[NEohioPAL] $10 THURSDAY: Preview "The Pitmen Painters" at Beck Center

[Fran Storch]

"A feel-good, make that a feel-great hit...inspirational...heartbreakingly funny."  ~Variety

Beck Center for the Arts
presents
A new play from the
Tony Award-winning writer of "Billy Elliot"
The Pitmen Painters
By LEE HALL
Inspired by a book by William Feaver
Directed by Sarah May

~ $10 PREVIEW NIGHT ~
Thursday, May 30
8 pm / Studio Theater

Preview Night admission is $10. Advance tickets go on sale online at 12:01 a.m. Thursday, May 30 and at Beck Center Customer Service 10 a.m. Thursday. Seating in the intimate Studio Theater is limited. 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, May 30.
Click here<http://sa1.seatadvisor.com/sabo/servlets/EventSearch?presenter=BECKCENTER> to purchase tickets with a credit card

or call Beck Center Customer Service after 10 am at 216.521.2540 x10.

ABOUT THE SHOW
Heralded in London's West End and on Broadway, this new play by the Tony Award-winning writer of Billy Elliot is based on a triumphant true story. In 1934, a group of miners in Northern England take an art appreciation class and begin experimenting with painting. They soon build an astonishing body of work that makes them the unlikeliest of art-world sensations. The Pitmen Painters is richly funny, deeply moving and continuously entertaining as it examines the lives of a group of ordinary men who do extraordinary things.


Beck Center's production of The Pitmen Painters is directed by acclaimed director Sarah May and features a talented ensemble of 11 area actors. "This is a remarkable true story that reaffirms my belief that art can change lives." remarked May. "I am thrilled to be working with an excellent cast that is committed to honoring these hard-working blokes who discovered their potential through the stroke of a paintbrush."

Who's Who in the Company<http://www.beckcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Whos_Who_Pitmen_Painters.pdf>

Tickets are $28 for adults and $25 for seniors (65 and older) with an additional $3 service fee per ticket applied at time of purchase. Student tickets are $15 with valid I.D. (includes service fee). Preview Night on Thursday, May 30 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/events/the-pitmen-painters/> or call Customer Service at 216.521.2540 x10. Beck Center for the Arts is located at 17801 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood, just ten minutes west of downtown Cleveland. Free onsite parking is available.



The Pitmen Painters runs May 31 through July 7, 2013 in the Studio Theater. Show times are 8 pm Fridays & Saturdays and 3 pm Sundays. The Pitmen Painters contains brief nudity and use of stage fog.


Opening night patrons are invited to Marquee Friday from 5:30 to 7:30 pm in the Cleveland Artists Foundation gallery. Guests may enjoy complimentary authentic English appetizers from Jammy Buggars, free musical entertainment by Lounge Kitty and happy hour priced drinks; as well as a free gallery exhibits throughout Beck Center. This production of The Pitmen Painters is presented through special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc. New York and is generously funded by Cuyahoga County residents through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture and the Ohio Arts Council.



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 free gallery exhibits featuring local, regional, and international artists.
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