[NEohioPAL] $10 PREVIEW: Eric Coble's The VELOCITY of AUTUMN at Beck Center

[Fran Storch]

REGIONAL PREMIERE!

Beck Center for the Arts
presents

The VELOCITY of AUTUMN
By Eric Coble

Directed by Eric Schmiedl
Starring Dorothy Silver & David Hansen

~ $10 PREVIEW NIGHT ~
Thursday, March 22
8 p.m. / Studio Theater

Preview Night admission is $10. Seating is limited in our smaller, more intimate Studio Theater. We encourage patrons to purchase their Preview Night tickets in advance. Tickets go on sale online at 12:01 a.m. Thursday, March 22 and at the Beck Center box office at 10 a.m. Thursday. Tickets may be purchased at the door based on availability. Doors open approximately 15 minutes prior to curtain.

Preview Night tickets go on sale online at 12:01 am, March 22.
Purchase tickets with a credit card at http://sa1.seatadvisor.com/sabo/servlets/EventSearch?presenter=BECKCENTER
or call the Beck Center box office at 216.521.2540 x10 after 10 am on March 22.

ABOUT THE SHOW
Written by Eric Coble and directed by Eric Schmiedl, The VELOCITY of AUTUMN stars the grand dame of Cleveland theater, Dorothy Silver as the aging artist, Alexandra and David Hansen as her estranged son, Chris. Despite her children’s attempts to move her into a nursing home, Alexandra is determined to spend her final years in the Brooklyn brownstone she calls home. Chris is forced back into her life after years of separation when she threatens to blow up her home in a final act of desperation.

The VELOCITY of AUTUMN is performed in Beck Center's Studio Theater, March 23 through April 29, 2012. There are no performances the weekend of April 6-8. Show times are 8 p.m. Fridays & Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays. 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, March 22 is $10 with general admission seating. Group discounts are available for parties of 13 or more. Purchase tickets online at 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
Alexandra....................Dorothy Silver
Chris....................David Hansen

PRODUCTION STAFF
Artistic Director....................Scott Spence
Director....................Eric Schmiedl
Stage Manager....................Curt Arnold
Scenic Designer....................Todd S. Krispinksy
Costume Designer....................Alison Garrigan
Lighting Designer....................Trad A Burns
Sound Designer....................Richard B. Ingraham
Technical Director....................Joseph Carmola
Technical Assistants....................Clint Felker, Chris Young
Master Electrician....................Greg Falcione

This production of The VELOCITY of AUTUMN 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.