[NEohioPAL] PRESS RELEASE: Chagrin Valley Little Theatre revives its second stage with "The Gin Game"

[Chagrin Valley Little Theatre]

*PRESS RELEASE*
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Date: 9/30/2024
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Chagrin Falls, OH 44122
Box Office: 440-247-8955
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www.CVLT.org <http://www.cvlt.org/>*Chagrin Valley Little Theatre revives
its second stage with "The Gin Game"*

CHAGRIN FALLS, OH — The lights rise again on Chagrin Valley Little
Theatre's second stage, the River Street Playhouse, with D. L. Coburn’s
award-winning *The Gin Game* on October 18, 19, and 20, 2024. The drama,
directed by Michael J. Rogan and starring Stephen Morse and Kate
Williams-Bernardo, will be the first public performance at CVLT's smaller
venue since the pandemic shutdown. Performances of this one-weekend
production are 7:30 pm Friday and Saturday and 2:00 pm Sunday at 56 River
Street in Chagrin Falls. Tickets are $15.

This winner of the 1978 Pulitzer Prize for Drama debuted with Jessica Tandy
(winning her a Tony) with husband Hume Cronyn. It was revived on stage with
Julie Harris and Charles Durning as well as James Earl Jones and Cicely
Tyson, and for television with Mary Tyler Moore and Dick Van Dyke. Morse
and Williams-Bernardo performed it together at the Willoughby Summer
Theater at Andrews Osborne Academy in 2024 and are pleased to reprise it
for this special event in Chagrin.

*The Gin Game* uses gin rummy as a metaphor for life's struggles. Weller
Martin (Morse), a nursing home resident, is playing solitaire on a shabby
nursing home porch when he's joined by the prim Fonsia Dorsey
(Williams-Bernardo). United by their dislike of the home and love for
cards, they begin playing gin. As Fonsia wins every game and personal
details are revealed, their shared confidences become weapons in an
escalating conflict. Weller, desperate to overcome a lifetime of defeats,
seeks a victory that remains elusive. Will he leave a broken man? Will her
rigidity lead to bitter and lonely twilight years? Through their
interactions, the work explores themes of aging, competition, and the
search for connection.

CVLT’s River Street Playhouse, housed in a former industrial space across
the parking lot from the main CVLT building, was founded in 1978 through
the vision of Don Edelman and the building's owner, Steve Shields.
Throughout the early 2000s it focused on smaller, newer, or more unusual
material, as well as serving as CVLT's primary storage space for costumes,
props, and scenery. CVLT took ownership of the building when Mr. Shields
passed away in 2011 and has been working to revive the aging building at
the end of River Street. *The Gin Game* marks the first time audiences will
be invited into the 65-seat proscenium space post-COVID, following
improvements including updated lighting and sound. The proceeds from this
volunteer performance will help to continue much needed repair and
maintenance work.

*The Gin Game* contains some strong language and expressions of anger that
may not be suitable for younger or more sensitive audiences. Tickets 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. Door purchase in cash is also available. Early reservations and
arrival are highly recommended as parking is limited. CVLT's 95th Season
also includes *The Sound of Music, Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient
Express, Jersey Boys, Clue: On Stage,*and *Freaky Friday*.
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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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