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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Beck Center Youth Theater continues 65<sup>th</sup> anniversary with criminally hilarious play<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">“Law & Order: Fairy Tale Unit” parodies popular television show<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Beck Center Youth Theater<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">presents<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#E46C0A">Law & Order: Fairy Tale Unit</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Written by Jonathan Rand<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Directed by Rachel Spence<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">December 13 – 22, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">7:30 p.m. Fridays<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">3 p.m. Saturday & Sundays<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Studio Theater<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Beck Center Youth Theater presents
<i>Law & Order: Fairy Tale Unit </i>in the Studio Theater <b>December 13-15 and 20-22, 2013</b>. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Fridays and 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Tickets are now on sale.<span style="color:black"> Seating in the Studio Theater is limited and
tickets for youth theater’s holiday shows sell quickly.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">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. This popular play is written by
<b>Jonathan Rand</b> and directed by Beck Center’s Associate Director of Outreach Education and theater instructor
<b>Rachel Spence</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D">“</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">It is an absolute blast directing these 31 students,” remarked Spence.
“The kids really understand the material and are having fun with the parody style.” Spence has cast a variety of Beck Center students – actors, artists, dancers, and singers – who are currently enrolled in arts education classes.
</span><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Law & Order: Fairy Tale Unit</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> features a talented cast of 31 young actors ages 6 to 12 who have all
joined together to present this hilarious spoof under Spence’s creative direction. “<span style="color:black">Even if you’ve never seen any “Law and Order” episodes, you will still have a great time.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Beck Center’s Youth Theater program, considered the longest continually-running youth theater program in the country, is celebrating its 65<sup>th</sup> season.
<i>Law & Order</i>, the second of four productions this season, will be followed by Beck Teen Theater’s
<i>The Children’s Hour</i>, February 21-March 2, 2014, and the popular <i>The Wizard of Oz</i>, May 9-18, 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Tickets are $10 for Children and $12 for Adults and may be purchased online at beckcenter.org or by calling 216.521.2540 x10. Beck Center is located
at 17801 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood. Free onsite parking is available. This production of
<i>Law & Order: Fairy Tale Unit</i> is made possible by the generous support of Cuyahoga County residents through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture and the Ohio Arts Council.
<i>Law & Order: Fairy Tale Unit</i> is produced by special arrangement with Playscripts, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">To celebrate the Youth Theater’s 65<sup>th</sup> Anniversary
<b>Mitchell’s Ice Cream</b> is supplying a “Here’s the Scoop” voucher, valid for a free scoop of ice cream, with each Youth Theater ticket sold this season.<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Celebrating its 80<sup>th</sup> anniversary, Beck Center for the Arts is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization that offers professional theater on two stages, arts
education programming in dance, music, theater, visual arts, early childhood, and creative arts therapies, and gallery exhibits featuring local, regional and international artists. For more information about Beck Center, visit beckcenter.org.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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