[NEohioPAL] PRESS RELEASE: CVLT plans post-show discussions for award-winning drama "DOUBT"

[Chagrin Valley Little Theatre]

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Date: 1-7-09

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Contact: Andrew Rothman
From: Chagrin Valley Little Theatre

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Chagrin Falls, OH 44122
Phone: 440-247-8955
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    CVLT plans post-show discussions for award-winning drama "Doubt"

CHAGRIN FALLS, OH - In late 2004, John Patrick Shanley's drama /Doubt: A 
Parable / premiered at the Manhattan Theatre Club, swiftly moving on to 
Broadway in 2005. Shanley's gripping study in morality and uncertainty 
tuned into the public's shock at the Catholic Church's priest abuse 
scandals and became an instant hit. /Doubt /won 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. It also garnered the Drama Desk award, the Obie, and four Tony 
Awards (best play, best actress in a play, best featured actress in a 
play, and best director). 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."

Chagrin Valley Little Theatre, now mid-way into its 79th season, is set 
to launch its own production of Shanley's work on January 16 under the 
direction of CVLT veteran Don Edelman. After-show discussions led by the 
director and the cast will begin on Saturday, January 17th. This 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 
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.

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