[NEohioPAL] Final Weekend! "Erma Bombeck: At Wit's End" at CVLT starring Paula Kline-Messner

[Chagrin Valley Little Theatre]

 * FINAL WEEKEND! *
* Chagrin Valley Little Theatre *
presents

* "Erma Bombeck: At Wit's End" *
by Allison Engel & Margaret Engel

Fri. & Sat.September 27, 28 @ 7:30 PM
Sunday September 29 @ 2:00 PM
40 River Street, Chagrin Falls

TICKETS: *CVLT.org* <https://cvlt.org>
$23 regular, $20 senior, student, military


*Starring Paula Kline-Messner *
*Directed by Mark Seven*

Asst. Dir. — Cindee Catalano-Edelman
Producer/Props — Nancy Rogoff
Stage Manager — Brittany Bizub
Costumer — Jackie Kruyne
Set, Sound, Lights — Maddie McClure
Light Operator — Timothy Hayes


Although Erma Bombeck started out as a journalist for the Dayton Journal
Herald, she transitioned to full-time motherhood and homemaking in the
early 1950s. In 1954, she started writing a column for the Dayton Shopping
News which later gained national syndication. Bombeck's column,
characterized by her keen wit and poignancy, focused on the everyday trials
of suburban motherhood and married life. Eventually it reached 900 papers,
making it one of the most widely syndicated columns in America, and
launching Bombeck into the popular culture as a TV guest and author.

Chagrin Falls natives Allison and Margaret "Peggy" Engel grew up reading
Bombeck'; column. The identical twin sisters also pursued journalism
careers, and in 2010 penned a play based on the work of journalist/humorist
Molly Ivins. The play caught the attention of Bombeck's agent, who
suggested they make Erma the focus of their next project.

Already fans, the sisters were eager to oblige. They not only read and
watched everything they could find from Bombeck's career, but also visited
with Bombeck's husband and children for their first-hand accounts of their
wife and mother, who passed away in 1996. The result was Erma Bombeck: At
Wit’s End, which premiered to critical acclaim in 2015 and was staged at
Cleveland Play House in 2023.

Chagrin Valley Little Theatre's production stars Paula
Kline-Messner (SAG-AFTRA) under the direction of Mark Seven. Ms.
Kline-Messner has appeared in numerous productions in NE Ohio and national
tours, including a half-dozen tours of Menopause, The Musical. She is a
former television host and producer of several nationally syndicated
programs and a four-time Emmy Award Winner for her work as a television
writer, producer and on camera talent.
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