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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#0000CC'> “Laugh-out-loud funny”</span></i></b><b><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#0000CC'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:8.0pt'>–The New York Times</span><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Beck Center for the Arts<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>presents<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:2.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:80%'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height:80%'>Steve Martin’s<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:80%'><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt;line-height:80%'>THE UNDERPANTS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>An adaptation of a play by<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Carl Sternheim<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Directed by</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> Matthew Earnest<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:red'>~ $10 PREVIEW NIGHT ~<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Thursday, March 31 only<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>8 pm / Mackey Main Stage<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Preview Night admission is $10. Advance tickets go on sale online after midnight on Wednesday, March 30 and at the Beck Center box office at 10 am on Thursday, March 31. Tickets are also available at the door based on availability. General admission seating. Doors open approximately </span>15 minutes prior to curtain. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:6.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>To reserve tickets with a credit card, <b><a href="http://sa1.seatadvisor.com/sabo/servlets/EventSearch?presenter=BECKCENTER">click here</a></b> or call the Beck Center box office at <b>216.521.2540 x10</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>About the Show<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>Based on Carl Sternheim’s controversial early 20<sup>th</sup>-century satire, <i>Die Hose</i>, <b><i>The Underpants</i></b> is a <span style='color:black'>farcical send-up of middle-class snobbery and conformity. <i>The Underpants</i> tells </span>the story of a puritanical bureaucrat and his pretty, young wife who becomes an instant celebrity when her bloomers accidentally fall down in public. Steve Martin uses saucy jokes, witty wordplay, and slamming doors to lampoon our contemporary culture’s fascination with fame.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b>Cast of Characters<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt'>(in order of appearance)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span lang=DE>Theo Maske………………..Greg Violand*<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span lang=DE>Louise Maske………………..Katie Nabors<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span lang=DE>Gertrude Deuter………………..Sally Groth*<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span lang=DE>Frank Versati………………..Randy Muchowski<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span lang=DE>Benjamin Cohen………………..Kevin Charnas<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span lang=DE>Klinglehoff………………..Mark Seven<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span lang=DE style='font-size:4.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt'>*Actor appears courtesy of the Actors‘ Equity Association (AEA), the union of actors and stage managers.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b>Production Staff<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Artistic Director………………..Scott Spence<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Director………………..Matthew Earnest<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Stage Manager………………..Libby Burchmore<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Scenic & Costume Designer………………..Will Bezek<br>Lighting Designer/Technical Director………………..Joseph Carmola<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Sound Designer………………..James Kosmatka<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Technical Assistant………………..Clint Felker<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Crew………………..Deanna Cechowski, Matt Lengauer, Carter Salis, Tony Weishar, Mark Zach<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>Tickets for <i>The Underpants</i> 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 31 is $10 with general admission seating. Group discounts are available for parties of 13 or more. <span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><i>The Underpants</i> runs April 1-23 on the Mackey Main Stage. Show times are 8 pm Fridays & Saturdays and 3 pm Sundays. The performance on Saturday, April 9 is sold out for a private event. For tickets, call the Beck Center box office at 216.521.2540 x10 or purchase seats online at <a href="http://www.beckcenter.org">www.beckcenter.org</a>.<span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>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></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>This production of <i>The Underpants</i> is presented through special arrangement with Samuel French Inc. and is sponsored by FIT Technologies, Cox Communications, Ohio Arts Council, and Cuyahoga Arts and Culture.<b> <o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='color:black'><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";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p></div></body></html>