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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red">Tickets On Sale Now
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">for <span style="color:black">
Beck Center for the Arts</span>’<i><span style="color:black"> This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing,
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">First Live And In-Person Production Since Start of Pandemic</span></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Lakewood, OH</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">–</span><a href="http://www.beckcenter.org/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">Beck
Center for the Arts</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> is pleased to announce its first live and in-person play since the start of the worldwide pandemic,
<i>This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Produced by Scott Spence,
<i>This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing </i>reminds us we are all born of flesh and made of dreams. This tale brings to life the struggles and aspirations of three sisters as one walks the globe to find her purpose, one searches for adventure,
and the third grows where she is planted. Years later their journeys convene in a lovely home in the woods, albeit with a truculent badger. Experience this brilliant piece of theater--perfect for audiences young and old alike—with actress Derdriu Ring, and
director Eric Schmiedl as they light our imaginations on fire.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Front Row Center, NewYorkTheatre.com </span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">says of Irish playwright Finegan Kruckemeyer,
“He has created a kind of magical mythical fairy tale.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In anticipation of welcoming theater patrons back to the newly named Senney Theater Beck Center made a number of investments in HVAC and air filtration to provide a safe environment for patrons
as they return to live theater. Actor’s Equity Association mandates that masks be worn by all audience members. Therefore, Beck Center will require all staff, crew, and audience members to wear masks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Now in his 31<sup>st</sup> season, Beck Center for the Arts’ Artistic Director
</span><a href="https://www.beckcenter.org/about/leadership"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Scott Spence</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> says, “</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I can't think
of a better way to plunge back into the world of live theater where vibrant storytelling draws the audience in.
<i>This Girl Laughs</i>, <i>This Girl Cries, and This Girl Does Nothing </i>tells the story of three very different sisters as they take life-altering journeys, and is brought to life by one of Northeast Ohio's preeminent actresses...Derdriu Ring. It's a story
that is perfect for young and old alike, and you'll rarely get a chance to see anything quite like it on area stages."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Running Thursday July 22 (preview), opening July 23 until August 8, 2021, tickets are available for purchase on Monday, June 21, 2021 at 216-521-2540 x10 and
</span><a href="https://www.beckcenter.org/shows/thisgirl"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">beckcenter.org</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> with ticket
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">prices from $33 (adults), $29 (for seniors 65 and older) and $12 for students with valid ID. A $3 service fee per single ticket will be applied at time of purchase. Curtain
<span style="color:black">times are 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. Sundays. The show runs 70 minutes in length, no intermission. Preview performance is 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 22, with general-admission seating for $10 per person. $10 Smart
Seats® are available for each performance. For more information, </span>please visit
</span><a href="https://www.beckcenter.org/shows/thisgirl"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext">beckcenter.org</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">All performances will take place at the Senney Theater inside </span><a href="http://www.beckcenter.org/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">Beck
Center for the Arts</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> located at 17801 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood, just ten minutes west of downtown Cleveland. Free onsite parking is available. For more information visit </span><a href="http://www.beckcenter.org/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">beckcenter.org</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Beck Center for the Arts is proud to be a part of Northeast Ohio’s professional theater landscape, operating under a letter of agreement with Actors’ Equity Association. We are a Small Professional
Theater (SPT) based on the number of seats, number of our performances, and the maximum weekly hours of work we provide to actors. We produce every show on our stages, by choosing the play, casting and rehearsing it, building the sets, props, and costumes,
directing and performing the live music, and designing lights and sound. We proudly utilize regional resources and talent.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><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 on two stages, arts education programming
in dance, music, theater, visual arts, early childhood, and creative arts therapies for individuals with disabilities, free gallery exhibits year-round, and outreach education programming.</span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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