[NEohioPAL] FW: $10 Preview Night - FOREVER PLAID at Beck Center

[Pat Miller via NEohioPAL]

Beck Center for the Arts
presents

FOREVER PLAID


Written and Originally Directed and Choreographed by
STUART ROSS

Musical Continuity Supervision and Arrangements by
James Raitt

Directed and Choreographed by Martín Céspedes
Musical Direction by Bryan Bird


~ $10 PREVIEW NIGHT ~
Thursday, September 11
8 p.m. / Mackey Main Stage

September 12 - October 12
8 p.m. Fridays & Saturdays
3 p.m. Sundays
Mackey Main Stage

FOREVER PLAID Preview Night admission is $10. Advance tickets go on sale online at 12:01 a.m. Thursday, September 11 and at the Beck Center box office 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 a.m., July 10.

To purchase tickets online with a credit card, click here<http://sa1.seatadvisor.com/sabo/servlets/EventSearch?presenter=BECKCENTER>.

To purchase tickets from the Beck Center Box Office after 10 a.m., call: 216.521.2540 x10.

ABOUT THE SHOW

Written and originally directed and choreographed by Stuart Ross, Forever Plaid a deliciously goofy musical comedy that centers on four eager singers whose dreams of making it big end with a bus collision on the way to their first big concert. Miraculously revived from the afterlife, they fulfill their dreams and perform the show that never was. The Plaids sing in the closest of harmony, squabble over the smallest intonations, and execute charmingly outlandish choreography to some of the greatest nostalgic hits of the 1950s such as "Three Coins in the Fountain," "Rags to Riches," "Chain Gang," "Catch a Falling Star" and more.

Beck Center's longtime choreographer, Martín Céspedes, directs and choreographs this production. "The engine that runs Forever Plaid is the music. It is not a 'trip down memory lane' musical, but a story of a band of brothers with a single dream," remarks Céspedes.  "It is ultimately about the transformative power of music, the love they have for each other, and a second chance to fulfill a dream they thought slipped away."


Presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI), this production of Forever Plaid 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 l theater productions on two stages, 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.

WHO'S WHO IN THE COMPANY<http://www.beckcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Whos-Who-Forever-Plaid.pdf>

Cast of Characters

Smudge - Brian Altman
Sparky - Josh Rhett Noble*
Frankie - Shane Patrick O'Neill
Jinx - Matthew Ryan Thompson

Nice Box Lady - Hayley Baran
Narrator - Matt McClure

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

Production Staff

Artistic Director - Scott Spence
Director and Choreographer - Martín Céspedes**
Musical Director - Bryan Bird
Stage Manager - Diana D'Alessandro
Assistant Stage Managers - Hayley Baran
Assistant to the Choreographer - Holly Kay Harris
Lighting Designer and Technical Director - Joseph Carmola
Costume Designer - Aimee Kluiber
Scenic Designer - Aaron Benson
Sound Designer - Carlton Guc
Sound Operator - Cyrus Taylor
Technical Assistant - Dan Folino
Carpenters - Shawn Delaney, Patrick Ciamacco
Wardrobe Mistress - Deanna Cechowski
Props Graphic Designer - Brian Altman
Follow Spots - Julia Aylward, Mary Kahelin, Ryan Kelly, Tony Weishar
Props - Julia Aylward, Jean Fyfe
Crew - Libby White

**Member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers

Orchestra

Conductor and Piano - Bryan Bird
Percussion - Bill Hart
Bass - Kevin Aylward

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