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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>NEWS
RELEASE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>CONTACT:
</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
Missy S. Toms, 216.521.2540 x22 or <a href="mailto:mtoms@beckcenter.org">mtoms@beckcenter.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
February 13, 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Grey Gardens</span></i></b><b><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Cleveland
Premiere of Scandalously Entertaining Broadway Musical</span></b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Lakewood, OH—</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>What happens when
American royalty falls?<b> </b>Beck Center presents the Cleveland premiere of <b><i>Grey
Gardens</i></b>, the three-time Tony Award-winning musical, in the Studio
Theater <b>February 27 through March 29</b>. Based on the 1975 cult-documentary
of the same name,<b> </b><i>Grey Gardens</i> is the hilarious yet heartbreaking
story of Jackie Kennedy’s delightfully eccentric aunt and cousin, Edith
Bouvier Beale and her adult daughter “Little” Edie. Show times are
8:00 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3:00 p.m. Sundays. There is no performance
on Saturday, February 28. <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Written by Doug Wright, with music by
Cleveland native Scott Frankel and lyrics by Michael Korie, <i>Grey Gardens</i>
explores the broken dreams of these two indomitable women who were once among
the brightest names in the pre-Camelot social registry but became the subject
of tabloid headlines that rocked the Kennedy clan in the early 1970s. The musical
is set in two eras: in 1941 when the East Hampton estate was in its prime and
more than 30 years later when it was reduced to squalor. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Walter Newkirk, longtime friend of Little
Edie, wrote, “The loving but embittered relationship between the two women
is perhaps the most compelling theme of the film.” A movie version of <i>Grey
Gardens</i>, starring Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange, premieres on HBO in
April.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Grey Gardens</span></i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> is directed by
acclaimed musical director <b>Victoria Bussert</b>. “It’s
miraculous, a real coup for the Beck Center, to get the rights to produce the
area premiere of this Broadway musical.” says Bussert. “When Beck
artistic director Scott Spence asked me if I was interested in directing this
show, I jumped at the chance. It is the King Lear of musical theater for
women.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Beck Center production features Equity
actor Maryann Nagel in the dual role of Edith Bouvier Beale (circa 1941 in Act
One) and daughter “Little” Edie (circa 1973 in Act Two) and Lenne
Snively as the aging Edith in Act Two. The strong supporting cast includes
several of Bussert’s students from the Baldwin-Wallace musical theatre
program.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tickets are $28 for adults, $25 for seniors
(65 and older), and $17 for students (22 and under with ID). An additional $3
service fee per ticket is applied at the time of purchase. Preview night on
Thursday, February 26, is $10 with general admission seating. Group discounts
are available for parties of 13 or more. To reserve tickets, call the Beck
Center box office at 216.521.2540 ext. 10 or visit <a
href="http://www.beckcenter.org/"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:
none'>www.beckcenter.org</span></a>. For group sales, contact Linda Hefner at
ext. 29. Beck Center is located at 17801 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood, just 10 minutes
west of downtown Cleveland. Free onsite parking is available.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Beck Center’s production of <i>Grey
Gardens</i> is produced through special arrangement with Dramatists Play
Service, Inc. and is sponsored by <i>Cleveland Scene</i>, Cox Communications, the
Ohio Arts Council, and LakewoodBuzz.com. <span style='color:black'>Beck Center
also gratefully acknowledges the citizens of Cuyahoga County for their support
through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture.<b> <o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Beck Center for the Arts is a
not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization that offers professional 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 local and regional artists.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>###<span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Production
Staff<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Artistic
Director………………..Scott Spence<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Director………………..Victoria
Bussert**<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Musical
Director………………..Jodie Ricci<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Choreographer………………..Martín
Céspedes**<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Stage
Manager………………..Cory Goddard<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Production
Designer………………..Russ Borski<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sound
Designer………………..Stan Kozak<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Assistant
Musical Director………………..Ryan Garrett<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dialect
Coach………………..Laura Perrotta<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>**Member
of the Society of Directors and Choreographers (SSDC)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Cast
of Characters<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>(in
order of appearance)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Prologue
– 1973<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Edith
Bouvier Beale………………..Lenne Snively<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>“Little”
Edie Beale………………..Maryann Nagel*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Act
I – 1941<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Edith
Bouvier Beale………………..Mary Ann Nagel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>“Little”
Edie Beale………………..Jillian Kates<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>George
Gould Strong………………..Patrick Janson*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Brooks,
Sr………………..Darryl Lewis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Jacqueline
“Jackie” Bouvier………………..Annie
Kostell<br>
Lee Bouvier………………..Natalie Welch<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Joseph
Patrick Kennedy, Jr. ………………..Jon White<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>J.V.
“Major” Bouvier………………..George
Roth*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Act
II – 1973<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Edith
Bouvier Beale………………..Lenne Snively<br>
“Little” Edie Beale………………..Mary
Ann Nagel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Brooks,
Jr………………..Darryl Lewis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Jerry………………..Jon
White<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Norman
Vincent Peale………………..George Roth*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Ensemble………………..Annie
Kostell, Natalie Welch, Jillian Kates, Patrick Janson*<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Understudies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Joseph
Patrick Kennedy,
Jr./Jerry…………………………………………………….Chris
Weible<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>“Little”
Edie Beale (Act
I)/Ensemble……………………………………………….....Sainty
Reid<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>*Actor
appears courtesy of the Actor’s Equity Association (AEA), the union of actors
and stage managers.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Posted
by:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Fran
Storch<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Beck
Center for the Arts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Publications
Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>17801
Detroit Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Lakewood,
OH 44107<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>(216)
521-2540 x20<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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