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<p class="s12" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><span class="s13"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Beck Center For The Arts Serves Up A Sweet Collaboration
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<p class="s12" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><span class="s13"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">With Baldwin Wallace University Music Theatre Program With</span></b></span><span class="s13"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><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:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Waitress</span></i></b></span><o:p></o:p></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 to announce
</span></span><span class="s9"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">another fabulous collaboration with the
</span></span><a href="https://www.bw.edu/academics/undergraduate/music-theatre/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Baldwin Wallace University Music Theatre program.</span></a><span class="s9"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
</span></span><span class="s10"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This season,
<b><i>Waitress</i></b> is on the menu. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="s8" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.mtishows.com/waitress"><b><i>Waitress The Musical,</i></b></a><span class="normaltextrun"><b><i><span style="color:#242424"> Baldwin Wallace Music Theatre Program
Collaboration,</span></i></b><span style="color:#242424"> is directed by </span>
</span>Victoria Bussert, music direction Matthew Webb, choreography Lauren Marousek.
<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:#242424">Featuring music and lyrics by
</span></span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Bareilles" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun">Sara Bareilles</span></a><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:#242424">, Book by Jessie Nelson.
</span></span>Senney Theater, Opening February 14 running Thursdays through Sundays until March 9, 2025.
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">The story of Jenna, the titular waitress and expert pie-maker who dreams of a way out of her small town and rocky marriage. Based on the 2007 movie of the same name,
<b><i>Waitress</i></b> features a book by acclaimed screenwriter Jessie Nelson (<i>I Am Sam</i>) and music and lyrics by Grammy Award® winner
</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Bareilles" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="background:#E1E3E6">Sara Bareilles</span></span></a></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">
(“Love Song,” “Brave”). <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">“<b><i>Waitress</i></b><i>
</i>is the hit musical that’s “a little slice of heaven”--<i>Entertainment Weekly.</i>
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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><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.beckcenter.org/"><span class="s29"><span style="color:blue">Beck
Center for the Arts</span></span></a><span class="s16"> 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 class="s29"><span style="color:blue">beckcenter.org</span></span></a><span class="s16">.</span></span><span class="s16"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="s16"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tickets start at $15 Smart Seats to $41 each,
</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.8pt;background:white">$37 (for seniors 65 and older), $20 for students with valid ID, and $15 for children under 12 years of age, plus ticket fees,</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.8pt;background:white">
</span><span class="s16"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">available </span>
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">at 216-521-2540 and <a href="https://www.beckcenter.org/shows/waitress">
Beckcenter.org.</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="s16"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Curtain times are 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, 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 $15. Smart Seats are available for each performance at just $15 per person.
For more information on the 2024-2025 Professional Theater Season please visit </span>
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.beckcenter.org/professional-theater">beckcenter.org.</a><span class="s17"><span style="color:red">
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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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