[NEohioPAL] PRESS RELEASE: CVLT to start 2016 with Durang's VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE

[Chagrin Valley Little Theatre via NEohioPAL]

  *PRESS RELEASE*
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Date: 12/11/15

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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/>


      *CVLT to start 2016 with Durang's VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE*

CHAGRIN FALLS, OH - Chagrin Valley Little Theatre's main stage starts 
off the new year with laughter, as Christopher Durang's award-winning 
VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE opens on January 15 and plays 
Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM through February 6. Tickets, which are $18 
($4 discount for students/seniors - not recommended for children), can 
be purchased at CVLT.org or by calling 440-427-8955 between 1-6 p.m. 
Monday - Saturday. Chagrin Valley Little Theatre is located at 40 River 
Street in historic Chagrin Falls.

Robert McCoy directs the six-member cast, telling the story of three 
middle-aged siblings; Vanya (Eric Oswald) and Sonia (Sue Cohen) have 
remained at home to care for their parents (artsy types, who named their 
kids after Chekov characters), while their sister Masha (Theresa Dean) 
has traveled the world as a B-list movie star. Now their parents are 
gone and the siblings are living quiet, insular lives at their parents' 
estate, when Masha returns for a visit, bringing her boy-toy Spike (Whit 
Lowell).

After inviting them all to the neighbor's costume party, Masha announces 
her intentions to sell the house. Needless to say, Vanya and Sonia 
aren't on board with her plans. Soon the resident cleaning woman, 
Cassandra (Lisa Freebairn), and the neighbor's pretty niece, Nina (Alex 
Marzullo), also become tangled up in the craziness. Although the 
playwright riffs on themes from Chekov, one need not be familiar with 
the 19th Century Russian playwright to laugh heartily at this hilarious 
romp.

Christopher Durang, who is one of the most widely produced contemporary 
American playwrights, is the recipient of multiple awards, including the 
2013 "Best Play" Tony Award and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding 
Play for VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE. His mix of satire and 
absurdity is a hit with critics and audiences alike, and VANYA… itself 
was a hit when it premiered locally at the Cleveland Play House in 2015.

CVLT is generously funded by Cuyahoga County residents through Cuyahoga 
Arts and Culture and supported by the Ohio Arts Council. CVLT is a proud 
member of the Ohio Community Theater Association and the American 
Association of Community Theatre.

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