Beck Center for the Arts
Formation1931
TypeTheatre group
Location
  • 17801 Detroit Avenue Lakewood, Ohio 44107
Websitebeckcenter.org

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 seventy years.

Productions

2023-2024 Season Professional Theater

ShowDateLocation
Doubt: A ParableMay 26 - June 25Studio Theater
Once On This Island July 7 – August 6 Senney Theater
Cat's-Paw September 22– October 22 Studio Theater
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat December 1– December 30 Senney Theater
Ride the Cyclone February 9 – February 25 Senney Theater
Jitney April 5 – May 5 Studio Theater
A Doll's House, Part 2 May 31—June 30 Studio Theater
Beautiful, the Carole King Musical July 12– August 11 Senney Theater

2023-2024 Season Youth Theater

ShowDateLocation
TBAOctober 26 - Oct 29, 2023Senney Theater
Going Medieval: A Ye Olde Comedie December 8 - December 17 Studio Theater
Mean Girls (High School Version) March 3 - March 24 Senney Theater
The Wizard of Oz May 10- May 19 Senney Theater

2022-2023 Season Professional Theater

ShowDateLocation
Buyer & CellarSeptember 9- October 9Studio Theater
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time September 23- October 16 Senney Theater
Elf the Musical December 2- December 30 Senney Theater
Ghost the Musical February 10- February 26 Senney Theater
Noises Off March 24- April 16 Senney Theater
Doubt: A Parable May 26- June 25 Studio Theater
Once On This Island July 7- August 6 Senney Theater

2021-2022 Season Professional Theater

ShowDateLocation
Broadway BoundSeptember 10- October 3Senney Theater
The ExoneratedOctober 8- November 7Studio Theater
Elf the MusicalDecember 30- January 2Senney Theater
LizzieFebruary 4- February 26Senney Theater
Meteor ShowerApril 1- May 1Studio Theater
The Legend of Georgia McBrideMay 27- June 26Studio Theater
Something Rotten!July 8- August 7Senney Theater

2021- 2022 Season Youth Theater

ShowDateLocation
Little Tech Class of Horrors: When Good Science Goes BadOctober 22- October 24Senney Theater
The Real Valkyries of Valhalla December 10- December 19 Studio Theater
Disney's: High School Musical March 18- March 27 Senney Theater
Bugsy Malone May 6- May 15 Senney Theater

2020-2021 Season Professional Theater

ShowDateLocation
Fully Committed November 13- December 6 Online
5 New Musicals X 15 MinutesFebruary 12 - February 28Online
Beck Broadway Alums in Concert March 5- March 28 Online
This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing July 23- August 8 Senney Theater

2020-2021 Season Youth Theater

ShowDateLocation
Zopp October 22- October 25 Online
A Christmas PerilDecember 10 - December 13Online
The Teen Untitled Sketch Show March 25- March 28 Online
Honk, Jr. May 20- May 24 Online

2019-2020 Season Professional Theater

ShowDateLocation
Glengarry Glen RossSeptember 13 - October 6Mackey Theater
The Member of the WeddingOctober 4 - November 3Studio Theater
Shrek the MusicalDecember 6 - January 5Mackey Theater
The Scottsboro BoysFebruary 7 - February 23Mackey Theater
Meteor ShowerApril 3 - May 3Studio Theater
DisgracedMay 29- June 28Studio Theater
Something Rotten!July 10 - August 9Mackey Theater

2019-2020 Season Youth Theater

ShowDateLocation
The Trials of RobinhoodOctober 24 - October 27Mackey Theater
Once Upon a DecadeDecember 13 - December 22Studio Theater
MockingbirdFebruary 28 - March 8Studio Theater

2018-2019 Season Professional Theater

ShowDateLocation
An Act of GodSeptember 14 - October 7Mackey Theater
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?October 5 - November 4Studio Theater
Shrek the MusicalDecember 7 - January 6Mackey Theater
OnceFebruary 8 - February 24Mackey Theater
Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & GrillMarch 15 - April 14Studio Theater
King LearMay 31 - June 30Studio Theater
Matilda the MusicalJuly 12 - August 11Mackey Theater

2018-2019 Season Youth Theater Presented by the Mort and Iris Philanthropic Fund

ShowDateLocation
CinderellaOctober 26 - October 28Mackey Theater
Law & Order: Nursery Rhyme UnitDecember 14 - December 23Studio Theater
13April 5 - April 14Mackey Theater
SeussicalMay 10 - May 19Mackey Theater

