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<h1><strong>PRESS RELEASE</strong><br>
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</h1>
<p align="right">Date: 12-18-08</p>
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<p>Contact: Andrew Rothman<br>
From: Chagrin Valley Little Theatre
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<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
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<h2>CVLT to stage award-winning drama "Doubt"</h2>
<p>CHAGRIN FALLS, OH - In late 2004, John Patrick Shanley's drama
<em>Doubt: A Parable </em> premiered at the Manhattan Theatre
Club, swiftly moving on to Broadway in 2005. Shanley's gripping study
in morality and uncertainty tuned into the public's shock at the
Catholic Church's priest abuse scandals and became an instant hit. <em>Doubt
</em>won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Drama; best new play awards
from the New York Drama Critics' Circle, the Lucille Lortel Foundation,
the Drama League, the Outer Critics Circle. It also garnered the Drama
Desk award, the Obie, and four Tony Awards (best play, best actress in
a play, best featured actress in a play, and best director). In late
2008, the play made the jump to film, receiving dozens of awards and
nominations for its stars, Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy
Adams and Viola Davis.</p>
<p><em>Doubt: A Parable</em> is set in 1964, and takes place at a
working class Catholic school in the Bronx. Sister Aloysius, the stern,
hard-line principal, has come to suspect the young Father Flynn of
having improper relations with the school's first black student.
Disturbing news from an enthusiastic young nun, Sister James, and a
meeting with the student's mother, Mrs. Muller, bring conflict to the
school and to the conscience of Sister Aloysious. <em>Doubt</em> is a
mystery that raises important questions about the consequences of
action and inaction; questions that it does not aim to answer, but
rather leaves to the audience. As the playwright himself notes, “doubt
itself is a passionate exercise.”</p>
<p>Chagrin Valley Little Theatre, now mid-way into its 79th
season, is set to launch its own production of Shanley's work on
January 16 under the direction of CVLT veteran Don Edelman. This will
be the first staging of the script by a non-professional theater in
Northeast Ohio. This production stars Harriet DeVeto, a former
professional actress recently lauded for her turn as 'Maria Callas' in
CVLT's <em>Master Class</em>, as the disapproving Sister Aloysius.
Eric Oswald, who marks <em>Doubt</em> as his 40th stage production
(and his 7th at CVLT), appears as the brusque Father Flynn. Kent State
theater major Cheryl Winslow appears as the innocent Sister James, with
Sharron M. Foxx, frequently seen at Karamu and East Cleveland Theater,
taking on the role of the strong mother, Mrs. Muller.</p>
<p><em>Doubt: A Parable</em> runs Friday and Saturday evenings at
8 PM from January 16 through February 7. Tickets are $14 regular or $10
for students and seniors, and can be purchased online 24 hours a day 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.</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.</p>
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