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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoBodyText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Beck Center Announces 2011/2012 Youth Theater Season<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"'><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"'>Beck Center for the Arts is proud to announce its 2011/2012 youth theater season, featuring two classic tales and a few unusual comedies. <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><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>From timeless classics to a forward-thinking teen production, the upcoming season will share a common theme that will resonate with audiences of all ages. “All shows next season explore our individual role in the greater community,” says Jonathan Kronenberger, Beck’s associate director of Theater Education. “Each of the four plays follows characters who are struggling to make sense of the world around them and determine where and how they fit in.” <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 style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Tickets are $12 for Adult/Senior and $10 for Children/Student (18 and under). Special discounted rates are available for groups of 13 or more and for student matinees. Call Larry Goodpaster at 216.521.2540 x29 to reserve seats for your group. Individual tickets go on sale August 1, 2011, except for <i>The Best Christmas Pageant Ever</i>. For more information, visit </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.beckcenter.org"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>www.beckcenter.org</span></a><span style='color:black'> or call the Beck Center box office at 216.521.2540 x10. <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: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"'>Beck Center is located at 17801 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood, just 10 minutes west of downtown Cleveland. Free onsite parking is available.<span style='color:black'><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"'><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'><em><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Charlotte’s Web</span></b></em><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>November 3-6, 2011</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>Adapted from the book by E.B. White<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>Dramatized by Joseph Robinette<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>Directed by Jonathan Kronenberger<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Mackey Main Stage<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Student Matinee: 10 a.m., Thursday, November 3<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"'>E.B. White’s classic tale about “Some Pig” named Wilbur and his special friendship with a spider named Charlotte. When it looks like Wilbur is destined for the dinner table, Charlotte steps in with her many legs to save him – instead making Wilbur the world’s most famous pig. A beloved award-winning story about the strength of friendship between even the most unlikely of friends.<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"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><em><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The Best Christmas Pageant Ever</span></b></em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>December 9-11 & 16-18, 2011</span></strong><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Written by Barbara Robinson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Directed by Rachel Spence<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Studio Theater</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In this hilarious holiday tale, a couple struggling to put on a church Christmas pageant is faced with casting the Herdman kids – probably the most inventively awful kids in history. When the town reacts with horror to the news these children will be cast in the holiest roles, the pageant director is determined to make it work. The Herdmans bring a fresh interpretation to the Christmas story, a story they have never heard before. <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"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><em><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Reckless</span></b></em><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>February 24-26 & March 1-4, 2012</span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>Written by Craig Lucas<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal'>Directed by Jonathan Kronenberger<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Studio Theater<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Student Matinee: 10 a.m., Thursday, March 1<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"'>At home on Christmas Eve, Rachel is informed by her guilty husband that he has hired a hit man to kill her. She flees for her life by scrambling out the bedroom window and into the snowy night. Rachel meets and joins up with a variety of colorful characters – moving not only from town to town but from psychiatrist to psychiatrist – encountering an endless series of incredible coincidences.<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"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>May 4-6 & 11-13, 2012<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"'>Lyrics/Music by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley<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 for the Stage by Timothy A. McDonald and Leslie Bricusse<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Directed by Russ Stich<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Mackey Main Stage</span><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"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Roald Dahl’s timeless story of the world-famous candy man and his quest to find an heir comes to life in this stage adaptation of <i>Charlie and the Chocolate Factory</i>, featuring songs from the classic family film <i>Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory </i>including “Pure Imagination” and “The Candy Man.”<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"'><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"'>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, and gallery exhibits featuring 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></i></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 align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>###<span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>