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<p class=MsoBodyText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ONE WEEKEND ONLY!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Beck Center
Youth Theater presents<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>C.S.
Lewis’ Classic Story<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The Lion, The
Witch and The Wardrobe<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>November 5-8,
2009<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText><span style='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"'>Travel to the magical land of Narnia with
four English school children in the Beck Center Youth Theater’s
production of <i>The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe</i> on the Mackey Main
Stage, <b>November 5 to 8, 2009, at the Beck Center for the Arts</b>. Show
times are 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday with an already
sold-out student matinee performance at 10 a.m. on Thursday, November 5. <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"'>Adapted from the classic story by C.S. Lewis
and dramatized by Joseph Robinette,<i> The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe</i>
is for audiences of all ages. This heroic, enthralling tale of love, faith,
courage, and giving chronicles the life and death struggle for control of
Narnia and the grandeur of the triumph of good over evil. <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 show features a cast of 61 young actors,
ranging in age from 7 to 18 years, who are all students from the Beck
Center’s Dance, Music, and Theater Departments. <span style='color:red'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>“This production is a huge undertaking,
and our students are rising to the challenge,” says Director Jonathan S.
Kronenberger, Beck Center associate director of Theater
Education. “We are so excited to present this classic, grand story
onstage in such a simple manner. The play’s action will stir the
audience’s imagination which plays an important part in the telling of
this story.”<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:red'><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 $12 for adults/seniors and $10
for students/children 18 and under. (Ticket prices include service fees.) 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. Beck Center is located at 17801
Detroit Avenue in Lakewood, just ten 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"'>The parent volunteer group, C.A.S.T. (Company
of Advocates for Students in Theater) is hosting a spaghetti dinner fundraiser before
the Sunday matinee. Patrons can enjoy a delicious meal in the Music-Armory
Building at 1 p.m. and then attend the 3 p.m. performance. Tickets for the dinner
only are $7 adults, $5 seniors and $4 children (12 and under) and may be purchased
at the Beck Center box office along with show tickets. All proceeds from the dinner
benefit the Beck Center youth theater 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:red'><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 Lion,
The Witch and The Wardrobe</i><b> </b>is presented through special arrangement
with the Dramatic Publishing Company and is sponsored by Cox Communications,
Martha Holden Jennings Foundation, and Music is Elementary. The Ohio Arts
Council helped fund this production with state tax dollars to encourage
economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all
Ohioans. This production is also generously supported by the public through a
grant from Cuyahoga Arts and Culture.<i><o:p></o:p></i></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 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. For more information about the
Beck Center, visit <a href="http://www.beckcenter.org"><span style='color:windowtext;
text-decoration:none'>www.beckcenter.org</span></a>. <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>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>###<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:gray'>Posted by:</span><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:gray'>Fran Storch<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:gray'>Beck Center for the Arts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:gray'>Publications Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:gray'>17801 Detroit Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:gray'>Lakewood, OH 44107<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:gray'>(216) 521-2540 x20<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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