[NEohioPAL]Timeless & Topical - "Inherit the Wind" opens Friday at CVLT!

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    OPENING FRIDAY: "Inherit The Wind "


      Friday & Saturday Nights
      March 16th - April 7th at 8:00pm

at
*CHAGRIN VALLEY LITTLE THEATRE*
40 River Street in Chagrin Falls, OH
440-247-8955
www.CVLT.org <http://www.cvlt.org>

Tickets $14 adults, $10 seniors/youths
ASK ABOUT SPECIAL $5 STUDENT RATE FOR THIS SHOW!


      About the play...

When Cleveland-area natives Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee's /Inherit 
The Wind /debuted in 1955,/ /only 30 years had passed since the famous 
'Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes' trial on which it was based.  52 years 
later, the evolution vs. creation battle depicted in the play is still 
very much at the forefront of public debate.  Chagrin Valley Little 
Theatre, which was founded only a few years after the "Scopes Monkey" 
case was tried, prepares to mount its production of the play beginning 
March 16th, and running Friday and Saturday nights at 8:00 PM through 
April 7th.

The original trial began as a challenge to the Butler Act, which stated 
that any deviance from the Bible equated to a disrespect for American 
law, and prohibited the teaching of evolution in Tennessee public 
schools.  The ACLU, in conjunction with Tennessee businessman George 
Rappleyea, hired a young substitute teacher named John Scopes to teach 
evolution in a Dayton, TN classroom, provoking the town constable to 
make an arrest.

The trial itself was a media circus, covered most notably by the 
Baltimore Sun's H.L. Mencken, and involving prominent lawyers William 
Jennings Bryan for the prosecution and Clarence Darrow for the defence.  
Although Scopes was convicted of the charges, Darrow and Scopes won the 
moral victory, and the teacher was eventually acquitted on a 
technicality by the court of appeals.  Bryan died in his sleep five days 
after the trial was concluded.

/Inherit The Wind/ centers on schoolteacher Bert Cates (Kenny Fadeley) 
and his lawyer Henry Drummond (Gene Wagner) fighting the bombastic 
Matthew Brady (John Thobaben), all under the watch of the writer E.K. 
Hornbeck (Don Bernardo).  Complicating matters is the young teacher's 
relation ship with Rachel Brown (Grace Culbertson), who is the daughter 
of the town's conservative preacher (David Rohler).  /Inherit The Wind/ 
has been adapted several times for film and television, with the 
1960 film version garnering several Oscar nominations with Spencer Tracy 
as Drummond and Frederic March as Brady, and the 1999 television winning 
Emmy and Golden Globe awards for Jack Lemmon and George C. Scott.  The 
play is currently being revived in New York with Brian Dennehy and 
Christopher Plummer in the leading roles.

Tickets for /Inherit The Wind/ are available by contacting CVLT's Box 
Office, Monday through Saturday between 1 and 6 PM at 440-247-8955.  
Further information is available at  www.CVLT.org 
<http://www.CVLT.org>.  Adult admission is $14.  Senior admission $10.  
Special student rates are being made available for this performance, as 
well as a brief study guide downloadable on the website.


      Visit www.CVLT.org <http://www.CVLT.org> for details!


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<h2>OPENING FRIDAY: "Inherit The Wind "</h2>
<h3>Friday & Saturday Nights<br>
March 16th - April 7th at 8:00pm </h3>
<p align="center">at <br>
<strong>CHAGRIN
VALLEY LITTLE THEATRE</strong><br>
40 River Street in Chagrin Falls, OH<br>
440-247-8955<br>
<a href="http://www.cvlt.org">www.CVLT.org</a></p>
<p align="center">Tickets $14 adults, $10 seniors/youths<br>
ASK ABOUT SPECIAL $5 STUDENT RATE FOR THIS SHOW! </p>
<h3 align="center">About the play... </h3>
<p>When Cleveland-area natives Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee's <em>Inherit
The Wind </em>debuted in 1955,<em> </em>only 30 years had passed since
the famous 'Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes' trial on which it was
based.  52 years later, the evolution vs. creation battle depicted in
the play is still very much at the forefront of public debate.  Chagrin
Valley Little Theatre, which was founded only a few years after the
"Scopes Monkey" case was tried, prepares to mount its production of the
play beginning March 16th, and running Friday and Saturday nights at
8:00 PM through April 7th.</p>
<p>The original trial began as a challenge to the Butler Act, which
stated that any deviance from the Bible equated to a disrespect for
American law, and prohibited the teaching of evolution in Tennessee
public schools.  The ACLU, in conjunction with Tennessee businessman
George Rappleyea, hired a young substitute teacher named John Scopes to
teach evolution in a Dayton, TN classroom, provoking the town constable
to make an arrest.</p>
<p>The trial itself was a media circus, covered most notably by the
Baltimore Sun's H.L. Mencken, and involving prominent lawyers William
Jennings Bryan for the prosecution and Clarence Darrow for the
defence.  Although Scopes was convicted of the charges, Darrow and
Scopes won the moral victory, and the teacher was eventually acquitted
on a technicality by the court of appeals.  Bryan died in his sleep
five days after the trial was concluded.</p>
<p><em>Inherit The Wind</em> centers on schoolteacher Bert Cates (Kenny
Fadeley) and his lawyer Henry Drummond (Gene Wagner) fighting the
bombastic Matthew Brady (John Thobaben), all under the watch of the
writer E.K. Hornbeck (Don Bernardo).  Complicating matters is the young
teacher's relation ship with Rachel Brown (Grace Culbertson), who is
the daughter of the town's conservative preacher (David Rohler).  <em>Inherit
The Wind</em> has been adapted several times for film and television,
with the 1960 film version garnering several Oscar nominations with
Spencer Tracy as Drummond and Frederic March as Brady, and the 1999
television winning Emmy and Golden Globe awards for Jack Lemmon and
George C. Scott.  The play is currently being revived in New York with
Brian Dennehy and Christopher Plummer in the leading roles.</p>
<p>Tickets for <em>Inherit The Wind</em> are available by contacting
CVLT's Box Office, Monday through Saturday between 1 and 6 PM at
440-247-8955.  Further information is available at  <a
 href="http://www.CVLT.org">www.CVLT.org</a>.  Adult admission is $14. 
Senior admission $10.  Special student rates are being made available
for this performance, as well as a brief study guide downloadable on
the website.</p>
<h3>Visit <a href="http://www.CVLT.org">www.CVLT.org</a> for details!</h3>
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