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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Beck Center for the Arts<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:28.0pt;color:#C00000">BENT</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#C00000"><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:12.0pt;background:white">Written by Martin Sherman<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white">Directed by Matthew Wright<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white">Presented through special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.<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:18.0pt;color:#C00000">— $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">Thursday, May 31<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">8 p.m. | Studio Theater<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:12.0pt">June 1 – July 1, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.beckcenter.org/events/bent-preview-night/">BENT</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> Preview Night admission is $10. Advance tickets go on
sale online Tuesday, May 29, at 12:00 AM and at Beck Center’s Customer Service 10 a.m. Tuesday. Tickets may be purchased at the door based on availability. General admission seating. Doors open approximately 15 minutes prior to curtain.<span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Preview Night tickets go on sale online Tuesday, May 29. To purchase tickets online, click
</span><a href="https://sa1.seatadvisor.com/sabo/servlets/TicketRequest?eventId=1214137&presenter=BECKCENTER&venue=&event=&tck=true"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:windowtext">here</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">To purchase tickets from the Beck Center Customer Service after 10 a.m., call: 216.521.2540 x10.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The influential play <i>BENT</i>, nominated for the Tony Award for best play in 1980, follows a group of gay men finding ways to survive persecution before and after the Night of the Long Knives. Within the
confines of a concentration camp a secret love affair illustrates how the selfless love of one person for another can overcome oppression, even under the most extreme circumstances.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">“Powerful and provocative." -
<i>The New York Times</i> "Brilliant...an explosive, overpowering experience." - <i>
Women's Wear Daily</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white">CAST</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Greta – Brian Altman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Uncle Freddy/Captain – David Bugher<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Rudy – Antonio DeJesus<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Horst – Andrew Gorell*<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Max - Geoff Knox*<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">*Actor appears courtesy of the Actors’ Equity Association (AEA), the union of actors and stage managers.</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;background:white">PRODUCTION STAFF<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Director – Matthew Wright<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Artistic Director – Scott Spence<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Stage Manager – Hayley Baran<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Assistant Stage Manager – Leigh Tennant<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Scenic Designer - Aaron Benson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Lighting Designer – Benjamin Gantose<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Sound Designer – Angie Hayes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Costume Designer – Tesia Benson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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