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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"">Beck Center Announces 2017- 2018 Theater Season<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Beck Center Theater Season includes 50<sup>th</sup> Anniversary Production of Hair, a Broadway Triumph, and an Existential Masterpiece<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Beck Center for the Arts is pleased to announce its 2017-2018 professional theater season filled with their signature eclectic titles that include
classics, a regional premiere, and the seventh collaboration with Baldwin Wallace University Musical Theater program.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“This is an especially exciting slate of plays and musicals as they collectively have such an amazing pedigree. Artists and audiences will be exhilarated and challenged all
season long with these terrific pieces.” says Scott Spence, Beck Center Artistic Director (now heading into his 28<sup>th</sup> season at Beck).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Subscriptions and Flex Passes for the 2017-2018 season are</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
<b>on sale now </b>and range from $100 to $267. For more information, call Beck Center Customer Service at 216.521.2540 x10. Individual tickets may be purchased beginning Tuesday, August 1, 2017. Curtain times are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays;
however, performance times vary for <i>The Little Mermaid, </i>and<i> Hair</i>. Preview performances are the Thursdays before opening night. For more information visit
<a href="http://www.beckcenter.org/"><span style="color:blue">beckcenter.org</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Written by Dale Wasserman, Book by Ken Kesey<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Directed by William Roudebush<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">September 15 – October 8, 2017</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">; Mackey Theater<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“Scarifying and powerful" -
<i>The New York Times <o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Waiting for Godot<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Written by Samuel Beckett<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Directed by Eric Schmeidl<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">October 6 – November 5, 2017</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">; Studio Theater<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white">"...a witty and poetic conundrum" - <i>The Guardian </i></span><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Disney’s</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The Little Mermaid,
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">ENCORE PRODUCTION</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Music by Academy Award winner Alan Menken; Lyrics by Howard Ashman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Directed by Scott Spence; Musical Direction by Larry Goodpaster; Choreography by Martín Céspedes;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Featuring Kathleen Rooney as Ariel and Natalie Blalock (Broadway’s
<i>The Scarlet Pimpernel</i>) at Ursula<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">December 1 – 31, 2017;</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Mackey Theater;
<i>Special Sensory-Friendly Performance Thursday, December 14<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">2016 Cleveland Critics Circle Awards Winner for Best Musical Direction and Best Projection Design<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">HAIR<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Music by Galt MacDermot; Book and Lyrics by James Rado & Gerome Ragni<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Directed by Victoria Bussert<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In collaboration with Baldwin Wallace University Music Theatre Program<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">February 9 – February 25, 2018;
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Mackey Theater<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“<i>Hair
</i>has a history of defying expectations” – <i>The New York Times</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">My First Time,
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">REGIONAL PREMIERE</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Written by Ken Davenport<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Directed by Scott Spence<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">March 30 – April 29, 2018</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">; Studio Theater<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">"Funny and touching to sweet, sexy and silly!" -
<i>The Village Voice</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Bent<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Written by Martin Sherman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Directed by Matthew Wright<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">June 1 – July 1, 2018</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">; Studio Theater<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“Powerful and provocative." -
<i>The New York Times</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Gypsy
</span></b><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-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Book by Arthur Laurents; Music by Jule Styne<br>
Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Directed by Scott Spence; Musical Direction by Larry Goodpaster; Choreography by Martín Céspedes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">July 6 – August 12, 2018</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">; Mackey Theater<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">“Broadway’s own brassy, unlikely answer to
<i>King Lear</i>.” – <i>Variety</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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