The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe Comes to Beck Center Youth

Travel to the magical land of Narnia with four English school children in the Beck Center Youth Theater's production of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe on the Mackey Main Stage, November 5 to 8, 2009, at the Beck Center for the Arts. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday with an already sold-out student matinee performance at 10 a.m. on Thursday, November 5.

Adapted from the classic story by C.S. Lewis and dramatized by Joseph Robinette, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe is for audiences of all ages. This heroic, enthralling tale of love, faith, courage, and giving chronicles the life and death struggle for control of Narnia and the grandeur of the triumph of good over evil.

The show features a cast of 61 young actors, ranging in age from 7 to 18 years, who are all students from the Beck Center's Dance, Music, and Theater Departments.

"This production is a huge undertaking, and our students are rising to the challenge," says Director Jonathan S. Kronenberger, Beck Center associate director of Theater Education. "We are so excited to present this classic, grand story onstage in such a simple manner. The play's action will stir the audience's imagination which plays an important part in the telling of this story."

Tickets are $12 for adults/seniors and $10 for students/children 18 and under. (Ticket prices include service fees.) Group discounts are available for parties of 13 or more. To reserve tickets, call the Beck Center box office at 216.521.2540 ext. 10. Beck Center is located at 17801 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood, just ten minutes west of downtown Cleveland. Free onsite parking is available.

Beck Center's production of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe is presented through special arrangement with the Dramatic Publishing Company and is sponsored by Cox Communications, Martha Holden Jennings Foundation, and Music is Elementary. The Ohio Arts Council helped fund this production with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans. This production is also generously supported by the public through a grant from 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 special needs students, and gallery exhibits featuring local and regional artists. For more information about the Beck Center, visit www.beckcenter.org.

 

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