The Beck Center for the Arts
17801 Detroit Avenue
Lakewood, Ohio
(216) 521-2540
www.beckcenter.org

Brief Description

The Beck Center for the Arts is a non-profit, performing arts and arts education organization dedicated to 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 100,000 annually in Cuyahoga, Lorain, Lake, and Summit Counties.

The Beck Center professional theater productions include a traditional, yet diverse combination of musicals, dramas and comedies on two separate stages, serving an average of 30,000 patrons each year. A 20-year veteran, Artistic Director Scott Spence has linked some of Cleveland’s top directors with titles you would expect (or not expect) from the Beck Center, including Seth Gordon of the Cleveland Play House, an artist-in-residency with Chicago’s Timothy Mooney and Cain Park’s Artistic Director, Victoria Bussert. Some daring, some courageous, yet all the quality and value you have come to expect from the Beck Center for the Arts.

With regard to arts education, the staff and faculty believe that quality arts education can be provided to all people regardless of age or ability. Classes are led by experienced and trained professionals who encourage each student to stretch to his or her artistic potential. Over 6,000 served annually.

The Creative Arts Therapies department assists individuals with a variety of special needs by enhancing their quality of life through the creative arts. 1,800 individuals are served each week in this capacity.

The Outreach Education department provides 21,000 students high quality and participatory arts instruction annually, both inside local schools and on the Beck Center campus with particular attention to the underserved.

Art exhibits at the Beck Center are ongoing with exhibits by local and regional artists along with student and faculty exhibits. In addition, a partnership with the Cleveland Artists’ Foundation provides exhibits of historical and scholarly importance for free to the public.

Your investment in The Beck's future allows us to continue to enrich the lives of thousnds of adults, teens and children throughout Northeast Ohio. To make a donation to Beck Center for the Arts or for information on other opportunities to contribute to The Beck, such as endowments, bequests and memorial, please contact Director of Development, Sally Weakley at (216) 521-2540, x242.

Beck Center Contact Information

Main telephone: 216-521-2540

Executive Offices
President and Chief Executive Officer – Lucinda B. Einhouse, Main x24 lucinda.einhouse@beckcenter.org
Director of Finance - J. Michael Ransom, Main x23  mransom@beckcenter.org
Billing Questions: Office Manager - Kelly Ferrell, Main x25  kferrell@beckcenter.org

Program Areas
Artistic Director - Scott Spence, Main x15  grumio85@aol.com
Director of Education & Creative Arts Therapies – Ed Gallagher, Main x12  egallagher@beckcenter.org
Associate Director, Creative Arts Therapies – Tara Griest, Main x34   tgriest@beckcenter.org
Associate Director, Dance - Melanie Szucs, Main x26 mszucs@beckcenter.org
Associate Director, Music Education – Judi Votypka, Main x37  judiv@beckcenter.org
Associate Director, Outreach Education - Rachel Spence, Main x16  rspence@beckcenter.org
Associate Director, Theater Education - Dawn Youngs, Main x17  dyoungs@beckcenter.org
Associate Director, Visual Arts Education – Susan Gallagher, Main x13  sgallagher@beckcenter.org
Registrar – Rennie Tisdale, Main x28  rtisdale@beckcenter.org

Marketing & External Affairs
Director of Marketing & External Affairs - Yvette A. Hanzel, Main x22  yvette@beckcenter.org
Marketing Assistant – Fran Storch, Main x20  fstorch@beckcenter.org
Patron Services Manager – Linda Hefner, Main x29  lhefner@beckcenter.org
Group Sales - Linda Hefner, Main x29  lhefner@beckcenter.org

Development
Director of Development – Sally Weakley, Main x18 sweakley@beckcenter.org

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Frederick B. Unger, Chairman
Lucinda B. Einhouse, President and CEO
Deborah A. Bridwell Ph.D., Vice Chairman
Rosemary E. Corcoran, Vice Chairman
Kathleen M. Lawther, Vice Chairman
William J. Schmitt, Vice Chairman
Nancy B. Calcott, Secretary
John A. Reynolds, Treasurer

William J. Backus, Jr.
Donald G. Bain, Jr.
Ruth B. Bertrand
Peter Buca
Robert Calsin
Donald E. Carlson
Robert L. Curry
Raymond L. Cushing
Ann W. Elder
Mary Kim Elkins
David C. Estrop, Ph.D.
Matthew T. Garrity
Henry Holtkamp
Helen K. Jones
Eugene L. Kramer
Anthony J. LaCerva
Dennis Lansdowne
Patricia D. McNamara
Laura Morabito
Kathleen T. Neal, Ph.D.
Elving F. Otero
Alec Pacella
Dr. Maria Jose Pujana
Donna K. Rego
Anthony C. Sinagra
Max W. Thomas
Ellen Z. Todia
Bruce Wacker
Thomas C. Wagner
Margaret Weitzel
Steven J. Zannoni

HONORARY DIRECTORS

Merrill K. Colegrove
Helen Corns
B. Neil Davis
F. Ross Ellis
Virginia Q. Foley
Terry L. Jones
Andrew L. Killian
Brian M. King
LaVerne Lugibihl
Peter Metzloff
Leroy B. Parks, Jr.
Karl E. Ware
Robert C. Weber
Marjorie C. Wiese

NATIONAL DIRECTORS

Dee Hoty
Jack Lee
Marjorie Redmond
Jack Riley
Martin Savidge