Beck Center for the Arts
Beck Center for the Arts|
The Beck Center |
| Formation |
1931 |
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| Type |
Theatre group |
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| Location |
- 17801 Detroit Avenue
Lakewood, Ohio 44107
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| Website |
beckcenter.org |
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Beck Center for the Arts in Lakewood, Ohio, is a non-profit, performing arts and arts education organization. It is the largest theater and arts center on Cleveland's West Shore, educating and entertaining over 65,000 people per year. On its 3½ acre campus, Beck Center houses two stages producing live theater for children, teens and adults; two gallery spaces, and over thirty classrooms for educational programming for children and adults. It offers classes in visual arts, music, theater and dance.
The Beck Center was originally named the “Guild of the Masques” when it was founded by Richard Kay in 1929; formally incorporating as the Lakewood Little Theatre in 1933. The group moved onto its current site in Lakewood, Ohio in a theater originally designed for the movies, the Lucier, in 1938. They redesigned the interior space for live plays and purchased the building in 1943. In the following decades, the group bought up contiguous land, and, in 1972 began a capital campaign to build a new center. They were successful in raising $600,000 which was matched by ad exec Kenneth C. Beck and the current Beck Center was built in 1975.[1]
Beck Center for the Arts hosts the longest running youth theater program in the United States, running for nearly sixty years.
Productions
2016-2017 Season Professional Theater
| Show | Date | Location |
| Ruthless! | September 16 - October 16 | Mackey Theater |
| Body Awareness | October 7 - November 6 | Studio Theater |
| Disney's The Little Mermaid | December 2 - December 31 | Mackey Theater |
| Bring It On The Musical | February 10 - February 26 | Mackey Theater |
| The Dresser | March 3 - April 9 | Studio Theater |
| Really Really | June 2 - July 2 | Studio Theater |
| City of Angles | July 7 - August 13 | Mackey Theater |
2016-2017 Season Youth Theater Presented by the Mort and Iris Philanthropic Fund
| Show | Date | Location |
| Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | November 4 - November 6 | Mackey Theater |
| AARGH! | December 10 - December 18 | Studio Theater |
| Carrie the Musical | March 24 - April 2 | Mackey Theater |
| Schoolhouse Rock Live | May 12 - May 21 | Mackey Theater |
2015-2016 Season Professional Theater
2015-2016 Season Youth Theater
| Show | Date | Location |
| A Little Princess | November 5 - November 8 | Mackey Main Stage |
| Happily Forever After | December 11 - December 20 | Studio Theater |
| Bright Ideas | February 2 - March 6 | Studio Theater |
| Big the Musical | May 13 - May 22 | Mackey Main Stage |
2014-2015 Season Professional Theater
| Show | Date | Location |
| Forever Plaid | September 12 - October 12 | Mackey Main Stage |
| [Title of Show] | October 10 - November 16 | Studio Theater |
| Mary Poppins | December 5 - January 4 | Mackey Main Stage |
| Dogfight | February 6 - March 15 | Studio Theater |
| Lend Me a Tenor | March 27 - April 26 | Mackey Main Stage |
| The Young Man From Atlanta | May 29 - June 28 | Studio Theater |
| American Idiot | July 10 - August 16 | Mackey Main Stage |
2014-2015 Season Youth Theater
| Show | Date | Location |
| Mr. Toad's Mad Adventures | November 6 - November 9 | Mackey Main Stage |
| Hillbilly Holiday | December 12 - December 21 | Studio Theater |
| Chicago | February 20 - March 1 | Mackey Main Stage |
| Oliver! | May 15 - May 24 | Mackey Main Stage |
2013-2014 Season Professional Theater
| Show | Date | Location |
| She Loves Me | September 20 - October 20 | Mackey Main Stage |
| 33 Variations | October 11 - November 17 | Studio Theater |
| Annie | December 6 - January 5 | Mackey Main Stage |
| Carrie the Musical | February 7 - March 9 | Mackey Main Stage |
| 'night, Mother | March 21 - May 4 | Studio Theater |
| Seminar: A Comedy | May 30 - June 29 | Studio Theater |
| Young Frankenstein | July 11 - August 17 | Mackey Main Stage |
2013-2014 Season Youth Theater
| Show | Date | Location |
| The Pied Piper pf Hamelin | November 7 - November 10 | Mackey Main Stage |
| Law and Order: Fairy Tale Unit | December 13 - December 22 | Studio Theater |
| The Children's Hour | February 21 - March 2 | Mackey Main Stage |
| The Wizard of Oz | May 9 - May 18 | Mackey Main Stage |
2009-2010 Season Youth Theater
| Show | Date | Location |
| The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe | November 5 - November 8 | Mackey Main Stage |
| All Greek to Me | December 11 - December 20 | Studio Theater |
| Twelve Angry Jurors | February 19 - February 28 | Studio Theater |
| Seussical The Musical! | May 14 - May 22 | Mackey Main Stage |
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