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<p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Beck Center Announces Smart Seats® Program<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">$10 tickets launch in time for Beck’s season finale</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Lakewood, OH—</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">B<span style="color:black">eck Center for the Arts is pleased
to announce the adoption of the popular Smart Seats® program introduced by Playhouse Square. The program offers Beck Center guests the chance to experience exceptional theater for just $10.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Playhouse Square launched Smart Seats® in 2006 and since then thousands of people have taken advantage of the program. Beck Center is proud to be
the next chapter in the wildly successful platform, and to be able help make the transformative power of art experiences more accessible to the community.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Beck Center will reserve a limited number of Smart Seats® for each performance in both the Mackey and Studio Theaters. These seats are available on a first come first served
basis. Smart Seats® for Beck’s upcoming production of <i>Gypsy</i>, running July 6 through August 12, are on sale now, and the program will continue through the recently announced 2018-19 theater season.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">"Beck Center is thrilled that our friends at Playhouse Square are allowing us to share in this tremendous program,” remarked Artistic Director Scott
Spence. “It's such a great opportunity to get even more arts patrons to see the fine work we are doing."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Tickets for
<i>Gypsy</i>, including Smart Seats®, are on sale now. For more information visit beckcenter.org. Season Tickets and Flex Passes for the 2018-19 season are on sale now. For more information call Beck Center Customer Service at 216.521.2540 x10. Individual 2018-19
season tickets, including Smart Seats®, may be purchased beginning Wednesday, August 1, 2018 with ticket prices ranging from $10 to $33. Curtain times are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sunday, unless otherwise noted. Beck Center is located at 17801
Detroit Avenue in Lakewood, just ten minutes west of downtown Cleveland. Free onsite parking is available.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Programming at Beck Center for the Arts is made possible through the generous support of the Ohio Arts Council. Beck Center gratefully acknowledges
the generous funding provided by the citizens of Cuyahoga County through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">©2018 Playhouse Square Foundation. All rights reserved. SMART SEATS and SMART SEATS logo are trademarks of Playhouse Square Foundation. Used With
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Beck Center for the Arts is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization that offers professional theater productions on two stages, arts education programming
for all ages and abilities, including dance, music, theater, visual arts, and creative arts therapies for individuals with special needs, outreach education, and free gallery exhibitions.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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