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<p class="s12" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><span class="s13"><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Beck Center for the Arts Announces Otherworldly Collaboration With</span></b></span><span class="s13"><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="s12" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><span class="s13"><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Baldwin Wallace University Music Theatre Program,
<i>Ghost the Musical <o:p></o:p></i></span></b></span></p>
<p class="s12" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red">Get your $10 Preview tickets for Thurs, Feb 9 at
<a href="https://beckcenter.na.ticketsearch.com/sales/salesevent/14572"><span style="color:red">beckcenter.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="s12" style="margin:0in"><span class="s9"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Lakewood, OH</span></b></span><span class="s10"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">–</span></span><a href="http://www.beckcenter.org/"><span class="s11"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">Beck
Center for the Arts</span></span></a><span class="s10"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> is pleased</span></span><span class="s9"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> to announce the twelfth collaboration with
</span></span><a href="https://www.bw.edu/academics/undergraduate/music-theatre/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Baldwin Wallace University Musical Theatre program</span></a><span class="s10"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> with
the production of </span></span><a href="https://www.theatricalrights.com/show/ghost-the-musical/"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ghost the Musical.</span></i></a><span class="s10"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
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<span class="s16"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">With direction by </span>
</span><a href="https://www.bw.edu/academics/bios/bussert-victoria"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Victoria Bussert</span></a><span class="s16"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, book and lyrics by
</span></span><a href="https://www.theatricalrights.com/author/bruce-joel-rubin/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Bruce Joel Rubin</span></a><span class="s16"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, music and lyrics by
</span></span><a href="https://www.theatricalrights.com/author/dave-stewart/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dave Stewart</span></a><span class="s16"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, music and lyrics by
</span></span><a href="https://www.theatricalrights.com/author/glen-ballard/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Glen Ballard</span></a><span class="s16"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, choreography by
</span></span><a href="https://www.laurentidmore.com/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Lauren Tidmore</span></a><span class="s16"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, and music direction by
</span></span><a href="https://www.bw.edu/academics/bios/webb-matthew"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Matthew Webb</span></a><span class="s16"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, this all-star team brings out the best in this fan favorite
love story. The cast includes the inspiringly talented Baldwin Wallace University Music Theatre students as well as local actress, director, casting director
</span></span><a href="https://www.bw.edu/academics/bios/longshaw-jackson-colleen"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Colleen Longshaw Jackson</span></a><span class="s16"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> as Oda Mae Brown.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="s16"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Director Victoria Bussert says, “</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Having grown up with the film, I'm so excited to get
to tell this classic love story onstage! Matt Webb (Music Director), Lauren Tidmore (Choreographer) and I can't wait to bring Beck Center an evening of romance, suspense and comedy -- thanks to the brilliant Colleen Longshaw as Oda Mae Brown (the role that
nabbed the Academy Award for Whoopi Goldberg).”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><span class="s16"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The perfect production for a month of Valentine’s celebrations, this iconic love story runs February 10 to February 26, 2023 in the Senney Theater at Beck Center
for the Arts in Lakewood. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202122;background:white">Sam and Molly are lovers, and when Sam dies, he becomes caught between our world and what lies next. Molly is in danger and Sam cannot bear to leave
her. A medium, Oda Mae Brown, helps Sam get in touch with Molly to warn her. You know what happens next, but you must experience it live, in the theater.
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<span class="s16"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ticket prices are </span></span><span class="s17"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">$38 (adults), $34 (for seniors 65 and older), and $17 for students with valid ID. A $3 service fee
per single ticket will be applied at time of purchase. Adults and seniors can save $5 on tickets using promo code POTTERY before February 3, 2023.
</span></span><span class="s16"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Curtain times are 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 2:30 p.m. Sundays.
</span></span><span class="s17"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Preview performances are 7:30 p.m. the Thursday before opening night, with general-admission seating for just $10. Smart Seats® are available for each performance at just $10 per person.
For more information on the 2022-2023 Professional Theater Season please visit</span></span><a href="beckcenter.org"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> beckcenter.org.</span></a><span class="s17"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red">
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<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212529">Ghost The Musical</span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212529"> has plenty to offer.” –<i>Bloomberg<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
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<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212529">Produced by special arrangement with Theatrical Rights Worldwide (TRW).
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<p class="s15" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify"><span class="s25"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">All performances are at theaters inside </span></span><a href="http://www.beckcenter.org/"><span class="s29"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">Beck
Center for the Arts</span></span></a><span class="s16"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> located at 17801 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood, Ohio, just ten minutes west of downtown Cleveland. Free onsite parking is available. For more information visit </span></span><a href="http://www.beckcenter.org/"><span class="s29"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue">beckcenter.org</span></span></a><span class="s16"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><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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