[NEohioPAL] PRESS RELEASE: CVLT serves a dark comedy confection for Christmas with "The Eight"

[Chagrin Valley Little Theatre]

  *PRESS RELEASE*
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Date: 11-10-08

------------------------------------------------------------------------

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/>


        PLEASE DOWNLOAD HIGH-RESOLUTION PRESS PHOTOS from
        www.CVLT.org/promo <http://www.cvlt.org/promo>


    CVLT serves a dark comedy confection for Christmas with "The Eight"

CHAGRIN FALLS, OH - You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen, 
Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen... or do you? Rudolph is in a 
padded stall, Santa is on a bender, and the reindeer are talking to 
anyone who will listen in /The Eight: Reindeer Monoologues/, a 
hard-hitting, chocolatey-dark holiday confection opening later this 
month at Chagrin Valley Little Theatre's River Street Playhouse. This 
hysterically tart alternative to the usual sugar-coated holiday fare 
sees scandal erupt at the North Pole when one of Santa's eight tiny 
reindeer accuses him of decidely un-Christmas-like behavior. As the 
media descends, the other members of the elite sleigh team share their 
articulate and sometimes sordid confessions, spinning a tale of 
corruption that implicates everyone from the littlest elf to Saint Nick 
himself. If your holiday entertainment tastes are a little less 
'peppermint stick' and a little more 'sour ball', /The Eight/ is the 
perfect gift to your funnybone and a refreshing 'gin and tonic' for 
those who are already "holidayed-out"!

/The Eight/ stars Adam Young (Dasher), Jerry Schaber (Donner), David 
Malinowski (Hollywood), Mary Britta Shirring (Blitzen), Kaitlyn 
Whitebread (Vixen), Erin Scerbak (Comet), Brenda Redmond (Dancer), and 
Tim Coles (Cupid) under the direction of Yvonne E. Pilarczyk. Each 
member of Santa's team speaks his or her mind to the audience in a 
series of monologues that the Boston Herald called "gut-bustlingly funny 
and completely outrageous". The River Street Playhouse generally offers 
edgy or new material that differs from the more 'general audience' fare 
on the main stage and /The Eight/ is definitely such a show - due to its 
mature language and themes, we recommend leaving the fawns at home! 
Complimentary wine will be available before each performance.

/The Eight: Reindeer Monologues/ runs Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM, 
November 28 through December 13 at the River Street Playhouse, a smaller 
venue at 56 River Street adjacent to CVLT's main building in historic 
downtown Chagrin Falls. All tickets are $8 general seating.

For more 'family oriented' holiday cheer, don't miss Chagrin Valley 
Little Theatre's /The Wizard of Oz, /Friday and Saturday nights at 8 PM 
from November 21 to December 19, with 2 PM matinee performances on 
November 30 and December 7. Tickets are $16 for regular admission, and 
$12 for students and seniors. The holiday fun at CVLT continues with the 
annual childrens' /Holiday Show and Gingerbread Tea / on December 13 and 
14 ($6/$8) and the Christmas music concert on December 21.

Tickets for all CVLT shows and events can be purchased online 24 hours a 
day 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.

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

###

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.neohiopal.org/pipermail/neohiopal-neohiopal.org/attachments/20081110/594c7c2f/attachment-0003.htm>