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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><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'><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>presents<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>the Tony Award-winning hit musical<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:5.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span
style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The 25<sup>th</sup>
Annual Putnam<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span
style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>County Spelling Bee<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Music & Lyrics by William Finn / Book
by Rachel Sheinkin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Conceived by Rebecca Feldman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Directed by Scott
Spence / Musical Direction by Larry Goodpaster / Choreographed by Robin Lee
Gallo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><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'><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'><b><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thursday, March 25</span></b><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;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"'>8:00 pm<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Mackey Main Stage</span></b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Preview night
admission is $10. <b>Advance tickets go on sale at 10 am on Thursday, March
25</b> and are available at the door based on availability. Doors open
approximately 15 minutes prior to curtain. General admission seating. To
reserve tickets with a credit card, visit our website at <a
href="http://www.beckcenter.org"><span style='color:windowtext'>www.beckcenter.org</span></a>
or call the box office at 216.521.2540 x10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;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"'>Six adolescent outsiders learn that winning
isn’t everything and that losing doesn’t necessarily make you a
loser. Cheer on this quirky yet charming cast of characters for whom a spelling
bee is the one place where they can stand out and fit in at the same time. Gather
your friends and show off your O-R-T-H-O-G-R-A-P-H-I-C abilities! A few lucky
audience members will be selected at each performance to join the cast onstage
to be a part of the show as a spelling bee contestant. <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"'>Spelling Bee</span></i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> opens March 26 and runs
through April 25. Show times are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m.
Sundays. There is no performance on Sunday, April 4. A special adult version of
the show will be performed Saturday, April 24 at 11 p.m.<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"'>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, March 25, 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-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For tickets, call the Beck Center box office
at 216.521.2540, ext. 10, or reserve 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-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Beck Center’s production of <i>Spelling
Bee</i> is produced through special arrangement with Music Theatre
International (MTI) and is sponsored by Fleishman Hillard, Oatey Co., West
Roofing Systems, 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-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, 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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='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";
color:gray'>Posted by:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:gray'>Fran Storch<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><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><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:gray'>Publications Manager<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><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><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><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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