[NEohioPAL] PRESS RELEASE: "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" brings October drama to Chagrin

[Chagrin Valley Little Theatre]

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Date: 9-28-10

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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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    "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" brings October drama to Chagrin

CHAGRIN FALLS, OH - Chagrin Valley Little Theatre has selected a timely 
piece of material for the run-up to Halloween with Jeffrey Hatcher's 
drama /Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde/, playing Fridays and Saturdays from 
October 15th and through the 30th, with a Sunday matinee on the 17th. 
This inventive adaptation of the 1886 Robert Louis Stevenson tale 
premiered in 2008 and was nominated by the Mystery Writers of America 
for an "Edgar Award" for Best Play.

/Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde/ is an examination of the gray area between 
good and evil. Dr. Henry Jekyll (played by Dale Van Niel) is a 
gentlemanly experimental scientist who takes a special concoction he's 
created which turns him into the vile criminal Mr. Edward Hyde, a man 
free to commit the sins that Jekyll himself is too reserved to 
comprehend/. /Jeffrey Hatcher spins the yarn with a haunting, driving 
force, as Dr. Jekyll becomes increasingly conflicted and unbalanced 
while discovering the frightening truth behind his black-outs and the 
experimental drugs that cause them.

Meanwhile, the affection that has been denied to Dr. Jekyll falls to 
Hyde (played at varying moments in the play by Craig Gifford, Tiffany 
Ricci, Jerry Schaber and Clay Von Carlowitz). He is loved by the bold 
Elizabeth (Leah Frires), who loves the creature in spite of the evil she 
knows he is guilty of. As Jekyll attempts to save his research, convert 
Elizabeth to his own, and separate himself from the creature he has 
increasingly become, /Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde/ turns into a 
cat-and-mouse game between two sides of one man that leaves the audience 
to question just who they should be rooting for.

CVLT is partnering with Jekyll's Kitchen (across from the theatre at 17 
River Street - JekyllsKitchen.com), to offer a special prize package 
during the WVIZ/PBS & 90.3 WCPN® ideastream® Pledge Drive. Throughout 
the day on Sunday, October 17, listeners will be able to enter a drawing 
for a fabulous four-person meal (up to $300 in value) at Jekyll's 
Kitchen, with tickets to see /Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde/ afterward. In 
addition, the winner will receive eight Flex Passes to use for the 
remainder of the Chagrin Valley Little Theatre's season.

/Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde /will be on stage Friday and Saturday evenings 
at 8 PM, October 15 - 30, with a Sunday performance at 2 PM on October 
17. Tickets are $16 regular, $12 for students and seniors, and are 
available at www.CVLT.org, or by phone at 440-247-8955, Monday through 
Saturday from 1-6 PM. Complete details on CVLT's 81st Season are 
available online at www.CVLT.org. The theater 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.

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