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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Beck Broadway Alums in Concert<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">A Benefit For<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Beck Center for the Arts<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#26282A">Lakewood, OH</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#26282A">–</span><a href="http://www.beckcenter.org"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Beck
Center for the Arts</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#26282A"> proudly
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">announces <b>
<i>Beck Broadway Alums In Concert. </i></b>Available for convenient streaming, this production benefits Beck Center.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
Beck Center has a sterling reputation of cultivating talented performers who go on to success in hit Broadway shows and associated tours; making their mark in a highly competitive world. That is true with these actors and singers who will entertain and share
stories of their experiences with Beck Center, and professional gigs, off, and on Broadway.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br>
<a href="https://www.beckcenter.org/about/leadership">Scott Spence,</a> Artistic Director for the past 30 years at Beck Center for the Arts, and producer<br>
of this virtual event says "I am both thrilled and touched that these amazing performers are<br>
thinking of Beck Center during such a challenging time for the Arts. Each of them has<br>
memorably shared their magic on Beck's stages, and I am so gracious to each of them for<br>
giving back."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Talented performers include Kathleen Rooney Faubel, a Baldwin Wallace University Music Theatre Program alum whose talent was showcased in
<i>The Little Mermaid </i>and <i>Evil Dead, The Musical</i> at Beck Center. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Rory O'Malley, whose illustrious career includes performing as the King in
<i>Hamilton</i>, and a Tony Award ® nomination for <i>The Book of Mormon</i>, performed as a shy kid in Beck Youth Theater productions as well as
<i>One Flew Over The Cuckoo</i>'<i>s Nest</i>, directed by Scott Spence. Rory attended Carnegie Mellon.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Max Chernin was seen on the Beck Center boards in
<i>Aida </i>and <i>The</i> <i>History Boy</i>s. Max is a Cincinnatti Conservatory of Music Alum. Max performed in
<i>Bright Star </i>and <i>Sunday in the Park</i> <i>with George</i> in NYC. <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Colton Ryan made audiences aware of his talent in
<i>Carrie</i> and <i>Dogfight </i>at Beck Center while studying at BW and went on to find Broadway success in
<i>Dear Evan Hanson </i>and the new Bob Dylan musical <i>The Girl from the North Country</i>.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Cassie Okenka is also a BW alum, and performed at Beck Center in
<i>Moby Dick the Musical </i>before rocking her way to Broadway in <i>School of Rock</i> and
<i>Bonnie and Clyde</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Rebecca Pitcher performed in
<i>Sweeney Todd </i>and<i> She Loves Me</i> at Beck Center, both before and after playing Christine in a long-running stint in
<i>Phantom of the Opera </i>on Broadway and National Tours. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Corey Mach performed in
<i>Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream<br>
Coat </i>at Beck Center prior to becoming a BW student and took his talents to Broadway in
<i>Godspell </i>as well as <i>Kinky Boots</i>. Corey has also kindly shared his talents with Beck Center students by providing master classes.<br>
<br>
Keri Rene' Fuller cut her teeth in Beck Center’s <i>Bloody, Bloody Andrew<br>
Jackson </i>and <i>Dogfight</i> as a BW alum, then brought her best to Broadway in
<i>Waitress</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">And no concert would be complete without a Glinda from Broadway’s
<i>Wicked.</i> Enter Libby Servais who has also performed in <i>Lysistrata Jones </i>
on the <a href="https://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/great_bright_way_broadway_nickname">
Great Bright Way</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">This limited virtual engagement runs March 5 to March 28<sup>,</sup> 2021 on any device in the comfort<br>
of your home, as part of Beck Center for the Arts’ 87th Professional Theater Season. For more<br>
information please visit <a href="https://www.beckcenter.org/shows/bbalums">beckcenter.org</a>. As a benefit performance for Beck Center, patrons are asked to reserve a complimentary ticket in advance at
<a href="https://www.showtix4u.com/#streaming">ShowTix4U.com</a> and then donate online as they are moved to do so throughout this entertaining experience. RSVPs will be available starting Monday, Feb 22.<span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Beck Center is located at
<a href="https://maps.google.com/?q=17801+Detroit+Avenue&entry=gmail&source=g" target="_blank">
17801 Detroit Avenue</a> in Lakewood. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;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
</span></i><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">productions on two stages,
<span style="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></span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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