[NEohioPAL] PRESS RELEASE: "Mr. Death" to make world-premiere at CVLT's River Street Playhouse this weekend

[Chagrin Valley Little Theatre]

  *PRESS RELEASE*
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Date: 2-10-09

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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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    "Mr. Death" to make world-premiere at CVLT's River Street Playhouse

CHAGRIN FALLS, OH - Chagrin Valley Little Theatre's River Street 
Playhouse, adjacent to the main theatre in a building owned by CVLT's 
long-time friend Steven Shields, is an intimate venue which stages 
small-scale productions a few times per year. This weekend, the River 
Street will present the debut of a new folk-musical by local playwright 
Shelley Costa and songwriter Bill Rowe entitled /Mr. Death and the 
Redheaded Woman/.

/Mr. Death/, which is based on a short story by author Helen Eustis, is 
a fable of the old American West that first appeared in the Saturday 
Evening Post, and was later adapted for the General Electric Theater 
television series and also for a 1983 children's book. Costa and Rowe's 
one-act staging marks its first appearance as a play and as a musical. 
The duo first collaborated in 2007, when their full-length musical, 
/These People/, was produced at the River Street Playhouse.

'The story centers on Maude Applegate, the titular redhead, who chases 
down Mr. Death to negotiate for the life of her beloved Billy-be-damn 
Bangtry after he is shot in a saloon gunfight. The cast, which consists 
of Amy Pelleg as "Maude", Brian G. McCann as "Mr. Death", Natalie 
Dolezal as "Granny" and Jon Gellott as "Billy", perform 13 original 
songs by Bill Rowe, who also serves as the show's guitar-playing narrator.

/Mr. Death and the Redheaded Woman/ plays at 8 PM, Fridays and Saturdays 
from February 12 to February 27, 2010. All seats are $10. The River 
Street Playhouse is located at the end of River Street (56 River St.) in 
downtown Chagrin Falls, Ohio. For tickets to all Chagrin Valley Little 
Theatre productions and events, call 440-247-8955 (Mon-Sat, 1-6 PM) or 
visit www.CVLT.org for online ticketing at no extra cost.

Chagrin Valley Little Theatre is generously funded by Cuyahoga County 
residents through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture. The Ohio Arts Council 
helped fund Chagrin Valley Little Theatre with state tax dollars to 
encourage economic growth, educational excellence and cultural 
enrichment for all Ohioans.

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