[NEohioPAL] PRESS RELEASE: CVLT's 10-10 Festival returns with 10 new 10-minute plays

[Chagrin Valley Little Theatre]

  *PRESS RELEASE*
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Date: 6/13/13

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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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    CVLT's 10-10 Festival returns with 10 new 10-minute plays

CHAGRIN FALLS, OH - Chagrin Valley Little Theatre launched its first 
/10-10 Festival of New Plays / in 2009, putting out the call for 
world-premiere scripts under ten minutes each to be performed at its 
River Street Playhouse, the smaller venue adjacent to the main theater 
building. That first /10-10 Festival/ was such a resounding success that 
the theater made it a biennial tradition. The third edition, featuring 
ten new scenes from playwrights both local and around the country, will 
open on June 28 and run Friday & Saturday nights at 8 PM through July 13.

Under the direction of Yvonne E. Pilarczyk and Kat Remick, a baker's 
dozen of actors (Roger Atwell, Mark DePompei, Don Edelman, Bob Fortlage, 
Priscilla Kaczuk, Matt Klaben, Kathy Lamping, Claudia Lillibridge, Doug 
Lillibridge, Jerry Schaber, Natalie Seifried, Shannon Sidorick and Art 
Suskin) will present all ten of the following short plays at each 
performance:

The show opens with /SEISMIC SHIFT/ by Cynthia Wilcox and Sarah Kellogg 
(Washington, DC), which takes place moments after an earthquake. Three 
siblings, all from different places (both physically and metaphorically 
speaking), come together via a technologically advanced conference call 
to discuss the geographic, spiritual and financial impact of the disaster.

Matt, in /THAT LOVING FEELING/ by Stanley Toledo (Richmond, CA), is 
handling a disaster of a more personal nature. He has fought with his 
wife, Kendra, and has now lost his briefcase with a /very/ important 
work project in it. Can the poetry loving "Man Behind the Counter" help 
him to find what he might really be missing?

Local playwright Greg Mandryk (North Olmsted, OH) submitted /SPECIAL 
EXTRA TREATMENT/, in which a stressed maître d' must rectify a seating 
snafu and meets some very tough resistance while trying to get one 
couple to vacate the best table in the restaurant.

/THE LATEST NEWS FROM THE PRIMORDIAL OOZE/ by Rich Orloff (New York, NY) 
looks at the Theory of Evolution through the eyes of Barry and Marjorie. 
Can their relationship survive their very different opinions?

In Donna Hoke of East Amherst, NY's /LIFE LINES/, Lily and Mac have lost 
their beloved son, Andrew, and are trying to find a way to put their 
lives back together. When Andrew's girlfriend sends them a box of his 
belongings from her apartment, Lily struggles with whether or not to 
read Andrew's private journal.

/CANYON'S EDGE/ by Barbara Lindsay (Shoreline, WA) takes place at the 
Grand Canyon, where Roy and Coral fulfill their lifelong desire to see 
the wonder in person. There they meet Kathy, a distressed young woman 
who has a life-changing decision to make. They provide what advice they 
can, but find that perhaps the larger life-changing decision to be made 
is their own.

The evening continues with more bittersweet material; /FOR OLD TIME'S 
SAKE/ by David MacGregor (Howell, MI) is about a couple facing divorce 
and discussing where it all went wrong, and /PLANTING THE MUSIC/ by 
Maureen Brady Johnson (Oberlin, OH) follows Tess to the garden where, 
after the loss of her father, she intends to keep up the family 
tradition of planting garlic.

Then, over a glass of after-dinner brandy, we meet George, the narrator 
of /AZAZEL/ by James Evans Remick II (Cleveland Heights, OH). George 
discusses his misadventures with a 2 cm-tall demon (the titular Azazel), 
that fits in his pocket.

Lastly, /THE LUNACY OF METRIC MATCHING/ by Sarah R. Osinsky (Mayfield 
Heights, OH), is the romantic tale of strangers who, while waiting for 
their blind dates to arrive, end up having a blind date with each other 
instead.

Performances of /THE 10-10 FESTIVAL /are on Friday and Saturday evenings 
at 8 PM from June 28 through July 13. The River Street Playhouse is 
located at 56 River Street in Chagrin Falls. All tickets are $10 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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