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<p class="s12" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><span class="s13"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Beck Center For The Arts Opens The Door To</span></b></span><span class="s13"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="s12" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><span class="s13"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A Doll’s House Part 2</span></i></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><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 to announce a production of
</span></span><a href="https://www.tcg.org/Default.aspx?TabID=251&productId=7580387"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A Doll's House, Part 2</span></i></b></a><span class="s10"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.</span></i></b></span><span class="s10"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
</span></i></span><span class="s10"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The performance occurs from
</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">May 31—June 30, 2024, in the intimate Studio Theater.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">This play will be directed by
</span><a href="https://theater.case.edu/faculty/donald-carrier/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Don Carrier</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> and features
<span style="color:black;background:white">the work of playwright, </span></span><a href="https://www.tcg.org/Default.aspx?TabID=251&productId=7580387"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Lucas Hnath</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">.
This eccentric, probing, and bold play is both a continuation of Henrik Ibsen’s complex exploration of traditional gender roles, as well as a sharp contemporary take on the struggles inherent in all human relationships across time</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#515151;background:white">.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
This 2017 Tony Award Winner of Best Play starts<span style="color:black;background:white"> fifteen years after Nora Helmer slammed the door on her stifling domestic life. Now a knock comes at that same door. It is Nora, and she has returned with an urgent
request. What will her sudden return mean to those she left behind? </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="s16"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Director Don Carrier shares, “</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A Doll's House or Doll's House by Ibsen was a play that really impacted me when I read
it as a child. The subject matter was so unique and more so for those who saw/read it when it first came out. Just hearing Doll's House Part II as a title seemed preposterous and yet in reading the play we see a wonderful mix of contemporary and period of
drama and comedy of ideas and one liner's. The audience will still walk away invested in the decision Nora makes and her journey in making it.”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="s9"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Run dates are
</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">May 31—June 30, 2024, in the<b>
</b>Studio Theater. <span class="s16">Ticket prices range from </span><span class="s17">$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. </span><span class="s16">Curtain
times are 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 2:30 p.m. Sundays. </span><span class="s17">Preview performance is at 7:30 p.m. the Thursday before opening night, May 30, 2024 with general-admission seating for just $10. Smart Seats® are available for each
performance at just $10 per person. For more information on <b><i>A Doll’s House Part 2,</i></b> please visit
</span></span><a href="https://www.beckcenter.org/shows/dolls"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">beckcenter.org</span></a><span class="s17"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">According to Christian Lewis of the
<i>Huffington Post</i>, “An incredibly enjoyable play…The true triumph of <em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">A Doll’s House, Part 2 </span></em>is its refreshingly feminist political message<i>.</i>”
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="s21"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This production is presented through special arrangement with</span></span><span class="s10"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></span><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Theatre
Communications Group, Inc</span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.</span><span class="s21"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></span><span class="s25"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
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<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><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, 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><o:p></o:p></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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</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Beck Center for the Arts also offers arts education for all ages, skill levels, and abilities with classes and lessons in music, dance, visual arts, and theater, as well as creative arts therapies.
Financial assistance is offered for qualified applicants so that these programs can be enjoyed by all.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
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