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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Beck Center presents<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>the regional premiere of<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span
style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Is He Dead?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>A “new”
comedy by<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Mark Twain<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>As adapted by</span></i><i><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></i><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>David Ives<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Directed by</span></i><i><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></i><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Matthew Earnest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Student Matinee
Performances:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>February 11, 18, and 19
at 10 a.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Special Student
Matinee Pricing:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tickets only $6 to 7<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Depending on the size
of your group<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Experience unique
professional theater with your students at affordable prices.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Limited seating
available. Call today to reserve tickets.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Contact Larry
Goodpaster at 216-521-2540 x29<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span>or email at <a
href="mailto:lgoodpaster@beckcenter.org">lgoodpaster@beckcenter.org</a> <span
style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>What
happens when a group of poor artists stage the death of a friend to drive up the
price of his paintings? A fake funeral, cross-dressing, and lovers' deceptions,
to name a few. <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-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Beck
Center for the Arts presents the Cleveland premiere of the Mark Twain comedy, <i>Is
He Dead?</i>, on the Mackey Main Stage, February 5 through 28, 2010. Show times
are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays. <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-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thanks to
special funding from the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation, the Beck Center is
presenting three student matinee performances on February 11, 18, and 19 at 10
a.m. A teacher’s guide developed by Twain scholar, Shelley Fisher
Fishkin, will be available to all student groups. Tickets are $7 per student
($6 for groups of 50 or more). For group sales information, call Larry
Goodpaster at 216-521-2540 x29 or email at <a
href="mailto:lgoodpaster@beckcenter.org">lgoodpaster@beckcenter.org</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>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Written
by Twain in 1898, <i>Is He Dead?</i> richly intermingles elements of burlesque,
farce, and social satire. Discovered by a Mark Twain scholar in 2003, <i>Is He
Dead?</i> was adapted for modern audiences by talented playwright David Ives
and staged on Broadway in December 2007 to strong critical reviews. <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-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>“This
is pure comedy – a fictional, farcical Paris-set yarn about a young
painter, the real-life Jean-François Millet, who fakes his death to score fame
and fortune,” said Playbill.com. And <i>Variety</i> called <i>Is He Dead?</i>
“a ripely enjoyable confection.”<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-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tickets
are $28 for adults, $25 for seniors (65 and older), $17 for students (with
valid ID), 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, February
4, is $10 with general admission seating. Group discounts are available for
parties of 13 or more. <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-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For
tickets, call the Beck Center box office at 216.521.2540, ext. 10, or request
seats online at <a href="http://www.beckcenter.org/"><span style='color:windowtext;
text-decoration:none'>www.beckcenter.org</span></a>. 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-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Beck
Center’s production of <i>Is He Dead?</i> is produced through special
arrangement with Playscripts, Inc. and is sponsored by Martha Holden Jennings
Foundation, Cox Communications, the Ohio Arts Council, and Cuyahoga Arts and
Culture.<b> <o:p></o:p></b></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-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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 gallery exhibits featuring local and regional artists.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:gray'>Posted by :<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<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>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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