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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>THE TURNING POINT OF THE 20<sup>TH</sup>
CENTURY WASN’T <u>ON</u> TELEVISION.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>IT <u>WAS</u> TELEVISION.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><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 align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>presents the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>CLEVELAND PREMIERE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>of<span
style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><b><i><span
style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>The Farnsworth<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><b><i><span
style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Invention</span></i></b><b><span
style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A new play by </span><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Aaron Sorkin</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>creator of <i>The
West Wing</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Directed by Scott
Spence<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><span
style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>~ $10
PREVIEW NIGHT ~</span></b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thursday, March 12<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>at 8:00 pm<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Mackey Main Stage<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Preview night admission is $10 at the
door. General admission seating. Doors open approximately 15
minutes prior to curtain.<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><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"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><i><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>About the Show<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Who will win the race to invent the greatest
innovation of the 20<sup>th</sup> century – the television? The
idealistic scientist or the ruthless media mogul? Beck Center presents
the Cleveland premiere of the award-winning play, <i>The Farnsworth Invention</i>,
on the Mackey Main Stage, March 13 through April 11, 2009. Show times are 8
p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays. There is no performance on
Sunday, April 12.<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"'>It’s the classic David and Goliath
tale. The powerful president of RCA, David Sarnoff, competes with<span
style='color:red'> </span>a self-taught potato farmer’s son, Philo
Farnsworth, to invent a device Farnsworth calls “electronic
television.” Although they are very different men, their vision is the
same: to use this technology as a vehicle for social change. As Sarnoff tells
his wife, “It’s gonna change everything, it’s gonna end
ignorance and misunderstanding, it’s gonna end illiteracy. It’s
going to end war.”<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"'>Aaron Sorkin, whose stage play <i>A Few Good
Men</i> caught the attention of Hollywood in 1988, went on to write and create
several critically acclaimed movies and television shows, including <i>The
American President</i>, <i>Charlie Wilson’s War</i>, <i>The West Wing</i>,
and <i>Sports Night</i>. He returned to the stage when his play <i>The
Farnsworth Invention</i> opened on Broadway in December 2007. <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. 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.<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>The
Farnsworth Invention</i> is presented by special arrangement with Samuel
French, Inc. and is sponsored by FIT Technologies, WTAM 1100FM, WCPN 90.3FM,
Cleveland Scene, Cox Communications, and the Ohio Arts Council. <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-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Beck Center for the Arts is located just 10
minutes west of downtown Cleveland at 17801 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood.
Free, convenient on-site parking is available.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;text-autospace:none'><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To reserve tickets,
call 216.521.2540 x10 or online at <a href="http://www.beckcenter.org"><span
style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>www.beckcenter.org</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText><span class=apple-style-span><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Cast
of Characters</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Wilkins,
Solomon the Analyst &
Others…………………….Curt Arnold<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Cliff
Gardner &
Others…………………….John Busser<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Justin
Tolman, Jim Harbord &
Others…………………….Mark Cipra<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Lizette
Sarnoff, Mary Pickford &
Others…………………….Bernadette Clemens*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>David
Sarnoff…………………….Paul Floriano*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>George
Everson, Vladmir Zworykin &
Others…………………….Jeffrey Grover<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Atkins,
Walter Gifford, Douglas Fairbanks &
Others…………………….Dana Hart*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Leslie
Gorrell &
Others…………………….Robert Hawkes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Philo
Farnsworth…………………….Sebastian
Hawkes Orr<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Betty
& Others…………………….Jennifer
Hayek<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Young
David Sarnoff &
Others…………………….Aaron Howell<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Young
Philo Farnsworth &
Others…………………….Jesse Markowitz<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Stan
Willis &
Others…………………….William Martin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Harlan
Honn, Lennox &
Others…………………….Tom Meyrose<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Russian
Officer, William Crocker &
Others…………………….Al Nicholas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Wachtel
& Others…………………….John J.
Polk<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Pem
Farnsworth &
Others…………………….Emily Pucell<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Agnes
Farnsworth &
Others…………………….Renee Schilling<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Simms,
Donald Lippincott &
Others…………………….J.A. Schultz<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>*Actor
appears courtesy of the Actors’ Equity Association, the union of actor
and stage managers.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></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/Director………………………………….Scott
Spence<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Stage
Manager………………………………….Diana
D'Alessandro<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Scenic/Lighting
Designer………………………………….Trad
A Burns<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Technical
Director………………………………….Joseph
Carmola<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Technical
Assistants………………………………….Clint
Felker, Nicholas Koesters<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Associate
Lighting
Designer………………………………….Gregory
S. Falcione<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sound
Designer………………………………….Richard
B. Ingraham<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Costume
Designer………………………………….Aimee
Kluiber<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Light
Board
Operator………………………………….Libby
Burchmore<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sound
Board
Operator………………………………….Bryan
Ritchey<br>
Stage
Crew………………………………….Kevin
Ballantine, Kate George, Matt Goins,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
Mary Kahelin, Matt Lengauer, Michael Majer, Anna Verbiak, Anthony Weishar, Mark
Zach<br>
Book
Holder………………………………….Betty
Jarvis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For complete cast and staff bios go to <a
href="www.beckcenter.org"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>www.beckcenter.org</span></a>
and click on Who's Who in the Company.<span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Beck Center for the Arts is a nonprofit 501(C)3
organization whose mission is to offer the highest quality arts experience,
performance and education to all people and communities of the region.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><i><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thank you for supporting the arts in
our community! <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <span style='color:gray'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'>Posted by:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'>Fran Storch<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'>Publications Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'>Beck Center for the Arts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'>17801 Detroit Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'>Lakewood, OH 44107<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'>(216) 521-2540, x20<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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