Beck Center for the Arts The Beck Center
Formation 1931 Type Theatre group Location 17801 Detroit Avenue
Lakewood, Ohio 44107 Website beckcenter.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 [ ] 2020-2021 Season Professional Theater [ ]
Show
Date
Location
5 New Musicals X 15 Minutes February 12 - February 28
Online
2020-2021 Season Youth Theater [ ]
Show
Date
Location
A Christmas Peril December 10 - December 13
Online
2019-2020 Season Professional Theater [ ]
Show
Date
Location
Glengarry Glen Ross September 13 - October 6
Mackey Theater
The Member of the Wedding October 4 - November 3
Studio Theater
Shrek the Musical December 6 - January 5
Mackey Theater
The Scottsboro Boys February 7 - February 23
Mackey Theater
Meteor Shower April 3 - May 3
Studio Theater
Disgraced May 29- June 28
Studio Theater
Something Rotten! July 10 - August 9
Mackey Theater
2019-2020 Season Youth Theater [ ]
Show
Date
Location
The Trials of Robinhood October 24 - October 27
Mackey Theater
Once Upon a Decade December 13 - December 22
Studio Theater
Mockingbird February 28 - March 8
Studio Theater
2018-2019 Season Professional Theater [ ]
Show
Date
Location
An Act of God September 14 - October 7
Mackey Theater
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? October 5 - November 4
Studio Theater
Shrek the Musical December 7 - January 6
Mackey Theater
Once February 8 - February 24
Mackey Theater
Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill March 15 - April 14
Studio Theater
King Lear May 31 - June 30
Studio Theater
Matilda the Musical July 12 - August 11
Mackey Theater
2018-2019 Season Youth Theater Presented by the Mort and Iris Philanthropic Fund [ ]
Show
Date
Location
Cinderella October 26 - October 28
Mackey Theater
Law & Order: Nursery Rhyme Unit December 14 - December 23
Studio Theater
13 April 5 - April 14
Mackey Theater
Seussical May 10 - May 19
Mackey Theater
2017-2018 Season Professional Theater [ ]
Show
Date
Location
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest September 15 - October 8
Mackey Theater
Waiting for Godot October 6 - November 5
Studio Theater
The Little Mermaid December 1 - December 31
Mackey Theater
Hair February 9 - February 25
Mackey Theater
My First Time March 30 - April 29
Studio Theater
Bent June 1 - July 1
Studio Theater
Gypsy July 6 - August 12
Mackey Theater
2017-2018 Season Youth Theater Presented by the Mort and Iris Philanthropic Fund [ ]
Show
Date
Location
Snow White's Adventures October 26 - October 29
Mackey Theater
All Greek to Me December 8 - December 17
Studio Theater
The Laramie Project March 2 - March 11
Studio Theater
Annie May 11 - May 20
Mackey Theater
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
A Great Wilderness March 3 - April 9
Studio Theater
Really Really June 2 - July 2
Studio Theater
City of Angels 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 of 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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