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BECK CENTER FOR THE ARTS

17801 Detroit Ave
Lakewood, OH 44107
(216) 521-2540

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About the Theatre

Beck Center for the Arts is proud to be a part of Northeast Ohio’s professional theater landscape, operating under a letter of agreement with Actors’ Equity Association. We are a Small Professional Theater (SPT) based on the number of seats, number of our performances, and the maximum weekly hours of work we provide to actors. We produce every show on our stages, by choosing the play, casting and rehearsing it, building the sets, props, and costumes, directing and performing the live music, and designing lights and sound. We proudly utilize regional resources and talent. 

Beck Center for the Arts also offers arts education for all ages, all skill levels, and all abilities with classes and lessons in music, dance, visual arts, and theater, as well as creative arts therapies. Financial assistance is offered to qualified applicants so that these programs can be enjoyed by all.

Programming at Beck Center for the Arts is made possible through the generous support of the Ohio Arts Council. Beck Center gratefully acknowledges the generous funding provided by the citizens of Cuyahoga County through 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 individuals with disabilities, free gallery exhibits year-round, and outreach education programming.

Beck Center for the Arts is a non-profit, performing arts and arts education organization dedicated to inspiring and enriching the quality of life for Northeastern Ohioans. We combine professional theatrical productions with comprehensive curriculum-based arts education in Creative Arts Therapies, dance, music, theater, and visual arts, serving over 60,000 annually in Cuyahoga, Lorain, Lake, Medina, and Summit Counties. Crain's Cleveland Business named Beck Center the 11th Largest Cultural Attraction in Cuyahoga County.

CHANNELING GRIMM
12/13 - 12/22/2024


CHANNELING GRIMM is a playful adaptation of the classic fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm, written by Tracy Wells and directed by Rachel Spence. When ...

THE TEMPEST
2/28 - 3/9/2025


The Tempest, Shakespeare’s final work, tells the story of Prospero and his daughter Miranda, who have been stranded on an enchanted island due to exile. ...

BETWEEN THE LINES
5/2 - 5/11/2025


Between the Lines is a new musical inspired by the novel by Jodi Picoult and her daughter Samantha van Leer, focusing on an outsider named ...


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Beck Center For The Arts Displays Work of Local Artists in Art Treasures 2024


by Stephi Wild - November 07, 2024

Beck Center for the Arts will display Art Treasures 2024, an exhibition by local visual artists who bring a wealth of creativity and talent to their work. This is free and open to the public....

Beck Center For The Arts Presents Local Painter, Sean Wheeler In A Visual Arts Exhibition


by A.A. Cristi - September 30, 2024

Painter Sean Wheeler's works will be on display in an exhibition at Beck Center for the Arts....

Beck Center For The Arts Announces 2024-2025 Youth Theater Season


by A.A. Cristi - September 12, 2024

Beck Center for the Arts, one of the oldest continuously running Youth Theater programs in the nation has announced a creative and inspiring new season lineup....

Beck Center Produces Diverse Prospectives with Cultural Heritage Exhibition & Experience 2024


by A.A. Cristi - September 09, 2024

Beck Center announced the Cultural Heritage Exhibition & Experience 2024, featuring a series of events celebrating global traditions and arts. The exhibition will run from January to March 2024....

Tickets Now On Sale For THE SUNSHINE BOYS at Beck Center for the Arts


by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 27, 2024

Tickets are now available for THE SUNSHINE BOYS, a classic comedy by Neil Simon at Beck Center for the Arts....

The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation to be Honored At Beck Center 2024 Spotlight Gala Fundraiser


by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 22, 2024

Beck Center is honoring philanthropic luminaries Chuck and Char Fowler, Holley Fowler Martins, Chann Fowler-Spellman, and The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation. Learn more about the event and see how to purchase tickets....

Beck Center For The Arts Presents Faculty & Staff Visual Arts Exhibition


by A.A. Cristi - July 10, 2024

Discover the Beck Center Visual Arts Exhibition, a free event showcasing diverse artistic talents. ...

