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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">CONTACT:
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Julie Gilliland
</span><a href="mailto:jgilliland@beckcenter.org"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">jgilliland@beckcenter.org</span></a><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#26282A">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Nov 10, 2020
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">A Christmas Peril<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:6.5in;text-indent:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Beck Center for the Arts’ Virtual Youth Theater Production<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#26282A">Lakewood, OH</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#26282A">–</span><a href="https://www.beckcenter.org/youth-theater"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Beck
Center for the Arts</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#26282A">
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">announces virtual Youth Theater production,
<b><i>A Christmas Peril</i></b><i>. </i>Opening December 10 and running through December 13, 2020 this live production is perfect for all ages.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">A Christmas Peril</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
is a refreshing theatrical offering when we could all use a little something to chuckle about this season. Everyone knows the story of
<i>A Christmas Carol, </i>the Charles Dickens’ chestnut. <b><i>A Christmas Peril</i></b><i>
</i>takes an exuberant cast of twenty-five Beck Center Youth Theater student performers and drops them into a whirlwind plot of a play within a play. Everything that could go wrong
<i>does</i>. This production begins December 10 and runs through December 13, 2020, with a student matinee on December 10 at 10:00 a.m. Curtain times are 7:30 p.m. on Friday, December 11 and Saturday, December 12, with a 3:00 p.m. matinee on Sunday, December
13, 2020. All curtain times are EST. This live production is perfect for all ages. Patrons can enjoy this production<span style="color:red">,</span> on their device, in the comfort of their home.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The show’s playwright, director, and long-time Beck Center theater educator Rachel Spence says that,</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
“laughing at yourself, and a positive attitude go a long way” with online rehearsals, and that the young actors in the show are “having a blast with the comedy.”</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Ideally
suited for a virtual production, this theater piece solves the issue of how to keep a cast of young performers, director, crew, and the audience safe during a pandemic, while delivering a fun comedy for the entire family.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">This limited engagement of
<b><i>A Christmas Peril</i></b> runs December 10 to December 13, 2020 on any device in the comfort of a patron’s home, as part of Beck Center’s 2020-2021 Youth Theater Season.
<b><i>A Christmas Peril</i></b> <b>tickets are available NOW at </b></span><b><span style="color:#002060"><a href="https://www.showtix4u.com/event-details/42631"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060">beckcenter.org.</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
Tickets are $12 for one viewer, $22 for two or more viewers, or $35 for those who love the arts and want to support Youth Theater at Beck Center (as well cover ticketing system fees, and credit card fees).</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Beck Center is located at
</span><a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=17801+Detroit+Avenue&entry=gmail&source=g" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext">17801 Detroit Avenue</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
in Lakewood. For more information please visit</span><a href="https://www.beckcenter.org/youth-theater" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> beckcenter.org</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;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>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;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-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#26282A"> on two stages,
</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;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.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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