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<h1><strong>PRESS RELEASE</strong><br>
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</h1>
<p align="right">Date: 1-3-08</p>
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<p>Contact: Andrew Rothman<br>
From: Chagrin Valley Little Theatre </p>
<p style="display: block; margin-left: 32px;">40 River Street<br>
Chagrin Falls, OH 44122<br>
Phone: 440-247-8955<br>
E-mail: <a href="mailto:cvlt@cvlt.org">cvlt@cvlt.org</a><br>
Website: <a href="http://www.cvlt.org/">www.cvlt.org</a> </p>
<h4 align="center">PLEASE DOWNLOAD HIGH-RESOLUTION PRESS PHOTOS
from <a href="http://www.cvlt.org/promo">www.CVLT.org/PROMO</a></h4>
<h2>CVLT makes a <em>Laughing Stock</em> of the theater world</h2>
<p>CHAGRIN FALLS, OH - 2008 begins with a guffaw at Chagrin
Valley Little Theatre as director Robert McCoy and his cast take a
swing at repertory theater with <em>Laughing Stock</em>, a comedy by
Charles Morey. The play centers on the travails of Gordon, the
middle-aged Artistic Director of a New Hampshire summer stock barn
theater, as he takes his odd lot of cast and crew on a wild ride that
includes giant mosquitoes, eccentric directors and a <em>very</em>
limited budget. While the group gallantly attempts to keep the ship
from sinking, they prepare to perform <em>Hamlet</em>, <em>Charley’s
Aunt</em> and <em>Dracula</em> simultaneously, and none of the three
will ever be the same! <em>Laughing Stock</em> is a hectic and
hilarious testament to theaters everywhere that never seem to have
enough time, staff, money or talent to pull off the show, yet in the
end, everyone gives it their all. It captures the magic of theater,
showing how the art form tells a story while at the same time creating
a temporary family amongst the cast and crew no matter where the show
goes on. </p>
<p><em>Laughing Stock</em> was nominated for the 2001 American
Theatre Critic’s Association New Play Award, and won the Best Original
Play Award from the New Hampshire Theatre Association in 2004. Of <em>Laughing
Stock</em>, playwright Charles Morey says, “Everyone in the theater has
their own “Playhouse.” The place where there was never enough of
anything . . . where sometimes the doors fell off their hinges and the
sound cues ran backwards, but where you gave yourself over wholly to
the making of plays. . . . It is those places, and especially those
people, this play celebrates.”</p>
<p><em>Laughing Stock</em> is performed Friday and Saturday
nights at 8 PM from January 11th through February 2nd with tickets at
$14 or $10 for students and seniors. A special <em>Girls' Night Out</em>
pre-show reception is planned for 6 PM on Friday, January 18th. This
ladies-only party with wine, appetizers, and sweet treats is $30 and
includes admission to the performance. </p>
<p> Tickets can be purchased online at <a
href="http://www.CVLT.org">www.CVLT.org</a>, or by calling the Box
Office at 440-247-8955 between 1 and 6 PM, Monday through Saturday.
CVLT is located at 40 River Street in historic Chagrin Falls Village.</p>
<p>Chagrin Valley Little Theatre is generously funded by Cuyahoga
County residents through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture and is supported by
the Ohio Arts Council. CVLT was voted 'Best Community Theatre' by
Cleveland Magazine Readers, and 'Best Theatre Group' on the Fox 8
HotList in 2007.<br>
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