CONTACT: Julie Gilliland, jgilliland@beckcenter.org<mailto:jgilliland@beckcenter.org> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 4, 2022 Beck Center For The Arts Produces LIZZIE the Musical, Marking The Eleventh Collaboration With Baldwin Wallace Music Theatre Program, Running February 4 through February 27, 2022 Lakewood, OH-Beck Center for the Arts<https://www.beckcenter.org/shows/lizzie> is pleased to produce LIZZIE the Musical<https://www.lizziethemusical.com/>, collaborating once again with the esteemed Baldwin Wallace University Music Theatre Program<https://bwmt.bw.edu/>. This production has played to sold out theaters around the world, earning a vast array of international awards<https://www.lizziethemusical.com/awards>. This show, quite literally, rocks. Beck Center is thrilled to be a part of this local professional premiere. Victoria Bussert<http://www.victoriabussert.com/lizzie-reviews.html>, director of this production, and previous incarnations of this musical says, "LIZZIE is such an exciting musical, I can't wait to tackle it again for the Beck Center!" Ms. Bussert's history with this musical includes<https://www.cleveland.com/onstage/2019/01/lizzies-hometown-producers-offer-a-sneak-peek-at-rock-musical-about-to-carve-bold-bloody-path-to-new-york.html> a production off-Broadway. Music and lyrics are by Steven Cheklik-deMeyer, Tim Maner, and Alan Stevens Hewitt. The cast is comprised of some of the best musical theater students who were accepted into the highly competitive Music Theatre Program at Baldwin Wallace University. Musical direction is by Matthew Webb<https://bwmt.bw.edu/staff-team-members/matthew-webb>, and choreography is by Gregory Daniels<https://www.bw.edu/academics/bios/daniels-gregory>. This limited engagement runs February 4 through February 27, 2022 in the Senney Theater. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 2:30 p.m. Sundays. Additional Thursday performances will take place at 7:30 p.m. on February 10, 17, and 24. Buy early and save with promo code: TRIAL (all caps) to receive $5 off each adult or senior ticket purchased by January 28, 2022. Preview performance is the Thursday before Opening Night, February 3, 2022. Tickets range from $10 Smart Seats (r) to $34 each, plus fees. Group and student discounts are available at 216-521-2540 x10. Tickets are on sale now. <https://www.beckcenter.org/shows/lizzie> Beck Center is located at 17801 Detroit Avenue<https://maps.google.com/?q=17801+Detroit+Avenue&entry=gmail&source=g> in Lakewood, just ten minutes west of downtown Cleveland. Free onsite parking is available. For more information visit beckcenter.org<http://www.beckcenter.org> or call Beck Center Customer Service at 216.521.2540 x10. LIZZIE the Musical has been developed with the assistance of tiny mythic theatre company, HERE arts center, Took An Axe Productions (Hillary Richard & Peter McCabe), Brisa Trinchero/Corey Brunish (Make Musicals) and Van Dean/Kenny Howard (Broadway Consortium). 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. 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 outreach education programming. ###