Beck Center For The Arts to Present BEAUTIFUL, THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL


by A.A. Cristi - June 10, 2024

Experience the inspiring journey of Carole King in BEAUTIFUL, featuring her rise to stardom and the creation of timeless hits. Join us for a musical celebration of her life and legacy at Beck Center....

Beck Center for the Arts' President & CEO Cindy Einhouse Announces Retirement


by A.A. Cristi - May 30, 2024

Cindy Einhouse retires from Beck Center, leaving behind a legacy of creativity and leadership. Learn about her contributions and the impact she made during her tenure at this renowned arts organization....

BUDDING TO BLOSSOMING Comes to the Beck Center


by Stephi Wild - May 07, 2024

Beck Center for the Arts once again will display the artistic work of its visual arts students. Many items on display are available for purchase at Customer Service. This exhibition is free and open to the public, with pieces on display now through May 24, 2024. ...

Past Shows


The Cultural Heritage Exhibition & Experience 2024 at Beck Center for the Arts showcases a diverse array of local visual artists. Featured talents include Augusto ...


In a whimsical gathering of supernatural beings, The Monster Bash of Dreadstone Manor invites audiences into a world where monsters come together every hundred years ...

The Sunshine Boys
9/12 - 10/6/2024


Beck Center for the Arts presents Neil Simon’s The Sunshine Boys, a comedic exploration of two former vaudevillians, Al and Willie, who have not spoken ...

Beautiful, the Carole King Musical


A Tony and Grammy Award Winner, this nostalgic yet fresh musical tells the story of the early life and career of Carole King, using songs ...

A Doll's House, Part 2
A Doll's House, Part 2
5/31 - 6/30/2024


This Tony Award Nominee for Best Play 2017 picks up fifteen years after Nora Helmer slammed the door on her stifling domestic life, but now ...

Jitney
Jitney
4/5 - 5/5/2024


Written in 1979, first produced in 1982, this play was set, and produced in Pittsburgh, PA. When Playwright Wilson took his mother to see that ...

Ride the Cyclone
Ride the Cyclone
2/9 - 2/25/2024


In this spooky, hilariously outlandish story, the lives of six teenagers from a Canadian chamber choir are cut short in a freak accident aboard a ...

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat


The irresistible family-friendly musical about family! Go on the journey of the trials and triumphs of Joseph, the favorite son of Israel. If only his ...

Cat's-Paw
Cat's-Paw
9/22 - 10/22/2023


In this tight drama, a political thriller with intel reminiscent a Tom Clancy novel, an unusual terrorist (who is brilliant….and oh, so correct) is the ...

Ghost the Musical
Ghost the Musical
2/10 - 2/26/2023


Sam and Molly are lovers, and when Sam dies he becomes caught between our world and what lies next. Molly is in danger and Sam ...

Elf the Musial
Elf the Musial
12/2 - 12/30/2022


Based on the beloved holiday film, this hilarious big-elf-living-in-a-small world comedy follows Buddy the Elf in his quest to find his true identity in a ...

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever


Join us for this delightful comedy based on the best-selling young-adult book. Beth’s inexperienced mother is put in charge of the church’s Christmas pageant, when ...

Buyer & Cellar
Buyer & Cellar
9/9 - 10/9/2022


Barbra Streisand to Harpers Bazaar, Instead of just storing my things in the basement, I can make a street of shops and display them. Taking ...

Something Rotten!
Something Rotten!
7/8 - 8/7/2022


Set in 1595 the story of two brothers, who just happen to be the nemeses of a little known Mr. William Shakespeare, are desperate to ...


Having trouble as the new kid in school? Unlucky in love? Feeling like everyone hates you? You're in luck! Now you can use the National ...

The Legend of Georgia McBride


Hes young, he's broke, his landlord's knocking at the door, and he's just found out his wife is pregnant. To make matters even more desperate, ...

Bugsy Malone
Bugsy Malone
5/6 - 5/15/2022


Based on the hit 1976 film, and featuring a catchy, swinging score by the composer of The Muppet Movie, Bugsy Malone is good, clean, comedic ...

