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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The Beck Center for the Arts Youth Theater program is accepting resumes for Costume Designers for its 2011-2012 Theater Season. This is a paid position (flat fee per production). Each production has a budget as well as costume stock from which to pull. Please email cover letter and resume to <a href="mailto:jkronenberger@beckcenter.org">jkronenberger@beckcenter.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>This is an excellent opportunity for young designers as well as experienced designers. Please indicate for which shows you are interested and available.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The 2011-2012 Beck Center Youth Theater Season:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h1><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;text-decoration:none'>Charlotte’s Web<o:p></o:p></span></i></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Adapted from the book by E.B. White<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Dramatized by Joseph Robinette<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Directed by Jonathan Kronenberger<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Performed on Mackey Main Stage<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Student Matinee: Thursday, November 3, 2011 at 10:00 a.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Friday, November 4, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Saturday, November 5, 2011 at 3:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Sunday, November 6, 2011 at 3:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>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 her many legs in to save him, instead making Wilbur destined to be the world’s most famous pig. It’s the beginning of a victorious campaign which ultimately ends with the now-safe Wilbur fulfilling what is most important to Charlotte. You’ll be moved by this beautiful story about the strength of friendship amongst even the most unlikely of pairs.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Auditions are September 17 & 18, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Auditions are open to all Beck Center students ages 6 – 19.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h1><span style='font-size:10.0pt;text-decoration:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></h1><h1><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;text-decoration:none'>The Best Christmas Pageant Ever<o:p></o:p></span></i></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Written by Barbara Robinson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Directed by Rachel Spence<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Performed in Studio Theater<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Fridays, December 9 & 16, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Saturdays, December 10 & 17, 2011 at 3:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Sundays, December 11 & 18, 2011 at 3:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>In this hilarious Christmas 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. You won't believe the mayhem-- and the fun-- when the Herdmans collide with the Christmas story head on!<span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Auditions in October 15 & 16, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Auditions are open to all Beck Center students ages 6 – 12.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h1><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;text-decoration:none'>Reckless<o:p></o:p></span></i></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Written by Craig Lucas<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Directed by Jonathan Kronenberger<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Fridays, February 24 & March 2, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Saturdays, February 25 & March 3, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Sunday, February 26 & March 4, 2012 at 3:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Student Matinee: March 1, 2012 at 10:00 a.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Performed in Studio Theater<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>At home on Christmas Eve, Rachel is informed by her guilty husband that he has hired a hitman to kill her, and she must flee for her life—which she does by scrambling out the bedroom window and into the snowy night. She meets and joins up with a variety of colorful characters – moving not only from town to town but psychiatrist to psychiatrist – encountering an endless series of incredible coincidences. Throughout, Rachel is led more and more to ponder whether the modern world might not be a vast conspiracy designed to systematically undermine her own increasingly shaky sanity.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Auditions are November 19 & 20, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Auditions are open to all Beck Center students ages 13 – 19.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h1><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;text-decoration:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></h1><h1><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;text-decoration:none'>Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka<o:p></o:p></span></i></h1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Lyrics and Music by <a href="http://www.mtishows.com/show_detail.asp?showid=000253"><span style='text-decoration:none'>Leslie Bricusse</span></a> and <a href="http://www.mtishows.com/show_detail.asp?showid=000253"><span style='text-decoration:none'>Anthony Newley</span></a> <br>Adapted for the Stage by <a href="http://www.mtishows.com/show_detail.asp?showid=000253"><span style='text-decoration:none'>Timothy A. McDonald </span></a>and <a href="http://www.mtishows.com/show_detail.asp?showid=000253"><span style='text-decoration:none'>Leslie Bricusse</span></a> <br>Based on the Book <i>Charlie and The Chocolate Factory</i> by Roald Dahl<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Performed on Mackey Main Stage<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Fridays, May 4 & 11, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Saturdays, May 5 & 12, 2012 at 3:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Sundays, May 6 & 13, 2012 at 3:00 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Student Matinee: Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 10:00 a.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","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 </span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Charlie and The Chocolate Factory<i>, which features the 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></i></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Auditions will be announced at start of Winter/Spring Semester 2012.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Auditions are open to all Beck Center students ages 6 – 19.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>* * * * * <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Beck Center is located at 17801 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood, Ohio. 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 our website at <a href="http://www.beckcenter.org">www.beckcenter.org</a></span><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>jonathan s. kronenberger<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>associate director, theater education<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>beck center for the arts<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>17801 Detroit Avenue<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Lakewood, OH 44107<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>216-521-2540 x27<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#1F497D'>Sign up now for one of our exciting Summer camps and classes at www.beckcenter.org. Or call 216-521-2540 x10 and register!<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Viner Hand ITC";color:#401470'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";color:#215868'>Beck’s 2011-2011 Youth Theater Season<o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";color:#215868'>Charlotte’s Web</span></b><span style='font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";color:#215868'> (November 3-6, 2011); <b>The Best Christmas Pageant Ever</b> (December 9-18, 2011); <b>Reckless</b> (Feb 24-March 4, 2012)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Lucida Handwriting";color:#215868'>and <b>Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka</b> (May 4-13, 2012)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Blackadder ITC"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Forte'>Character Development is the true aim of education.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Viner Hand ITC"'>"Exposure to the arts—early and often—builds future audiences." - R. Landesman<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>