"33 Variations" Shifts Through Time At Beck Center

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Beck Center for the Arts is proud to present "33 Variations," October 11 through November 17, 2013 in the intimate Studio Theater. Show times are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays. Post show talks with local experts from the medical and music communities will follow performances on Sunday, October 13, Saturday, October 26 and Friday, November 8. There will be no performance on Saturday, October 19. Tickets are now on sale.

Written by Moisés Kaufman, the award-winning author of "The Laramie Project," this imaginative play follows a modern day musicologist diagnosed with ALS as she races to finish her research on Beethoven. Across time in 1819 Vienna, the ailing and deaf composer becomes obsessed with a simple waltz. Plagued by illness, but gifted with passion, their parallel journeys entwine as they learn to embrace the gift of time and find peace in letting go. Nominated for numerous Tony Awards, Broadway World called "33 Variations" “one of the most satisfying new plays that Broadway has seen in a long while.”

Beck Center’s production of "33 Variations" is directed by the acclaimed director Sarah May and features an ensemble of seven talented area actors including Equity actors Dana Hart and Maryann Nagel who appear courtesy of the Actor’s Equity Association. Stuart Raleigh, an integral part of the music scene in Northeast Ohio, will play the piano. “You don’t have to know anything about classical music to enjoy this show,” remarked May. “It’s a wonderful, totally accessible story about determined people following their dreams, all underscored with some of the most beautiful music ever written.”

Tickets for "33 Variations" are $29 for adults, $26 for seniors (65 and older), $12 for students (with valid I.D.), and $10 for children (12 and under). An additional $3 service fee per ticket is applied at the time of purchase. Preview Night on Thursday, October 10 is $10 with general admission seating. Group discounts (13 or more) are available. Purchase tickets online at beckcenter.org or call Customer Service at 216.521.2540, ext. 10. Beck Center for the Arts is located at 17801 Detroit Avenue in Lakewood, just ten minutes west of downtown Cleveland. Free onsite parking is available.

Presented through special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc. this production of "33 Variations" is generously funded by Cuyahoga County residents through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture and the Ohio Arts Council.

Beck Center for the Arts is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization that offers professional theater productions, arts education programming in dance, music, theater, visual arts, early childhood, and creative arts therapies for special needs students, and free gallery exhibits featuring local, regional, and international artists.

Pat Miller

Publications Coordinator - Beck Center for the Arts

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