[NEohioPAL]Albee's best plays have always walked a line between heightened realism and dark comedy. 'Three Tall Women' at The River Street Playhouse

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Press Release
Chagrin Valley Little Theatre

At The River Street Playhouse

Presents   Three Tall Women

October 10, 2005:=20

Albee's best plays have always walked a line between heightened realism =
and dark comedy. Even his most surreal works are populated with =
characters who wouldn't seem out of place in real life. This 1994 =
Pulitzer Prize winner runs true to form. It begins as a naturalistic =
conversation among three women (identified as A, B, and C) from =
successive generations who meet in a hospital room. Each is undergoing a =
change from one life phase to another, and each faces her travails and =
disappointments with lots of Albee's trademark bitter wit.=20

In the second act, however, the three women become representatives of =
the same person at different ages (26, 52, late 80s), and their =
bickering talk becomes a touching internal discussion about life, love, =
and the inevitability of loss. "Not since Beckett's brooding meditation =
Krapp's Last Tape has a playwright dealt so movingly with the subject of =
disappointment, aging, and death".  Jack Helbig.

Director Bob Kmiecik has assembled an outstanding cast.  One such cast =
member is Bernice Bolek (A).
This is the third time around for Bernice in Edward Albee's play.  In =
2000,she played  "B" at Beck Center; three years later she took on "A" =
for Ensemble Theatre, a role for which she won the SCENE'S " best =
actress" award.
Now,she embarks on a journey finding new nuances in a role that is rich =
and powerful.  She carries with her more than 50 years of stage =
experience in New York and in New England,specifically five 30-week =
seasons with The Red Barn Theatre in Massachusetts.

Greater Clevelanders may remember her as Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over =
the Cuckoo's Nest and Amanda Prynne in Private Lives, both produced at =
the Beck Center.Her most recent role was Mrs.Carrie Watts in Horton =
Foote's  A Trip to Bountiful produced by Ensemble Theatre at The =
Cleveland Playhouse.

She has also worked at Red Hen Productions,Clague Playhouse,Cleveland =
Public Theatre and Berea Summer Theatre,and if you did not blink =
attending Great Lakes Theatre Festival's Peter Pan, you may have seen =
her as one of the women outlaws.

Cast:   Bernice Bolek  -  Dede Klein  -  Emily West

Fridays & Saturdays @ 8 PM
October 21 - Nov 5=20
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Director:  Bob Kmiecik

56 River Street    Chagrin Falls, Ohio 44022
Right next door to The Chagrin Valley Little Theatre

Box Office: (440) 247-8955
Box Office Hours: 1 - 6 p.m. Monday - Saturday
Tickets $8

Please be sure to visit us at

www.cvlt.org  or www.chagrinfalls-ohio.com

CVLT offers a very attractive dinner theater package with three of =
Chagrin Falls' finest restaurants.  Make your theater reservations =
first, then call the restaurant of your choice to take advantage of =
their special dinner theater offering.  Call one of these fine =
restaurants and enjoy dinner before the show.  You should be prepared to =
show your theater tickets prior to seating at the restaurant.=20

Enjoy wonderful cuisine plus an entertaining evening at The River Street =
Playhouse

The Raintree    440-247-4800
Gamekeeper's Tavern    440-247-7744
Blake's Seafood Grille    440-893-9910

Chris White
Corporate Controller
M. Davis Management Services, Inc.
32100 Solon Road  Suite 204
Solon, OH  44139
440-542-1724-Phone
440-542-1726-Fax
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Chagrin Valley Little Theatre
At The River Street Playhouse
<FONT=20
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Women
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characters who=20
wouldn't seem out of place in real life. This 1994 Pulitzer Prize winner =
runs=20
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(identified as A, B, and C) from successive generations who meet in a =
hospital=20
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her travails and disappointments with lots of Albee's trademark bitter =
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size=3D3>In the second act, however, the three women become =
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becomes a touching internal discussion about life, love, and the=20
inevitability of loss. "Not since Beckett's brooding meditation =
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disappointment,=20
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<DIV><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT =
face=3DArial=20
size=3D3>Director Bob Kmiecik has assembled an outstanding cast. =20
One such cast member is Bernice Bolek (A).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><FONT =
face=3DArial=20
size=3D3>This is the third time around for Bernice in Edward Albee=92s =
play. =20
In 2000,she played<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">  =
</SPAN>=93B=94 at Beck=20
Center; three years later she took on =93A=94 for Ensemble Theatre, a =
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powerful.  She carries with her more than 50 years of stage =
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Amanda Prynne in <I style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Private Lives, =
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size=3D3></FONT> </P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=3DArial =
size=3D3>She has=20
also worked at Red Hen Productions,Clague Playhouse,Cleveland Public =
Theatre and=20
Berea Summer Theatre,and if you did not blink attending Great Lakes =
Theatre=20
Festival=92s <I style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Peter Pan,</I> you =
may have=20
seen her as one of the women outlaws.</FONT></P>
<P></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN=20
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Dede Klein  -  Emily West</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P></DIV>
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