[NEohioPAL] THURSDAY $10 Preview Night - SPRING AWAKENING at Beck Center

[Fran Storch]

WINNER OF 8 TONY AWARDS!
Including Best Musical & Best Score

Beck Center for the Arts
with Baldwin-Wallace College
Music Theatre Program
presents
SPRING AWAKENING
Book & Lyrics by Steven Sater  Music by Duncan Sheik
Directed by Victoria Bussert
Musical Direction by Ryan Fielding Garrett
Choreography by Gregory Daniels

~ $10 PREVIEW NIGHT ~
Thursday, Feb 2
8 p.m. / Mackey Main Stage

Preview Night admission is $10. Advance tickets go on sale online at 12:01 a.m. Thursday, February 2 and at the Beck Center box office at 10 a.m. Thursday. Tickets may be purchased at the door based on availability. General admission seating. Doors open approximately 15 minutes prior to curtain.

Preview Night tickets go on sale online at 12:01 am, February 2.
Purchase tickets with a credit card, click here<http://sa1.seatadvisor.com/sabo/servlets/EventSearch?presenter=BECKCENTER>
or call the Beck Center box office at 216.521.2540 x10.

ABOUT THE SHOW
Based on the controversial 19th century German play by Frank Wedekind, Spring Awakening explores with passion and poignancy the turbulent journey from adolescence to adulthood. This landmark musical swept the 2007 Tony Awards winning eight out of its eleven nominations, including Best Musical and Best Score. Spring Awakening is an exhilarating mix of morality, sexuality, and rock & roll including hard-hitting songs like "Momma Who Bore Me," "My Junk," "The B**** of Living," and "Totally F***ed."

This production includes adult language and nudity and is recommended for mature audiences ages 17 and older.

Spring Awakening is performed on Beck Center's Mackey Main Stage, February 3 through March 4, 2012. Show times are 8 p.m. Fridays & Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are now on sale.

Tickets are $28 for adults, $25 for seniors (65 and older) and $17 for students (with valid ID). An additional $3 service fee per ticket is applied at the time of purchase. Preview Night on Thursday, February 2 is $10 with general admission seating. Group discounts are available for parties of 13 or more. Purchase tickets online at beckcenter.org<http://www.beckcenter.org> or call Customer Service at 216.521.2540, x10. Beck Center is located at 17801 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood, just ten minutes west of downtown Cleveland. Free onsite parking is available.

Cast of Characters

Melchior..........................................................................................................Zach Adkins
Thea............................................................................................................Rachel Brawley
Reinhold...........................................................................................Duncan Barrett Brown
Otto.......................................................................................................Cameron Cornelius
Ernst................................................................................................................Chris Cowan
Martha..........................................................................................Clare Howes Einsentrout
Wendla.........................................................................................................Kyra Kennedy
Ilse................................................................................................................Andrea Leach
Moritz.............................................................................................................James Penca
Adult Female................................................................................................Laura Perrotta*
Adult Male.........................................................................................................Scott Plate*
Georg.............................................................................................................Mack Shirilla
Hanschen...................................................................................................Nick Varricchio
Rupert............................................................................................................Andrew Way
Anna................................................................................................................Emily Witte
Understudies:
Adult Female...........................................................................................Ashley Coleman
Adult Male/Reinhold/Rupert...........................................................Louis John Fernandez
Swings:
Otto/Georg/Ernst............................................................................Duncan Barrett Brown
Anna/Martha/Thea..................................................................................Lauren Gronvall
Ilse/Wendla................................................................................................Emily Prentice
Moritz/Melchior/Hanschen..........................................................................Andrew Way

Production Staff
Artistic Director...........................................................................................Scott Spence
Director..................................................................................................Victoria Bussert**
Musical Director............................................................................Ryan Fielding Garrett
Assistant Musical Director....................................................................Nicholas Wilders
Choreographer.......................................................................................Gregory Daniels**
Dance Captain..........................................................................................Emily Prentice
Stage Manager.................................................................................Amanda M. Harland*
Assistant Stage Managers.........................................Libby Burchmore, Jacquelyn Hood
Set & Light Designer................................................................................Jeff Herrmann
Assistant Set Designer..........................................................................Jordan Egbertson
Costume Designer..................................................................................Alison Garrigan
Sound Designer..............................................................................Richard B. Ingraham
Technical Director.................................................................................Joseph Carmola
Technical Assistant.......................................................................................Clint Felker
Carpenters................................................................................Brian Polk, Chris Young
Electrician.................................................................................................Greg Falcione
Scene Painters................................................Jordan Egbertson, C.J. Fore, Nick Meloro

*Member of the Actors' Equity Association (AEA), the union of actors and stage managers
**Member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers

This production of Spring Awakening is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI) and is sponsored by Cuyahoga Arts and Culture and the Ohio Arts Council.

Beck Center for the Arts (beckcenter.org) 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 regional artists.