[NEohioPAL] Pigs, Pageants and Pure Imagination - Beck announces 11/12 Youth Theater season

[Fran Storch]

Beck Center Announces 2011/2012 Youth Theater Season

Beck Center for the Arts is proud to announce its 2011/2012 youth theater season, featuring two classic tales and a few unusual comedies.

From timeless classics to a forward-thinking teen production, the upcoming season will share a common theme that will resonate with audiences of all ages. "All shows next season explore our individual role in the greater community," says Jonathan Kronenberger, Beck's associate director of Theater Education. "Each of the four plays follows characters who are struggling to make sense of the world around them and determine where and how they fit in."

Tickets are $12 for Adult/Senior and $10 for Children/Student (18 and under). Special discounted rates are available for groups of 13 or more and for student matinees. Call Larry Goodpaster at 216.521.2540 x29 to reserve seats for your group. Individual tickets go on sale August 1, 2011, except for The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. For more information, visit www.beckcenter.org<http://www.beckcenter.org> or call the Beck Center box office at 216.521.2540 x10.

Beck Center is located at 17801 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood, just 10 minutes west of downtown Cleveland. Free onsite parking is available.


Charlotte's Web
November 3-6, 2011
Adapted from the book by E.B. White
Dramatized by Joseph Robinette
Directed by Jonathan Kronenberger
Mackey Main Stage
Student Matinee: 10 a.m., Thursday, November 3

E.B. White's classic tale about "Some Pig" named Wilbur and his special friendship with a spider named Charlotte. When it looks like Wilbur is destined for the dinner table, Charlotte steps in with her many legs to save him - instead making Wilbur the world's most famous pig. A beloved award-winning story about the strength of friendship between even the most unlikely of friends.


The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
December 9-11 & 16-18, 2011
Written by Barbara Robinson
Directed by Rachel Spence
Studio Theater

In this hilarious holiday tale, a couple struggling to put on a church Christmas pageant is faced with casting the Herdman kids - probably the most inventively awful kids in history. When the town reacts with horror to the news these children will be cast in the holiest roles, the pageant director is determined to make it work. The Herdmans bring a fresh interpretation to the Christmas story, a story they have never heard before.


Reckless
February 24-26 & March 1-4, 2012
Written by Craig Lucas
Directed by Jonathan Kronenberger
Studio Theater
Student Matinee: 10 a.m., Thursday, March 1

At home on Christmas Eve, Rachel is informed by her guilty husband that he has hired a hit man to kill her. She flees for her life by scrambling out the bedroom window and into the snowy night. Rachel meets and joins up with a variety of colorful characters - moving not only from town to town but from psychiatrist to psychiatrist - encountering an endless series of incredible coincidences.


Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka
May 4-6 & 11-13, 2012
Lyrics/Music by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley
Adapted for the Stage by Timothy A. McDonald and Leslie Bricusse
Directed by Russ Stich
Mackey Main Stage

Roald Dahl's timeless story of the world-famous candy man and his quest to find an heir comes to life in this stage adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, featuring songs from the classic family film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory including "Pure Imagination" and "The Candy Man."


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 regional artists. For more information about the Beck Center, visit www.beckcenter.org<http://www.beckcenter.org>.

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