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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Beck Center for the Arts –
<i>the oldest continuously running Youth Theater in the nation</i> - is proud to announce our 65<sup>th</sup> Anniversary Youth Theater season for 2013-2014!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> “With this being an anniversary year, we wanted to bring back some familiar titles along with the classic and the contemporary” notes Jonathan Kronenberger, associate
director of Theater Education. “The plays in this season all explore – in either a small or large way – the choices we make as individuals and how those choices affect not only ourselves, but those around us as well. From the stingy Mayor in
<i>Pied Piper</i> to the defensive young girl who circulates a devastating lie in
<i>The Children’s Hour</i>, every choice made has consequences. Sometimes these bring us unity, but just as often they can bring destruction.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Some Beck Center Youth Theater alumni include: Michael Chernus (<i>Men in Black 3</i>, and Obie Winner,
<i>In the Wake</i>), Dee Hoty (three time Tony Nominee and currently starring in <i>
Rich Girl</i> at Cleveland Play House), Isabela Moner (Broadway’s <i>Evita</i>), Rory O’Malley (Tony Nominee,
<i>Book of Mormon</i>); Daniel Reichard (Drama Desk Nominee, <i>Jersey Boys</i>); and Alice Ripley (Tony Winner,
<i>Next to Normal</i>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">So come to Beck Center and check out the future of Broadway and Hollywood!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">You can call now for group rates and to schedule your spot at one of our special student matinees. Individual tickets go on sale August 1, 2013 ~ excluding
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Law and Order: Fairy Tale Unit
</span></em>(call for details).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Tickets: $12 Adult/Senior and $10 Children/Student (18 & Under). Reserve tickets at www.beckcenter.org, call 216.521.2540 x10 or simply stop by Beck Center in person.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h1><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";text-decoration:none">YOUTH THEATER SHOW #1: MACKEY MAIN STAGE<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<h1><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";text-decoration:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The Pied Piper of Hamelin<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Written by Robert Thomas Noll<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Directed by Russ Stich<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Student Matinee: Thursday, November 7, 2013 at 10:00 a.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Friday, November 8, 2013 at 7:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Saturday, November 9, 2013 at 3:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Sunday, November 10, 2013 at 3:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The Rat Commander is leading his troops into Hamelin. Their mission: to scare the people witless and eat every scrap of food there is! The invasion is so terrifically successful that the
citizens are soon desperate. Suddenly, a Pied Piper arrives, promising a solution. The Mayor agrees to his price, but when the time comes to pay the Piper, he refuses. This time, the children of the town follow the Piper's tune.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Auditions are open to students ages 6 – 19.*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h1><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";text-decoration:none">YOUTH THEATER SHOW #2: STUDIO THEATER<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Law and Order: Fairy Tale Unit<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Written by Jonathan Rand<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Directed by Rachel Spence<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Fridays, December 13 & 20, 2013 at 7:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Saturdays, December 14 & 21, 2013 at 3:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Sundays, December 15 & 22, 2013 at 3:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">In the fairy tale criminal justice system, the characters from fairy tales and nursery rhymes are represented by two separate yet equally ridiculous groups: the fairy tale police who investigate
fairy tale crime, and the fairy tale district attorneys who prosecute the fairy tale offenders. These are their stories.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Auditions are open to students ages 6 – 12.*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">YOUTH THEATER SHOW #3:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
<b>STUDIO THEATER<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The Children’s Hour<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Written by Lillian Hellman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Directed by Jonathan Kronenberger<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Fridays, February 21 & 28, 2014 at 7:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Saturdays, February 22 & March 1, 2014 at 7:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Sunday, February 23 & March 2, 2014 at 3:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Student Matinee: February 27, 2014 at 10:00 a.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">One of the great successes of this distinguished American writer,
<i>The Children’s Hour</i> is a serious and adult play about two women who run a school for girls. After a malicious youngster starts a rumor about the two women, the rumor soon turns to scandal. As the young girl comes to understand the power she wields, she
sticks by her story, which precipitates tragedy for the women. It is later discovered that the gossip was pure invention, but it is too late. Irreparable damage has been done.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Auditions are open to students ages 12 – 19.*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h1><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";text-decoration:none">YOUTH THEATER SHOW #4: MACKEY MAIN STAGE<i>
<o:p></o:p></i></span></h1>
<h1><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";text-decoration:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></h1>
<h1><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";text-decoration:none">The Wizard of Oz<o:p></o:p></span></i></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">By L. Frank Baum<br>
Music and Lyrics by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg<br>
Adapted by John Kane for the Royal Shakespeare Company<br>
Directed & Choreographed by Sarah Clare<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Fridays, May 16 & 23, 2014 at 7:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Saturdays, May 17 & 24, 2014 at 3:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Sundays, May 18 & 25, 2014 at 3:00 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Student Matinee: Thursday, May 22, 2014 at 10:00 a.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The popular classic returns to Beck Center’s Youth Theater stage. Little Dorothy Gale of Kansas - like so many girls her age - dreams of what lies beyond the rainbow.
One day a twister hits her farm and carries her away over that rainbow to another world. Come join Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tinman, the Cowardly Lion and Toto as they travel the universe of Dorothy's imagination. Featuring a score of classic songs including
the timeless “Over the Rainbow,” you won’t want to miss this family favorite.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Auditions are open to students ages 6 – 19.*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">*Students must be enrolled at Beck Center in the semester that the show performs to be eligible to participate in the production. You do not have to be enrolled at the time of auditions.
Specific audition dates to be announced at a later date.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","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>
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