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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";background:white">There are “Three Coins in the Fountain” for the third weekend of
<i>Forever Plaid</i> at Beck Center for the Arts!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";background:white">The Plaids charmed the critics – they will surely charm you too:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#141823;background:white">“Altman, Noble, O’Neill and Thompson nail it, as they do with every other facet of this fine, fun, light-weight entertainment.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="color:blue"><a href="http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/features/article_4fd27142-3d11-11e4-a64a-afe4aa009e27.html#.VBdFASP2ND8.facebook" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";background:white">Bob
Abelman, Cleveland Jewish News</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:blue;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#141823;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#141823;background:white">“This Beck Center production dishes out a delicious mix of classic tunes, satire, high jinks, giggles, smirks, and just plain fun.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#141823;background:white"><a href="http://coolcleveland.com/blog/2014/09/review-looks-good-at-forever-plaid-beckcenter/">Laura Kennelly, Cool Cleveland</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#141823;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#141823;background:white">"<i>Forever Plaid</i> is a treat for all ages, as people from the Perry Como crowd to the Glee groupies will find these four lads to be
a harmonic delight."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="color:blue"><a href="http://www.examiner.com/review/forever-plaid-at-beck-center-is-playful-pitch-pleasant" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";background:white">Kate Miller,
Cleveland Performing Arts Examiner</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:blue;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#141823;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#141823;background:white">"A most pleasurable theatrical experience in Beck's
<i>Forever Plaid</i>. It's a relaxing, fun filled, you'll enjoy it experience." <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#141823;background:white"><a href="http://www.broadwayworld.com/cleveland/article/BWW-Reviews-Martin-Cspedes-Creates-a-Delightful-FOREVER-PLAID-at-Beck-20140915">Roy
Berko, BroadwayWorld Cleveland</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#141823;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#141823;background:white">“The show is a little bit of play, a little bit of concert, a little bit of variety show, and a whole lot of FUN!”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#141823;background:white"><a href="http://inthelandofcleve.blogspot.com/2014/09/cleve-review-beck-centers-forever-plaid.html">Vivian Luther, LandOfCleve.net</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#141823;background:white">“Deft comedic timing, versatile, sweet moves and energy.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#141823;background:white"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Aaron-Krauses-reporter-page/424152430789">Aaron Krause, Norwalk Reflector</a></span><span style="color:#1F497D;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="color:#1F497D;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#141823;background:white">"A crisp and nicely-paced production that keeps its foot on the pedal of musical memories."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="color:blue"><a href="http://raveandpan.blogspot.com/2014/09/forever-plaid-beck-center.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";background:white">Christine Howey, SCENE</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;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>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;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:22.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">FOREVER PLAID<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><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";color:black">Written and Originally Directed and Choreographed by<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";color:black">STUART ROSS<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";color:black"><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";color:black">Musical Continuity Supervision and Arrangements by<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";color:black">James Raitt<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";color:black">Directed and Choreographed by Martín Céspedes<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";color:black">Musical Direction by Bryan Bird<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">September 12 – October 12<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;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:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">3 p.m. Sundays<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Mackey Main Stage<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";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">To purchase tickets online, click
<span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://sa1.seatadvisor.com/sabo/servlets/EventSearch?presenter=BECKCENTER">here</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">To purchase tickets from Customer Service, call: 216.521.2540 x10.<o:p></o:p></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" 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>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Written and originally directed and choreographed by
<b>Stuart Ross</b>, <i>Forever Plaid</i> a deliciously goofy musical comedy that centers on four eager singers whose dreams of making it big end with a bus collision on the way to their first big concert. Miraculously revived from the afterlife, they fulfill
their dreams and perform the show that never was. The Plaids sing in the closest of harmony, squabble over the smallest intonations, and execute charmingly outlandish choreography to some of the greatest nostalgic hits of the 1950s such as “Three Coins in
the Fountain,” “Rags to Riches,” “Chain Gang,” “Catch a Falling Star” and more.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Beck Center’s longtime choreographer,
<b>Martín Céspedes</b>, directs and choreographs this production. “The engine that runs
<i>Forever Plaid</i> is the music. It is not a ‘trip down memory lane’ musical, but a story of a band of brothers with a single dream,” remarks Céspedes. “It is ultimately about the transformative power of music, the love they have for each other, and a second
chance to fulfill a dream they thought slipped away.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI), this production of Forever Plaid is generously funded by Cuyahoga County residents through Cuyahoga
Arts and Culture and the Ohio Arts Council.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Beck Center for the Arts is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization that offers l theater productions on two stages, 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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.beckcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Whos-Who-Forever-Plaid.pdf">WHO'S WHO IN THE COMPANY</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Cast of Characters<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Smudge – Brian Altman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Sparky – Josh Rhett Noble*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Frankie – Shane Patrick O’Neill<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Jinx – Matthew Ryan Thompson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Nice Box Lady – Hayley Baran<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Narrator – Matt McClure<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">*Actor appears courtesy of the Actors' Equity Association (AEA), the union of actors and stage managers.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Production Staff<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Artistic Director - Scott Spence<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Director and Choreographer - Martín Céspedes**<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Musical Director - Bryan Bird<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Stage Manager - Diana D’Alessandro<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Assistant Stage Managers - Hayley Baran<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Assistant to the Choreographer - Holly Kay Harris<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Lighting Designer and Technical Director – Joseph Carmola<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Costume Designer - Aimee Kluiber<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Scenic Designer – Aaron Benson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Sound Designer - Carlton Guc<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Sound Operator – Cyrus Taylor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Technical Assistant - Dan Folino<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Carpenters – Shawn Delaney, Patrick Ciamacco<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Wardrobe Mistress – Deanna Cechowski<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Props Graphic Designer – Brian Altman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Follow Spots – Julia Aylward, Mary Kahelin, Ryan Kelly, Tony Weishar<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Props – Julia Aylward, Jean Fyfe<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Crew – Libby White<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">**Member of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Orchestra<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Conductor and Piano - Bryan Bird<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Percussion - Bill Hart<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Bass - Kevin Aylward<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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