[NEohioPAL] PRESS RELEASE: CVLT makes a Laughing Stock of the theater world

[Chagrin Valley Little Theatre]

  *PRESS RELEASE*
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Date: 1-3-08

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Contact: Andrew Rothman
From: Chagrin Valley Little Theatre

40 River Street
Chagrin Falls, OH 44122
Phone: 440-247-8955
E-mail: cvlt at cvlt.org <mailto:cvlt at cvlt.org>
Website: www.cvlt.org <http://www.cvlt.org/>


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    CVLT makes a /Laughing Stock/ of the theater world

CHAGRIN FALLS, OH - 2008 begins with a guffaw at Chagrin Valley Little 
Theatre as director Robert McCoy and his cast take a swing at repertory 
theater with /Laughing Stock/, a comedy by Charles Morey. The play 
centers on the travails of Gordon, the middle-aged Artistic Director of 
a New Hampshire summer stock barn theater, as he takes his odd lot of 
cast and crew on a wild ride that includes giant mosquitoes, eccentric 
directors and a /very/ limited budget. While the group gallantly 
attempts to keep the ship from sinking, they prepare to perform 
/Hamlet/, /Charley's Aunt/ and /Dracula/ simultaneously, and none of the 
three will ever be the same! /Laughing Stock/ is a hectic and hilarious 
testament to theaters everywhere that never seem to have enough time, 
staff, money or talent to pull off the show, yet in the end, everyone 
gives it their all. It captures the magic of theater, showing how the 
art form tells a story while at the same time creating a temporary 
family amongst the cast and crew no matter where the show goes on.

/Laughing Stock/ was nominated for the 2001 American Theatre Critic's 
Association New Play Award, and won the Best Original Play Award from 
the New Hampshire Theatre Association in 2004. Of /Laughing Stock/, 
playwright Charles Morey says, "Everyone in the theater has their own 
"Playhouse." The place where there was never enough of anything . . . 
where sometimes the doors fell off their hinges and the sound cues ran 
backwards, but where you gave yourself over wholly to the making of 
plays. . . . It is those places, and especially those people, this play 
celebrates."

/Laughing Stock/ is performed Friday and Saturday nights at 8 PM from 
January 11th through February 2nd with tickets at $14 or $10 for 
students and seniors. A special /Girls' Night Out/ pre-show reception is 
planned for 6 PM on Friday, January 18th. This ladies-only party with 
wine, appetizers, and sweet treats is $30 and includes admission to the 
performance.

Tickets can be purchased online at www.CVLT.org <http://www.CVLT.org>, 
or by calling the Box Office at 440-247-8955 between 1 and 6 PM, Monday 
through Saturday. CVLT is located at 40 River Street in historic Chagrin 
Falls Village.

Chagrin Valley Little Theatre is generously funded by Cuyahoga County 
residents through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture and is supported by the Ohio 
Arts Council. CVLT was voted 'Best Community Theatre' by Cleveland 
Magazine Readers, and 'Best Theatre Group' on the Fox 8 HotList in 2007.

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