Make your Beck Cabaret Reservation or purchase Raffle Tickets today.
Make your Beck Cabaret Reservation
or purchase Raffle Tickets today.
A benefit in support of the Beck Center and celebrating our 75th Anniversary. This exciting event takes place at Signature at LaCentre on Saturday, October 28, 2006 at 6:30 PM.
Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres will be served at 6:30 p.m. in the beautiful Signatures at LaCentre, followed by dinner at 7:30 p.m. and a dessert reception. Master of Ceremonies, Kevin Joseph Kelly will open the Cabaret show at 9:30 p.m.
| Director Ticket | $100.00 |
| Producer Ticket | $250.00 |
| Velvet Package | $1,500.00 |
| Diamond Package | $2,500.00 |
| Marquee Package | $5,000.00 |
| Spotlight Package | $10,000.00 |
Grand Prize
2 weeks use of a luxury 3 bedroom condo on Sanibel Island, Florida
donated by Virgina Q. Foley
value $6000
First Prize
A Peter Mark Ladies Black Cashmere and Wool Cape with Beige Mink Laced Trim
donated by: M.Castoria Fur & Leather of Chagrin Falls
Value:$2,000
Second Prize
A beautiful work of art - "Balloons" by Anthony Schepis, signed,
oil on canvas
donated by Bill Tregoning of Tregoning Fine Art Services
value $1100
Third Prize
"Making Shopping Fabulous for You" shopping spree
donated by Jerry Mattioli and Westfield Great Northern
value $1000
Fourth Prize
Broadway Show Package - 4 tickets to 'Wicked' and 4 tickets to 'The Wedding
Singer' with back stage privileges
donated by Araca Productions - Hank Unger, Mike Rego and
Matt Rego
value $900
...and other spectacular prizes!
One Raffle Ticket $25.00
Three Raffle Tickets $50.00
Beck Center for the Arts and National Honorary Chair, Martin Savidge, along with eight West Shore mayors are proud to bring Cleveland the best of Broadway as we present one incredible evening with Beck alumni and Broadway stars Rebecca Pitcher and John Wasiniak, accompanied by Broadway musical theater director Jack Lee, along with Master of Ceremonies, Kevin Joseph Kelly. Pitcher and Wasiniak, who are currently appearing on Broadway in Phantom of the Opera, will perform as part of BeckCabaret, on Saturday, October 28 at 8:00 p.m. at Signature at LaCentre.
This spectacular event will benefit the Beck Center for the Arts – Northeast Ohio’s arts resource – educating and entertaining Greater Cleveland for 75 years. Be a part of the excitement that is Beck Cabaret. Enjoy the vocal talents of performers who attended Beck Center for theater education or appeared on our stages and are now performing on Broadway. Witness the inaugurating of Beck Center’s Hall of Fame, as four individuals are honored for their significant contributions.
Beck Center is delighted to host this gala along with National Honorary Chairman, Martin Savidge of NBC. Savidge is a graduate of Beck Center Children’s Theater. Chair Rosemary Corcoran and Raffle Chairs Kathleen Lawther and Max Thomas welcome you along with Honorary Host Committee members: Avon Mayor, James Smith; Avon Lake Mayor, Robert Berner; Bay Village Mayor, Deborah Sutherland; Fairview Park Mayor, Eileen Patton; Lakewood Mayor, Thomas George; North Olmsted Mayor, Thomas O’Grady; Rocky River Mayor, Pamela Bobst; and Westlake Mayor, Dennis Clough.
Rebecca Pitcher has recently returned to The Majestic as Christine Daae in Phantom of the Opera after having performed the role on national tour. She has been praised for performances in roles such as Johanna in the Beck Center’s Sweeney Todd, Gretel in Hansel and Gretel and Adina in The Elixir of Love. In addition to her operatic and theatrical performances, Rebecca has appeared as a soloist in works such as Carmina Burana and The Mozart Requiem. She graduated with a BM from Baldwin Wallace College and a GPD from the Peabody Institute. She is also an alumna of the Pittsburgh Opera Center at Duquesne, where she performed Papagena in The Magic Flute and Mary Warren in The Crucible.
John Wasiniak is currently appearing on Broadway as the porter and fireman in Phantom of the Opera. He has appeared Off-Broadway and at the Beck Center in Howard Crabtree's When Pigs Fly and as Gonzorgo in Babes in Toyland (Avery Fisher Hall). His work in Europe includes Gus/Growltiger in Cats (Hamburg), The Phantom and Firmin in Das Phantom der Oper (tour) and Francis in the German premiere of Elegies...for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens.
Jack Lee is one of the most respected musical directors in theater today. Originally from Cleveland, Jack has conducted numerous Broadway shows, as well as national and international tours. He has worked with Tommy Tune on Broadway, with Debbie Reynolds, Peter Palmer, Jane Powell and Juliet Prowse, and with Shirley MacLaine in Postcards from the Edge. Jack is a contributing staff member of New York University and Carnegie Mellon University. He is a frequent guest instructor and master class teacher at his alma mater, Baldwin Wallace, and was the subject of an Emmy award winning PBS documentary on his life and work.
Kevin Joseph Kelly is a Director/Actor/Performance Coach in the Tri-State area. He has directed at Beck Center for the Arts, Cassidy Theatre, Lake Performing Arts, Clague Playhouse, and Rocky River Community Theatre, where he served as Artistic Director for over three years. Last year, Kevin performed in a new version of Alice in Wonderland at the Cleveland Play House. He has appeared at Star Restaurant in Playhouse Square in a one-man Cabaret Show. His favorite roles include Molina in Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Sweeney Todd in Sweeney Todd, Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady, Albin in La Cage Aux Folles, Headmaster/Ahab in Moby Dick, the Musical, Gary/Roger in Noises Off, and Jeffrey in The Dying Gaul.
The Beck Center for the Arts is proud to bring Greater Clevelanders a taste of Broadway for this musical extravaganza. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres will be served at 6:30 p.m. in the beautiful Signatures at LaCentre, followed by dinner at 7:30 p.m. and a dessert reception. Master of Ceremonies, Kevin Joseph Kelly will open the Cabaret show at 9:30 p.m. Individual tickets are available at the “Producer” level for $250 and the “Director” level for $100. Valet parking will be available.
As part of this exciting evening, the Beck Center will hold a “luxury” raffle with a grand prize of a two-week stay on Sanibel Island. Other items include a Great Northern Shopping Spree and tickets to Wedding Singer and Wicked on Broadway. Raffle tickets are $25 each or three for $50.
For more information or reservations, please call John Farina at (216) 521-2540 ext. 242.