Meteor Shower
Meteor Shower
4/1 - 5/1/2022


Written by Steve Martin, (yes, that Steve Martin.), this wild and crazy play pulls back the curtain on two married couples and the extreme transformation ...

High School Musical
High School Musical
3/18 - 3/27/2022


Disney Channels smash hit movie musical comes to life on our stage! Troy, Gabriella, and the students of East High must deal with issues of ...

Lizzie the Musical
Lizzie the Musical
2/4 - 2/27/2022


This international sensation took the world by storm in over 60 cities in six countries in five languages across four continents before the pandemic took ...

Elf the Musical
Elf the Musical
12/3 - 1/2/2022


Based on the beloved holiday film, this hilarious big-elf-living-in-a-small world comedy follows Buddy the Elf in his quest to find his true identity in a ...

THE REAL VALKYRIES OF VALHALLA
THE REAL VALKYRIES OF VALHALLA
12/10 - 12/19/2021


Join us for this action-packed comedy based on Norse Mythology. Odin, Loki, Thor and other marvel-ous characters tell their origin stories through humor, battles, and ...

The Exonerated
The Exonerated
10/8 - 11/7/2021


This docu-drama recounts first-person narratives in dramatic form through the legal records of six wrongly convicted inmates. The accounts of these falsely-accused former convicts explore ...

The Exonerated
The Exonerated
10/8 - 11/7/2021


This docu-drama recounts first-person narratives in dramatic form through the legal records of six wrongly convicted inmates. The accounts of these falsely-accused former convicts explore ...

Little Tech Shop of Horrors: WHEN GOOD SCIENCE GOES BAD


In this hilarious parody of Little Shop of Horrors, the students of The Mushkin Technical Academy have to deal with the same problems as any ...

Broadway Bound
Broadway Bound
9/10 - 10/3/2021


Broadway Bound Playwright: Neil SimonDirector: William Roudebush Featuring Broadway legend Austin Pendleton as BenKate--- Susan Stein Ben---Austin Pendleton (AEA)Eugene---Zach Palumbo Stan---Daniel Telford Blanche---Anne McEvoy Jack---Alan ...

Broadway Bound
Broadway Bound
9/10 - 10/3/2021


The final play in Simon's semi-autobiographical trilogy (Brighton Beach Memoirs and Biloxi Blues), Broadway Bound continues Eugene and Stanley's brotherly journey as they discover and ...

The Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing


This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing reminds us we are all born of flesh and made of dreams. Finegan Kruckemeyer brings ...

Honk! JR
5/20 - 5/23/2021


Beck Center for the Arts has announced the virtual production of Honk! JR, Available for convenient streaming MAY 20 to MAY 23, 2021, this adaptation ...

Beck Broadway Alums in Concert


Beck Center has a sterling reputation of cultivating talented performers who go on to success in hit Broadway shows and associated tours; making their mark ...

Beck Broadway Alums in Concert


Beck Center has a sterling reputation of cultivating talented performers who go on to success in hit Broadway shows and associated tours; making their mark ...

5x15: Five World Premiere 15-Minute Musicals


The tenth collaborative partnership of Baldwin Wallace University Music Theatre Program and Beck Center for the Arts brings you the winners of National Alliance for ...

5 X 15
2/12 - 2/28/2021


Beck Center for the Arts has announced its tenth collaboration with Baldwin Wallace University Music Theatre Program, in the form of virtual world premieres of ...

5x15: Five World Premiere 15-Minute Musicals


The tenth collaborative partnership of Baldwin Wallace University Music Theatre Program and Beck Center for the Arts brings you the winners of National Alliance for ...

Fully Committed
11/13 - 11/29/2020


Beck Center for the Arts has announced its first virtual production, Fully Committed, as the answer to the challenges of producing live theater during a ...

Disgraced
5/29 - 6/28/2020


Ayad Akhtar Beck Center for the Arts...

James and the Giant Peach
James and the Giant Peach
5/8 - 5/17/2020


When James finds himself magically transported into a gigantic peach, he discovers human-sized insects with equally oversized personalities! Thanks to James' quick wit and creative ...

