers flare as prejudices and personal agendas become
evident when the group attempts to reach consensus. The American
judicial system is as much on trial as the defendant when these 12
jurors dramatically wrestle with their civic duty. 

 

Twelve Angry Jurors features a cast of 13 male and female teenage actors
who are students from the Beck Center's Theater Education program.
Student cast members have participated in core theater classes at Beck
Center, where they explore basic acting skills through improvisation and
theater games. They study method acting, as well as develop singing and
acting techniques, and are introduced to theater appreciation and basic
theater terminology.

 

"The Studio Theater is the perfect location to explore an issue that is
very timely," says Director Jonathan Kronenberger. "The intimate space
allows the actors to connect with the audience on a deeply emotional and
challenging topic." 

 

Tickets are $12 for adults/seniors and $10 for students/children 18 and
under. (Ticket prices include service fees.) 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. 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 Twelve Angry Jurors is presented through
special arrangement with the Dramatic Publishing Company and is
sponsored by Cox Communications, Martha Holden Jennings Foundation, and
Music is Elementary. The Ohio Arts Council helped fund this production
with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational
excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans. This production is
also generously supported by the public through a grant from 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, and gallery exhibits featuring local and regional artists.
For more information about the Beck Center, visit www.beckcenter.org. 

 

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Missy S. Toms

Director of Marketing & External Affairs

Beck Center for the Arts

17801 Detroit Avenue

Lakewood, OH 44107

mtoms at beckcenter.org

216.521.2540, ext. 22

 

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