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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#993300"></span></i><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#993300">“A feel-good,
make that a feel-great hit…inspirational…heartbreakingly funny</span></i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#993300">.”</span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#993300"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#993300;letter-spacing:1.0pt">~Variety</span><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";letter-spacing:1.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;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:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";letter-spacing:1.0pt">A new play from the<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">Tony Award-winning writer of “Billy Elliot”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:26.0pt;font-family:"AmericanTypew LH Md Cd";color:#993300">The Pitmen Painters<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"">By
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">LEE HALL<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Inspired by a book by William Feaver<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Directed by Sarah May<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:4.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#993300"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#993300">~ $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, May 30<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"">8 pm / Studio Theater<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><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"">Preview Night admission is $10. Advance tickets go on sale online at 12:01 a.m. Thursday, May 30 and at Beck Center Customer Service 10 a.m. Thursday. Seating in the intimate Studio Theater
is limited. 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"><span style="font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><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, May 30.<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:#3333FF"><a href="http://sa1.seatadvisor.com/sabo/servlets/EventSearch?presenter=BECKCENTER"><span style="color:#3333FF">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 Beck Center Customer Service 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:#993300">ABOUT THE SHOW<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Heralded in London’s West End and on Broadway, this new play by the Tony Award-winning writer of
<i>Billy Elliot </i>is based on a triumphant true story. In 1934, a group of miners in Northern England take an art appreciation class and begin experimenting with painting. They soon build an astonishing body of work that makes them the unlikeliest of art-world
sensations. <i>The Pitmen Painters</i> is richly funny, deeply moving and continuously entertaining as it examines the lives of a group of ordinary men who do extraordinary things.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","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’s production of
<i>The Pitmen Painters</i> is directed by acclaimed director <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Sarah May</span></strong> and features a talented ensemble of 11 area actors. “This is a remarkable true story that reaffirms my belief that
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-style:normal">art can change lives</span></em>.” remarked May. “I am thrilled to be working with an excellent cast that is committed to honoring these hard-working blokes who discovered their potential through the
stroke of a paintbrush." <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><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#993300"><a href="http://www.beckcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Whos_Who_Pitmen_Painters.pdf"><span style="color:#993300">Who’s Who
in the Company</span></a> <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""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Tickets are $28 for adults and $25 for seniors (65 and older) with an additional $3 service fee per ticket applied at time of purchase. Student tickets
are $15 with valid I.D. (includes service fee). Preview Night on Thursday, May 30 is $10 with general admission seating. Group discounts are available for parties of 13 or more. Purchase tickets online at
<span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.beckcenter.org/events/the-pitmen-painters/">beckcenter.org</a></span> or call Customer Service at 216.521.2540 x10. 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:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Pitmen Painters</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> runs
<b>May 31 through July 7, 2013</b> in the Studio Theater. Show times are 8 pm Fridays & Saturdays and 3 pm Sundays.
<i>The Pitmen Painters </i>contains brief nudity and use of stage fog.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p> </o:p></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 are invited to
<b>Marquee Friday</b> from 5:30 to 7:30 pm in the Cleveland Artists Foundation gallery. Guests may enjoy complimentary authentic English appetizers from Jammy Buggars, free musical entertainment by<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Lounge Kitty</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and
happy hour priced drinks; as well as a free gallery exhibits throughout Beck Center. This production of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Pitmen Painters
</span></em>is presented through special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc. New York and is generously funded by Cuyahoga County residents through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture and the Ohio Arts Council.<span class="apple-converted-space"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><em><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 for special needs students, and free gallery exhibits featuring local, regional, and international artists.</span></em><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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