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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Fully Committed
</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">is Fully Virtual
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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";color:black">Beck Center for the Arts’ First Video on Demand Professional Theater Production</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#26282A">Lakewood, OH</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#26282A">–</span><a href="http://www.beckcenter.org"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Beck
Center for the Arts</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#26282A">
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">announces its first virtual production,
<b><i>Fully Committed</i></b><i>, </i>as the answer to the challenges of producing live theater during a pandemic.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Opening November 13 and running until November 29, 2020, patrons are invited to enjoy this virtual production in the comfort of their homes for $20
for an individual viewer, $30 for two or more viewers, or $40 for two or more viewers who would like to provide additional support. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Fully Committed,
</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">by Becky Mode, is<b><i>
</i></b>a hilarious one-person comedy. Ideally suited for a virtual production, this theater piece solves the issue of how to keep a performer, director, crew, and the audience safe during a pandemic, all the while delivering great laughs. Beck Center understands
the desire for comedic entertainment and is proud to deliver this witty and funny experience. For the safety of everyone, this production will be filmed and distributed online. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Scott Spence, now in his 30</span><sup><span style="font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">th</span></sup><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">
season as artistic director of Beck Center for the Arts, directs. The tour-de-force comedy is performed by the very talented Nick Koesters, who was a mainstay on Beck Center’s stages for many years, and has been a member of Virginia’s
<a href="https://bartertheatre.com/">Barter Theatre</a> for the past eight seasons. Some of Nick’s memorable shows at Beck Center include “<i>Greater Tuna</i>,” “<i>Is He Dead</i>?,” “<i>Hair</i>” and “<i>MacBeth</i>.” Mr. Koesters is a member of Actor’s Equity
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Koesters plays Sam Peliczowski, an out-of-work actor who runs the red-hot reservation line at Manhattan’s highest reviewed restaurant. Coercion, threats,
bribes, and histrionics pour forth from a cadre of desperate callers who will stop at nothing to land a prime reservation at the right table to impress their party. Amid the barrage of calls, Sam copes with his recently widowed father who’s pressing him to
come home for Christmas, as well as being up for a choice role in a play at Lincoln Center. Sam juggles scheming socialites, name-droppers, fickle celebrities, and egomaniacal bosses. Can he manage his own life right now? In all, this single performer brings
to life over 40 characters. <i>The New York Times</i> calls <b><i>Fully Committed</i></b><i>
</i>“immensely entertaining, a richly comic affirmation of everything I’ve ever heard, or suspected, about the bad behavior that good food can inspire.” </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">This limited engagement of
<b><i>Fully Committed</i></b> runs November 13 through November 29, 2020 on any device in the comfort of your home, as part of Beck Center’s 87th Professional Theater Season. Friday, November 13 will be a special virtual viewing for donors of Beck Center for
the Arts. </span><u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC"><a href="https://www.showtix4u.com/event-details/42252">Tickets are now on sale</a>
</span></u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">for the run of the production.</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Beck Center is located at
</span><a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=17801+Detroit+Avenue&entry=gmail&source=g"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">17801 Detroit Avenue</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> in Lakewood. For more
information please visit <a href="http://www.beckcenter.org/">beckcenter.org</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">This virtual production of
<b><i>Fully Committed</i></b> is presented through special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service. 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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><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 professional theater productions</span></i><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#26282A">
on two stages, </span></i><i><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">arts education programming in dance, music, theater, visual arts, early childhood, creative arts therapies for individuals with disabilities, free gallery exhibits year-round,
and outreach education programming.</span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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