[NEohioPAL] Beck Center for the Arts announces 65th Anniversary Youth Theater season for 2013-2014

Thu Apr 25 08:50:13 PDT 2013

Beck Center for the Arts - the oldest continuously running Youth Theater in the nation - is proud to announce our 65th Anniversary Youth Theater season for 2013-2014!

 "With this being an anniversary year, we wanted to bring back some familiar titles along with the classic and the contemporary" notes Jonathan Kronenberger, associate director of Theater Education.  "The plays in this season all explore - in either a small or large way - the choices we make as individuals and how those choices affect not only ourselves, but those around us as well.  From the stingy Mayor in Pied Piper to the defensive young girl who circulates a devastating lie in The Children's Hour, every choice made has consequences.  Sometimes these bring us unity, but just as often they can bring destruction."

Some Beck Center Youth Theater alumni include: Michael Chernus (Men in Black 3, and Obie Winner, In the Wake), Dee Hoty (three time Tony Nominee and currently starring in Rich Girl at Cleveland Play House), Isabela Moner (Broadway's Evita), Rory O'Malley (Tony Nominee, Book of Mormon); Daniel Reichard (Drama Desk Nominee, Jersey Boys); and Alice Ripley (Tony Winner, Next to Normal).

So come to Beck Center and check out the future of Broadway and Hollywood!

You can call now for group rates and to schedule your spot at one of our special student matinees. Individual tickets go on sale August 1, 2013 ~ excluding Law and Order: Fairy Tale Unit (call for details).

Tickets: $12 Adult/Senior and $10 Children/Student (18 & Under). Reserve tickets at www.beckcenter.org, call 216.521.2540 x10 or simply stop by Beck Center in person.

YOUTH THEATER SHOW #1: MACKEY MAIN STAGE

The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Written by Robert Thomas Noll
Directed by Russ Stich

Student Matinee: Thursday, November 7, 2013 at 10:00 a.m.
Friday, November 8, 2013 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 9, 2013 at 3:00 p.m.
Sunday, November 10, 2013 at 3:00 p.m.

The Rat Commander is leading his troops into Hamelin. Their mission: to scare the people witless and eat every scrap of food there is! The invasion is so terrifically successful that the citizens are soon desperate. Suddenly, a Pied Piper arrives, promising a solution. The Mayor agrees to his price, but when the time comes to pay the Piper, he refuses. This time, the children of the town follow the Piper's tune.

Auditions are open to students ages 6 - 19.*

YOUTH THEATER SHOW #2: STUDIO THEATER

Law and Order: Fairy Tale Unit
Written by Jonathan Rand
Directed by Rachel Spence

Fridays, December 13 & 20, 2013 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturdays, December 14 & 21, 2013 at 3:00 p.m.
Sundays, December 15 & 22, 2013 at 3:00 p.m.

In the fairy tale criminal justice system, the characters from fairy tales and nursery rhymes are represented by two separate yet equally ridiculous groups: the fairy tale police who investigate fairy tale crime, and the fairy tale district attorneys who prosecute the fairy tale offenders. These are their stories.

Auditions are open to students ages 6 - 12.*

YOUTH THEATER SHOW #3: STUDIO THEATER

The Children's Hour
Written by Lillian Hellman
Directed by Jonathan Kronenberger

Fridays, February 21 & 28, 2014 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturdays, February 22 & March 1, 2014 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, February 23 & March 2, 2014 at 3:00 p.m.
Student Matinee: February 27, 2014 at 10:00 a.m.

One of the great successes of this distinguished American writer, The Children's Hour is a serious and adult play about two women who run a school for girls. After a malicious youngster starts a rumor about the two women, the rumor soon turns to scandal. As the young girl comes to understand the power she wields, she sticks by her story, which precipitates tragedy for the women. It is later discovered that the gossip was pure invention, but it is too late. Irreparable damage has been done.

Auditions are open to students ages 12 - 19.*

YOUTH THEATER SHOW #4: MACKEY MAIN STAGE

The Wizard of Oz
By L. Frank Baum
Music and Lyrics by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg
Adapted by John Kane for the Royal Shakespeare Company
Directed & Choreographed by Sarah Clare

Fridays, May 16 & 23, 2014 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturdays, May 17 & 24, 2014 at 3:00 p.m.
Sundays, May 18 & 25, 2014 at 3:00 pm
Student Matinee: Thursday, May 22, 2014 at 10:00 a.m.

The popular classic returns to Beck Center's Youth Theater stage.    Little Dorothy Gale of Kansas - like so many girls her age - dreams of what lies beyond the rainbow. One day a twister hits her farm and carries her away over that rainbow to another world. Come join Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tinman, the Cowardly Lion and Toto as they travel the universe of Dorothy's imagination.  Featuring a score of classic songs including the timeless "Over the Rainbow," you won't want to miss this family favorite.

Auditions are open to students ages 6 - 19.*

*Students must be enrolled at Beck Center in the semester that the show performs to be eligible to participate in the production.  You do not have to be enrolled at the time of auditions. Specific audition dates to be announced at a later date.

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 regional artists.

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