2017-2018 Season Professional Theater

ShowDateLocation
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestSeptember 15 - October 8Mackey Theater
Waiting for GodotOctober 6 - November 5Studio Theater
The Little MermaidDecember 1 - December 31Mackey Theater
HairFebruary 9 - February 25Mackey Theater
My First TimeMarch 30 - April 29Studio Theater
BentJune 1 - July 1Studio Theater
GypsyJuly 6 - August 12Mackey Theater

2017-2018 Season Youth Theater Presented by the Mort and Iris Philanthropic Fund

ShowDateLocation
Snow White's AdventuresOctober 26 - October 29Mackey Theater
All Greek to MeDecember 8 - December 17Studio Theater
The Laramie ProjectMarch 2 - March 11Studio Theater
AnnieMay 11 - May 20Mackey Theater

2016-2017 Season Professional Theater

ShowDateLocation
Ruthless!September 16 - October 16Mackey Theater
Body AwarenessOctober 7 - November 6Studio Theater
Disney's The Little MermaidDecember 2 - December 31Mackey Theater
Bring It On The MusicalFebruary 10 - February 26Mackey Theater
A Great WildernessMarch 3 - April 9Studio Theater
Really ReallyJune 2 - July 2Studio Theater
City of AngelsJuly 7 - August 13Mackey Theater

2016-2017 Season Youth Theater Presented by the Mort and Iris Philanthropic Fund

ShowDateLocation
Alice's Adventures in WonderlandNovember 4 - November 6Mackey Theater
AARGH!December 10 - December 18Studio Theater
Carrie the MusicalMarch 24 - April 2Mackey Theater
Schoolhouse Rock LiveMay 12 - May 21Mackey Theater

2015-2016 Season Professional Theater

ShowDateLocation
The Spitfire GrillSeptember 18 - October 18Mackey Main Stage
Mothers and SonsOctober 9 - November 15Studio Theater
Mary PoppinsDecember 4 - January 3Mackey Main Stage
In the HeightsFebruary 12 - February 28Mackey Main Stage
Shining CityApril 1 - May 1Studio Theater
Heathers the MusicalMay 27 - July 2Studio Theater
Billy Elliot the MusicalJuly 8 - August 14Mackey Main Stage

2015-2016 Season Youth Theater

ShowDateLocation
A Little PrincessNovember 5 - November 8Mackey Main Stage
Happily Forever AfterDecember 11 - December 20Studio Theater
Bright IdeasFebruary 2 - March 6Studio Theater
Big the MusicalMay 13 - May 22Mackey Main Stage

2014-2015 Season Professional Theater

ShowDateLocation
Forever PlaidSeptember 12 - October 12Mackey Main Stage
[Title of Show]October 10 - November 16Studio Theater
Mary PoppinsDecember 5 - January 4Mackey Main Stage
DogfightFebruary 6 - March 15Studio Theater
Lend Me a TenorMarch 27 - April 26Mackey Main Stage
The Young Man From AtlantaMay 29 - June 28Studio Theater
American IdiotJuly 10 - August 16Mackey Main Stage

2014-2015 Season Youth Theater

ShowDateLocation
Mr. Toad's Mad AdventuresNovember 6 - November 9Mackey Main Stage
Hillbilly HolidayDecember 12 - December 21Studio Theater
ChicagoFebruary 20 - March 1Mackey Main Stage
Oliver!May 15 - May 24Mackey Main Stage

2013-2014 Season Professional Theater

ShowDateLocation
She Loves MeSeptember 20 - October 20Mackey Main Stage
33 VariationsOctober 11 - November 17Studio Theater
AnnieDecember 6 - January 5Mackey Main Stage
Carrie the MusicalFebruary 7 - March 9Mackey Main Stage
'night, MotherMarch 21 - May 4Studio Theater
Seminar: A ComedyMay 30 - June 29Studio Theater
Young FrankensteinJuly 11 - August 17Mackey Main Stage

2013-2014 Season Youth Theater

ShowDateLocation
The Pied Piper of HamelinNovember 7 - November 10Mackey Main Stage
Law and Order: Fairy Tale UnitDecember 13 - December 22Studio Theater
The Children's HourFebruary 21 - March 2Mackey Main Stage
The Wizard of OzMay 9 - May 18Mackey Main Stage

2009-2010 Season Youth Theater

ShowDateLocation
The Lion, The Witch, and The WardrobeNovember 5 - November 8Mackey Main Stage
All Greek to MeDecember 11 - December 20Studio Theater
Twelve Angry JurorsFebruary 19 - February 28Studio Theater
Seussical The Musical!May 14 - May 22Mackey Main Stage

References

  1. "Lakewood Little Theatre/Beck Center". Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. 19 July 1997. Retrieved 22 December 2015.

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