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<p class="s12" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><span class="s13"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Beck Center for the Arts Announces
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<p class="s12" align="center" style="margin:0in;text-align:center"><span class="s13"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Oberlin College and Conservatory Music Theater Program Collaboration
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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="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.beckcenter.org_&d=DwMGaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=5SXVbdZNhGi9XMPP1DQgcdxG2LQEG1I2SKYNsBBTYUU&m=uSBp7SofLyYDnrMmqZL_Mgc-7m6Nz-IVUuaetvuuFAp14BxL3R_bw65Z7IwcLUqU&s=5jl5SEO1OVIhwM4psI0WWWDnZ0mC4ETDbkvF4hzNy_U&e="><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 its</span></span><span class="s9"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> first annual collaboration through the production of
<b><i>Spring Awakening</i></b> with </span></span><a href="https://www.oberlin.edu/music-theater"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Oberlin College and Conservatory Music Theater Program.</span></a><span class="s9"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Now in its 20<sup>th</sup> anniversary,
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.1pt">this piece won eight Tony Awards®, including Best Musical. From its beginning the play, and now the musical, have held audiences tight in its fist.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.1pt">First written in late 1890 and spring of 1891, German playwright
</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Wedekind"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.1pt">Frank Wekekind’s</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.1pt"> piece, set in the late 19<sup>th</sup>
century, was later adapted into a popular rock musical by </span><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Duncan+Sheik&rlz=1C1ONGR_enUS1145US1145&oq=when+was+spring+awakening+&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqBwgAEAAYgAQyBwgAEAAYgAQyBwgBEAAYgAQyBwgCEAAYgAQyCggDEEUYFhgeGDkyBwgEEAAYgAQyCAgFEAAYFhgeMggIBhAAGBYYHjIICAcQABgWGB4yCAgIEAAYFhgeMggICRAAGBYYHtIBCTExMTM3ajBqN6gCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&ved=2ahUKEwjFj9-3w-2RAxXLCnkGHc99HvMQgK4QegYIAQgAEAU"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.1pt">Duncan
Sheik</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.1pt"> and
</span><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Steven+Sater&rlz=1C1ONGR_enUS1145US1145&oq=when+was+spring+awakening+&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqBwgAEAAYgAQyBwgAEAAYgAQyBwgBEAAYgAQyBwgCEAAYgAQyCggDEEUYFhgeGDkyBwgEEAAYgAQyCAgFEAAYFhgeMggIBhAAGBYYHjIICAcQABgWGB4yCAgIEAAYFhgeMggICRAAGBYYHtIBCTExMTM3ajBqN6gCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&ved=2ahUKEwjFj9-3w-2RAxXLCnkGHc99HvMQgK4QegYIAQgAEAY"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.1pt">Steven
Sater.</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.1pt"> That work premiered on Broadway in 2006.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Victoria Bussert, head of the Oberlin program shared, “Oberlin Music Theater is thrilled to join with Beck Center for our first annual collaboration, Spring Awakening. Spring Awakening matters
in 2026 because it gives young people a voice in a world that still struggles to listen — using music, dance and honest portrayals to spark empathy, dialogue and courage at exactly the moment they’re most needed.”<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. 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 2025-2026 Professional Theater Season please visit </span>
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://beckcenter.org/theater/event-categories/professional-theater">beckcenter.org.</a><span class="s17"><span style="color:red">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://beckcenter.org/theater/spring-awakening"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Spring Awakening</span></i></b></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> produced in collaboration with Oberlin College
and Conservatory Music Theater Program, books and lyrics were written by Steve Sater, music by Duncan Sheik, based on the play by Frank Wedekind. Directed by Victoria Bussert, musical direction by Matthew Webb, and choreography by Lauren Marousek, will be
performed in Senney Theater,<span style="color:black"> February 13 to March 1, 2026, with added Wednesdays February 18, and February 25, 2026 and Thursdays on February 19 and 26, 2026. </span>Presented in arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.1pt">Young lovers must struggle against all odds to build a world together in this electrifying fusion of morality hitting up against passion in a pop rock score that exhilarates
audiences like no other musical. How did you play your hand when adults held all the cards?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.1pt">"The most gorgeous Broadway score this decade," <i><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Entertainment Weekly <o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p>
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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="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.beckcenter.org_&d=DwMGaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=5SXVbdZNhGi9XMPP1DQgcdxG2LQEG1I2SKYNsBBTYUU&m=uSBp7SofLyYDnrMmqZL_Mgc-7m6Nz-IVUuaetvuuFAp14BxL3R_bw65Z7IwcLUqU&s=5jl5SEO1OVIhwM4psI0WWWDnZ0mC4ETDbkvF4hzNy_U&e="><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="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.beckcenter.org_&d=DwMGaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=5SXVbdZNhGi9XMPP1DQgcdxG2LQEG1I2SKYNsBBTYUU&m=uSBp7SofLyYDnrMmqZL_Mgc-7m6Nz-IVUuaetvuuFAp14BxL3R_bw65Z7IwcLUqU&s=5jl5SEO1OVIhwM4psI0WWWDnZ0mC4ETDbkvF4hzNy_U&e="><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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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Beck Center for the Arts also offers arts education for all ages, all skill levels, and all abilities with classes and lessons in music, dance, visual arts, and theater, as well as creative
arts therapies. Financial assistance is offered to qualified applicants so that these programs can be enjoyed by all.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="s15" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify"><span class="s10"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Programming at Beck Center for the Arts is made possible through the generous support of First Federal Lakewood, and the Ohio Arts Council. </span></span><span class="s26"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Beck
Center gratefully acknowledges the generous funding provided by the citizens of Cuyahoga County through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture.</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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