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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";letter-spacing:1.0pt">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;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";letter-spacing:1.0pt">presents<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:48.0pt;font-family:"AmericanTypew LH Md Cd";color:#C00000">ANNIE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Book by
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">THOMAS MEEHAN</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> / Music by
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">CHARLES STROUSE</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> / Lyrics by
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">MARTIN CHARNIN</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Based on
<i>Little Orphan Annie</i> by permission of The Media Tribune Services, Inc.<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"">Directed by
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Scott Spence</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> / Musical Direction by
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Larry Goodpaster</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> / Choreographed by
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Martín Céspedes</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:4.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#CC0099"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"AmericanTypew LH Md Cd";color:#C00000">~ $10 PREVIEW NIGHT ~<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"">Thursday, December 6<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"">7:30 pm / Mackey Main Stage<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">(note early curtain time)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">ANNIE Preview Night admission is $10. Advance tickets go on sale online at 12:01 a.m. Thursday, December 6 and at the Beck Center box office 10 a.m. Thursday. Tickets may be purchased at the
door based on availability. General admission seating. Doors open approximately 15 minutes prior to curtain.<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"">Preview Night tickets go on sale online at 12:01 am, December 6.<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";color:#C00000"><a href="http://sa1.seatadvisor.com/sabo/servlets/EventSearch?presenter=BECKCENTER"><span style="color:#C00000">Click
here</span></a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> to purchase tickets with a credit card<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:1.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">or call the Beck Center box office after 10 am at 216.521.2540 x10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C00000">ABOUT THE SHOW<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-style:normal">ANNIE</span></em><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
</span></em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">is the touching story of a spunky Depression-era orphan determined to find her parents who abandoned her on the doorstep of a New York City orphanage run by the embittered Miss Hannigan.
In adventure after fun-filled adventure, Annie foils Hannigan’s evil schemes and finds a new home in the mansion of Oliver “Daddy” Warbucks.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;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"">Directed by Beck Center Artistic Director
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Scott Spence</span></strong>,
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Annie </span></em>features <b>
Caitlin Elizabeth Reilly</b> as the faithful Grace Farrell, <b>Gilgamesh Taggett</b>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">as bullish billionaire Oliver Warbucks, and</span></strong>
<b>Leslie Feagan</b> as Franklin Delano Roosevelt; <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">as well as a talented ensemble of 26 area actors who share this story of hope for the holidays. Reilly and Feagan appear courtesy of
the Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), the union of actors and stage managers.</span></strong></span><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-weight:normal"><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"><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">For a complete cast list and bios, click on
</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#C00000"><a href="http://www.beckcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Annie_Playbill_WhosWho.pdf"><span style="font-weight:normal">Who’s Who in the Company</span></a></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-weight:normal">.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Tickets for
<i>Annie </i>are $28 for adults, $25 for seniors (65 and older), $12 for students (with valid I.D.), 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, December 6 is $10
with general admission seating. Flex Passes and group discounts (13 or more) are available. Purchase tickets online at
<a href="http://www.beckcenter.org/">beckcenter.org</a> or call Customer Service at 216.521.2540, ext. 10.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Beck Center for the Arts 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 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Opening night patrons may also enjoy two gallery exhibits, free musical entertainment by
<b>Lounge Kitty</b>, complimentary appetizers courtesy of Quaker Steak & Lube, and happy hour priced drinks as Beck Center hosts its first
<b>Marquee Friday</b> on December 7 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in Daniels Lounge. Marquee Fridays, scheduled on opening nights throughout the theater season, are open to the public as part of Beck Center’s community engagement initiative.
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<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"">Beck Center’s production of ANNIE<i>
</i>is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (<a href="MTIshows.com">MTI</a>) and is sponsored by Cuyahoga Arts and Culture and the Ohio Arts Council.<b> <o:p></o:p></b></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"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Beck Center for the Arts (beckcenter.org) 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></i></p>
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