King Lear
King Lear
5/31 - 6/30/2019


In William Shakespeare's royal-family tragedy, the aging King Lear divides his estate between his three daughters, ultimately refusing his youngest and favorite her share because ...

Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill


Nicknamed Lady Day by saxophonist Lester Young, Billie Holiday was one of the greatest jazz voices of all time. The award-winning Lady Day at Emersons ...

Once
Once
2/8 - 2/24/2019


A testament to the transcendent power of love and music takes center stage with Beck Centers eighth annual collaboration with the esteemed Baldwin Wallace University ...

Shrek The Musical
Shrek The Musical
12/7 - 1/6/2019


Based on the smash-hit DreamWorks Animation film, Shrek The Musical is a Tony Award®-winning fairy tale adventure. "Once upon a time, there was a little ...

An Act of God
An Act of God
9/14 - 10/7/2018


Written by 13-time Emmy Award® winner David Javerbaum (The Daily Show with Jon Stewart), this exceptionally witty comedy delivers a new meaning to the phrase ...

Gypsy
Gypsy
7/6 - 8/12/2018


“Broadway’s own brassy, unlikely answer to King Lear.” – Variety Winner of multiple Tony, Grammy, and Drama Desk Awards for both the original production and ...

Bent
Bent
6/1 - 7/1/2018


The influential play Bent follows a group of gay men finding ways to survive persecution before and after the Night of the Long Knives. Within ...

Hair
Hair
2/9 - 2/25/2018


Beck Center and Baldwin Wallace University Music Theatre Program collaborate for the 50th anniversary of the groundbreaking musical that introduced rock and roll to Broadway. ...

Disney's The Little Mermaid
Disney's The Little Mermaid
12/1 - 12/31/2017


Join us under the sea...again! Beck Center's award-winning production returns for another holiday season filled with family, magic, and more. Perfect for all ages, this ...

Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot
10/6 - 11/5/2017


Waiting for Godot is a tragic comedy in which Samuel Beckett explores the futility of man's hope. Two wandering vagrants wait in the middle of ...

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest


One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, based on the novel by Ken Kesey, tells the story of institutional madness where obedience and conformity are the ...

Bring It On The Musical
Bring It On The Musical
2/10 - 2/26/2017


Beck Center and Baldwin Wallace Music Theatre Program team up in 2017 with Bring It On The Musical, the 2013 Tony Award nominee for Best ...

Disney's The Little Mermaid
Disney's The Little Mermaid
12/2 - 12/31/2016


Based on the classic fairy tale and film, The Little Mermaid begins under the sea where Princess Ariel is fascinated by the forbidden land above. ...

Body Awareness
Body Awareness
10/7 - 11/6/2016


It's Body Awareness week and Phyllis along with her partner, Joyce, are hosting a guest artist in their home. Their family is quickly divided as ...

Ruthless!
Ruthless!
9/16 - 10/16/2016


Ruthless! is a campy cult favorite about Tina Denmark, the greatest song-and-dance sensation to ever hit the third grade. When her school holds auditions for ...

Shining City
Shining City
4/1 - 5/1/2016


Shining City is a psychological thriller set in Dublin. The story follows a guilt-ridden man who reaches out to his therapist after seeing the ghost ...

In the Heights
In the Heights
2/12 - 2/28/2016


Before HAMILTON, there was IN THE HEIGHTS! This original musical comes from Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creative mastermind and recipient of the MacArthur "Genius" Award. IN ...

In the Heights
2/12 - 2/28/2016


In the Heights is a vibrant musical bursting with salsa, merengue, and hip-hop rhythms, transporting you to the heart of Washington Heights, a predominantly Dominican ...

Mary Poppins
Mary Poppins
12/4 - 1/3/2016


The magical production that broke all Beck Center box office records returns for the 2015 holiday season! Based on the books by P.L. Travers and ...

CARRIE the musical
CARRIE the musical
2/7 - 3/9/2014


Carrie White is a misfit. At school, she's an outcast who's bullied by the popular crowd, and virtually invisible to everyone else. At home, she's ...

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