[NEohioPAL] PRESS RELEASE: CVLT opens 94th Season with world-premiere of Vietnam drama "1970" by Scott Lax

[Chagrin Valley Little Theatre]

  *PRESS RELEASE*
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Date: 8/24/2023

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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
Website: www.CVLT.org <http://www.cvlt.org/>


      CVLT opens 94th Season with world-premiere of Vietnam drama "1970"
      by Scott Lax

*Subheading:* World-premiere of play adapted from "The Year That 
Trembled" novel by local author

CHAGRIN FALLS, OH - Chagrin Valley Little Theatre will begin its 94th 
Season of plays and musicals with the world premiere of 1970 by 
award-winning novelist and journalist Scott Lax. CVLT will stage the 
play on Fridays 9/22 and 9/29 and Saturdays 9/23 and 9/30 at 7:30 PM. 
Sunday matinees will be at 2:00 PM on 9/24 and 10/1. Tickets are $21 
with a $4 discount for students, seniors, and military. Group discounts 
available.

Adapted from Lax's acclaimed novel "The Year That Trembled," 1970 is a 
story about war, but also about friendship, love, loss, and forgiveness, 
among a small group of friends. This coming-of-age story is set in the 
fictional village of Chestnut Falls, Ohio during the Vietnam draft.

Lax's first published his novel in 1998 and then produced it with Tyler 
Davidson as a feature film in 2002. The film, written and directed by 
Jay Craven, starred Jonathan Brandis, Marin Hinkle, and Fred Willard 
among others earned accolades at the Cleveland International Film 
Festival. Lax then adapted his novel again for high school drama groups. 
The school version was staged in 2003 and 2013 at University School 
under the direction of Carol Jaffee Pribble.

In 2020, finding himself struck by the parallels between the draft era 
and the turmoil of the COVID pandemic, Lax set about rewriting the play 
once more; this time it would be reworked for professional and community 
theaters. After several cuts, additions, and revisions, he offered 
Chagrin Valley Little Theatre the opportunity to premiere the new 
incarnation entitled 1970.

CVLT's production, under the direction of Brian Westerley, stars Keenan 
Carosielli, Alison Matas Smith, Brett Heidinger, Matthew Andrus, Alex 
George, Donna Longfellow, Erin Moore, Cori’en Harvey, Abegail Zee, and 
Barry Moses. With a limited two-weekend run, this event is expected to 
sell quickly.

Tickets for 1970 can be purchased online 24/7 at CVLT.org or by calling 
the Chagrin Valley Little Theatre Box Office at 440-247-8955, Tuesday - 
Friday afternoons from 1:00pm - 6:00pm. Early reservations and arrival 
are highly recommended. CVLT is located at 40 River Street in historic 
Chagrin Falls Village.

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Chagrin Valley Little Theatre is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit funded through 
individual and corporate contributions. Our programming is made possible 
in part by the citizens of Cuyahoga Country through Cuyahoga County Arts 
and Culture and by state tax dollars allocated by the Ohio Legislature 
to the Ohio Arts Council (OAC). The OAC is a state agency that funds and 
supports quality arts experiences to strengthen Ohio communities 
culturally, educationally, and economically.
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