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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The critics agree…<i>Seminar</i> gets an A at Beck Center for the Arts!<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span>The intimate Studio Theater is selling out quickly with lively audiences. Sign-up for this
<i>Seminar</i> today – you won’t want miss it!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“This smart, tart production…has the pacing of an unputdownable read, the kind you don't mind losing sleep to finish”<br>
<a href="http://www.cleveland.com/onstage/index.ssf/2014/06/seminar_at_beck_center_for_the.html">Andrea Simakis, The Plain Dealer</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“Perfectly paced…Filled with both laughter and message that makes it a must see”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/cleveland/article/BWW-Reviews-SEMINAR-gets-an-A-at-Beck-Center-for-the-Arts-20140602">Roy Berko, BroadwayWorld</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“Snarky and amusing…It’s damn entertaining”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/fiction-writing-as-sandm-budding-authors-pay-to-be-insulted-by-their-sadistic-tutor-in-seminar-at-beck-center/Content?oid=4320656">Christine
Howey, SCENE</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“Enthralling…Engaging…Exhilarating…It is most certainly a play worth seeing”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/features/leisure/arts/article_0d86a756-eb2a-11e3-84cb-001a4bcf887a.html">Bob Abelman, Cleveland Jewish News</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“Hits the mark with the right amount of laughter… Well-paced and well-played”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue"><a href="http://www.examiner.com/review/seminar-at-beck-delights-with-writers-woes">Kate Miller, Cleveland Performing Arts Examiner</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“You do not want to miss…A 90 minute literary ride that never stops giving”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue"><a href="http://tpography.com/2014/06/03/seminar-by-theresa-rebeck-at-the-beck-center-for-the-arts/">Tpography.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“Quick, quirky, please-don’t-miss show”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.coolcleveland.com/blog/2014/06/review-seminar-is-a-quirky-delight-beckcenter/">Laura Kennelly, Cool Cleveland</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“An excellent play…This one is worth seeing for all the twists and turns”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.examiner.com/review/beck-center-for-the-art-s-seminar-scratches-at-the-creative-process">Mark Horning, Cleveland Fine Arts Examiner</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“Very entertaining… See it”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.coolcleveland.com/blog/2014/06/review-seminar-beckcenter-tough-love-for-writers/">Elsa Johnson & Victor Lucas, Cool Cleveland</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“Balances the chaotic confrontations and intimate encounters expertly”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="http://inthelandofcleve.blogspot.com/2014/06/cleve-review-beck-center-for-arts-adds.html">LandOfCleve.net</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“Wildly successful comedy”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://clevelandtheaterreviews.blogspot.com/2014/05/seminar-beck-center-for-arts.html">Art Thomas, WestLife</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">REGIONAL PREMIERE!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Beck Center for the Arts<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">presents<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:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0">SEMINAR<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">by Theresa Rebeck<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Directed by Donald Carrier<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">May 30 – June 29, 2014<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"">Studio Theater<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"">8 p.m. Fridays & Saturdays<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"">3 p.m. Sundays<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">To purchase tickets online with a credit card, click
<a href="http://sa1.seatadvisor.com/sabo/servlets/EventSearch?presenter=BECKCENTER">
here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">To purchase tickets from the Beck Center Box Office after 10:00 am, call: 216.521.2540 x10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">ABOUT THE SHOW<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Nominated as Best Play by the Outer Critics Circle and the Drama League,
<i>Seminar</i> is a new provocative comedy from Pulitzer Prize nominee <b>Theresa Rebeck</b>. This play tells the story of four aspiring novelists who sign up for private writing lessons with Leonard, an international literary figure. Under his recklessly brilliant
and unorthodox instruction, some thrive while others flounder. Wordplay is not the only thing that turns vicious in this biting comedy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Tickets for
<i>Seminar </i>are $29 for adults, $26 for seniors (65 and older), and $12 for students (with valid ID). An additional $3 service fee per ticket is applied at the time of purchase. Preview Night on Thursday, May 29, is $10 with general admission seating. Group
discounts are available for parties of 13 or more. Purchase tickets online at <a href="http://www.beckcenter.org/">
<span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">beckcenter.org</span></a> or call Customer Service at 216.521.2540 x10. Beck Center 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>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Beck Center’s production of
<i>Seminar</i> is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. Programming at Beck Center for the Arts is made possible through the generous support of the Ohio Arts Council and the generous<span style="color:black"> funding provided by the citizens
of Cuyahoga County through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.beckcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Whos-Who-in-the-Company-Seminar.pdf">WHO'S WHO IN THE COMPANY</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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