Beck Center For The Arts Announces 75th Anniversary Kick-off with It's A Madhouse Lakewood, OH-<https://www.lakewoodoh.gov/>Beck Center for the Arts<https://www.beckcenter.org/youth-theater>, one of the oldest continuously running Youth Theater programs in the nation is proud to announce the 75th Youth Theater Season for 2023-2024. "We are elated to be celebrating 75 years of Youth Theater alongside the 90th anniversary of Beck Center for the Arts," states Sarah Clare, Associate Director of Theater Education. "This season allows us to explore the connections we make and how we are at our best when we use our individual and unique talents to come together as a community to solve problems and create a better world where we are safe to explore our passions, whether they are deemed 'nerdy' or not!" Beck Center for the Arts' Youth Theater alumni include Michael Chernus (Orange Is the New Black; Manhattan; Severance); Dee Hoty (three-time Tony Nominee); Isabela Merced (Dora and the Lost City of Gold; Transformers: The Last Night); Rory O'Malley (Hamilton; Tony Nominee, Book of Mormon); and Daniel Reichard (Drama Desk Nominee, Jersey Boys). Ticket prices are $15 Adult/Senior, and $13 Children/Student (ages 18 & under). Please reserve tickets at beckcenter.org<https://www.beckcenter.org/youth-theater>, call 216.521.2540 or simply stop by Beck Center Customer Service in person. Entire season lineup available at: beckcenter.org/youth-theater.<https://www.beckcenter.org/youth-theater> It's a Madhouse!<https://www.beckcenter.org/youth-shows/ayouththeatershow> Written by Todd Wallinger Direction by Russel Stich October 26-Oct 29, 2023: Senney Theater. Student Matinee: Thursday, October 26, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. Friday and Saturday performances at 7:30 p.m. Sunday performances at 3:00 p.m This show is produced with special arrangement by Pioneer Drama Service, Denver, Colorado Best-selling mystery author Byron Pembroke is dead. Soon after, his highly dysfunctional family gathers on a dark and stormy evening for the reading of the will. Each family member has their own reason to believe they'll receive the estate, but the family soon finds out that instead of naming an heir, Byron condensed his fortune into one mysterious object and left it to... whoever finds it first! The mansion is overrun by a horde of strangers seeking shelter from the storm, and once the strangers find out about the hidden treasure, they soon join in the hunt. Beck Center for the Arts thanks marquee sponsor First Federal Lakewood for their generous support. Programming at Beck Center for the Arts is made possible through the generous support of the Ohio Arts Council. Beck Center gratefully acknowledges the generous funding provided by the citizens of Cuyahoga County through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture. For more information on Beck Center programming please visit beckcenter.org<http://www.beckcenter.org/>. 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 available for qualified applicants so that these programs can be enjoyed by all. 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 community education programming.