[NEohioPAL] She Loves Me opens at Beck Center tonight!

[Pat Miller]

Love is in the air as Beck Center begins 80th season with She Loves Me

Broadway's Rebecca Pitcher stars in this charming award-winning musical



Lakewood, OH-Beck Center for the Arts opens its landmark 80th season with She Loves Me on the Mackey Main Stage, September 20 through October 20, 2013. Winner of the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival and the Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival, She Loves Me is considered by many to be one of the most charming musicals ever written. Show times are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays. There will be no performance on October 19. Tickets are now on sale.



With music by the Tony Award-winning team behind Fiddler on the Roof, Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock have composed unforgettable songs that manage to harken back to the golden age of musical theater. She Loves Me tells the touching story of Georg and Amalia, two feuding clerks in a 1930s European parfumerie who secretly find romance in their anonymous pen pals, unaware they are corresponding with each other. A warm romantic comedy with endearing innocence and a touch of old-world elegance, She Loves Me is as relevant as ever in this age of internet romances. The New York Times called She Loves Me a "continuously melodic evening of sheer enchantment and complete escape."

"If there is a musical that anyone should be in love with, this is the musical," commented Director Scott Spence, "I have had a long-time love affair with this show and am thrilled to finally have a chance to share it with Northeast Ohio audiences." With musical direction by Larry Goodpaster and choreography by Martín Céspedes, the talented cast includes Equity actors Rebecca Pitcher as Amalia, Jamie Koeth as Georg, and Matthew Wright as Maraczek. Beck Center is very pleased to have Ms. Pitcher star in this production after appearing on Broadway as Christine Daaé in The Phantom of the Opera.

Tickets for She Loves Me are $29 for adults, $26 for seniors (65 and older), $12 for students (with valid I.D.), 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, September 19 is $10 with general admission seating. Group discounts (13 or more) are available. Purchase tickets online at beckcenter.org or call Customer Service at 216.521.254 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.



Presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI) this production of She Loves Me 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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Cast of Characters (In order of appearance)

Ladislav Sipos - Jonathan Kronenberger
Arpad Laszlo - Brett Castro
Illona Ritter - Aimee Collier
Steven Kodaly - Brian Altman
Georg Nowack - Jamie Koeth*
Maraczek - Matthew Wright*
Amalia Balash - Rebecca Pitcher*

Female Ensemble - Ashley Broussard, Barb Dragony, Lydia Hall, Evie Koh
Male Ensemble - Gareth Harris, Paul Hoffman, Matthew Kenneth, Robert Pierce, Derrick Winger (incl. Maitre'D) and Richie Gagen (incl. Busboy)

*Actor appears courtesy of the Actors' Equity Association (AEA), the union of actors and stage managers.

Production Staff

Artistic Director/Director - Scott Spence
Musical Director - Larry Goodpaster
Choreographer - Martín Céspedes**
Stage Manager - Libby Burchmore
Assistant Stage Manager - Hayley Baran
Scenic & Lighting Designer - Trad A Burns
Associate Scenic & Lighting Designer - Benjamin Gantose
Costume Designer - Allison Garrigan
Sound Designer - Richard Ingraham
Technical Director - Joseph Carmola
Technical Assistant - Dan Folino
Carpenters - Craig Betz, Shawn Delaney, Joey Dienes
Electrician - Josh Heidinger
Scenic Artists - Sarah Siertle, Al Stockdale
Wardrobe Mistress - Deanna Cechowski
Props Mistress - Kate George
Sound Operator - R.J. Hetman
Follow Spots - Mary Kahelin, Tony Weishar, Anna Verbiak
Decking Crew - Julia Aylward, Ryan Kelly

**Member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers

Orchestra

Conductor - Larry Goodpaster
Keyboards - Larry Goodpaster, Bryan Bird, Joanna Li
Reeds - John Dokler, Karen Langenwalter, Pamela Elliott
Trumpets - Juan Ingram, Matt Wirfel
French Horn - Jason Riberdy
String Bass - Kevin Aylward, Dan Parks
Percussion - Bill Hart
Violin - Bruce Erwin
Cello - Dan Hild, Eric Hoffman, Wesley Skinner

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