[NEohioPAL] Happy New Year from Chagrin Valley Little Theatre!

[Chagrin Valley Little Theatre]

    *Chagrin Valley Little Theatre*


    _January 2009 e-News_


      /CVLT WISHES YOU A HAPPY NEW YEAR!/


      IN THIS MONTH'S ISSUE :

    * *Performances & Events in January:*
          o /Doubt <http://www.cvlt.org/79thSeason/doubt.php>/ (January
            16 - February 7)
    * *Auditions in January:*
          o /Incorruptible
            <http://www.cvlt.org/79thSeason/incorruptible.php>/
            (auditions January 12/13)
    * *Brick Pavers Phase IV :*
          o Brick Pavers Phase IV nearly over - order now!
            <http://www.cvlt.org/bricks>

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      Performances & Events in January:

*/DOUBT: A Parable <http://www.cvlt.org/79thSeason/doubt.php>/
Fridays & Saturdays at 8 PM
January 16 - February 7, 2009*

/*The Northeast Ohio community theatre premiere of the award-winning 
play that inspired the award-winning film!*/

CVLT presents John Patrick Shanley's /Doubt: A Parable/, a gripping 
study in morality and uncertainty. Winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for 
Drama, Best New Play awards from the New York Drama Critics' Circle, the 
Lucille Lortel Foundation, the Drama League, the Outer Critics Circle, 
the Drama Desk award, the Obie, and four Tony Awards including Best 
Play. In late 2008, the play made the jump to film, receiving dozens of 
awards and nominations for its stars, Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour 
Hoffman, Amy Adams and Viola Davis.

/Doubt: A Parable/ is set in 1964, and takes place at a working class 
Catholic school in the Bronx. Sister Aloysius, the stern, hard-line 
principal, has come to suspect the young Father Flynn of having improper 
relations with the school's first black student. Disturbing news from an 
enthusiastic young nun, Sister James, and a meeting with the student's 
mother, Mrs. Muller, bring conflict to the school and to the conscience 
of Sister Aloysious. /Doubt/ is a mystery that raises important 
questions about the consequences of action and inaction; questions that 
it does not aim to answer, but rather leaves to the audience. As the 
playwright himself notes, "doubt itself is a passionate exercise."

CVLT veteran Don Edelman directs this, production, which will be the 
first staging of the script by a non-professional theater in Northeast 
Ohio. This production stars Harriet DeVeto, a former professional 
actress recently lauded for her turn as 'Maria Callas' in CVLT's /Master 
Class/, as the disapproving Sister Aloysius. Eric Oswald, who marks 
/Doubt/ as his 40th stage production (and his 7th at CVLT), appears as 
the brusque Father Flynn. Kent State theater major Cheryl Winslow 
appears as the innocent Sister James, with Sharron M. Foxx, frequently 
seen at Karamu and East Cleveland Theater, taking on the role of the 
strong mother, Mrs. Muller.

/*Doubt: A Parable*/ runs Friday and Saturday evenings at 8 PM from 
*January 16 through February 7*. Tickets are *$14 regular or $10 for 
students and seniors*, and can be purchased online 24 hours a day at 
http://www.CVLT.org/79thSeason/doubt.php, or by calling the Box Office 
at 440-247-8955 between 1 and 6 PM, Monday through Saturday.

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      Auditions:

*/INCORRUPTIBLE (a Dark Comedy about the Dark Ages) 
<http://www.cvlt.org/79thSeason/incorruptible.php>
/Auditions on Monday, January 12 and Tuesday, January 13 at 7pm. *
Performances Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, March 20 - April 11, 2008.

Director Michael Rogan is seeking 5 men, 3 women, all 18+. Audtionees 
will read from the script. See http://www.cvlt.org/auditions.php for 
more details.

Michael Hollinger's /Incorruptible/ is a bawdy farce set in Medieval 
France, which loooks at how we humans gleefully twist our convictions to 
rationalize our bad behavior. Sainte Foy, the patron of the local 
monastery, hasn't worked a miracle in 13 years. All eyes turn to the 
Pope, whose promised visit will surely encourage other pilgrims to make 
the trek, and restore the abbey to its former glory. That is, until a 
rival church claims to possess the relics of Sainte Foy-- their bones 
are working miracles. All seems lost until the destitute monks take a 
lesson from a larcenous one-eyed minstrel, who teaches them an 
outrageous new way to pay old debts.

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      Brick Pavers Phase IV:

We are drawing close to the end of our Phase IV brick ordering cycle and 
will be installing the next round of bricks when the ground begins to 
thaw. There is still time to get your order in! Support the CVLT 
Endowment Fund as you honor a loved one, commemorate an event, advertise 
your business... any message you please! See www.CVLT.org/bricks 
<http://www.CVLT.org/bricks> for details now! Starting at just $75 
(tax-deductible).


*CVLT.org . 440-247-8955 . 40 River Street, Chagrin Falls OH 44022 *

Chagrin Valley Little Theatre is generously funded by Cuyahoga County 
residents through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture and is supported by the Ohio 
Arts Council

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