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<h1 align="center"><font color="#005395"
face="Calibri, Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="5"><u>February
2010 Updates<br>
Chagrin Valley Little Theatre </u></font></h1>
<p><font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="2"><a href="http://www.CVLT.org">www.CVLT.org</a> • 440-247-8955<br>
40 River Street, Chagrin Falls OH 44022</font></p>
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<li> <b><font color="#2d0d4e"
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Events & Shows in
February…</font></b>
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<li><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">February
5 & 6 </font></b> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="2"> - <i> <a
href="http://www.cvlt.org/80thSeason/maltesebodkin.php">The Maltese
Bodkin</a></i> ($16/$12)</font> </li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b>February
12 - 27 </b> - <i><a href="http://cvlt.org/80thSeason/mrdeath.php">Mr.
Death & The Red-Headed Woman</a></i> ($10)</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b>February
13 </b> - <i><a
href="http://www.cvlt.org/80thSeason/cfso-valentine.php">Chagrin Falls
Studio Orchestra: Valentine's Concert</a></i> ($35/$20)</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b>February
20 & 21 </b> - <i>Youth Theatre's "Hercules" </i> ($5)</font></li>
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<li> <b><font color="#2d0d4e"
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Open Auditions in
February …</font></b></li>
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<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b>February
2 </b> - <a href="http://www.cvlt.org/auditions.php">Auditions for <i>Forever
Plaid</i></a> (musical)</font></li>
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<li> <font color="#2d0d4e" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="2"><b>Coming in March…</b></font>
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<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b>March
12 through 27 </b> - <em>The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wilde</em>
(comedy)</font></li>
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<li> <font color="#2d0d4e" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="2"><b>Other News & Notes…</b></font>
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<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Install
the free <a
href="http://www.goodsearch.com/toolbar/chagrin-valley-little-theatre-cvlt">GoodSearch
Toolbar</a> and you'll not only get valuable coupons, but you'll raise
money for CVLT automatically whenever you buy from most major web
retailers.</font></li>
<li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Visit
<a href="http://www.CVLT.org/bricks">http://www.cvlt.org/bricks</a>
to get your custom engraved brick paver order in before the weather
warms up and the next installation round begins. </font></li>
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<h2><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4"><b><i><a
href="http://www.cvlt.org/80thSeason/maltesebodkin.php"><br>
The Maltese Bodkin</a></i></b></font></h2>
<h2><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><b>a
comedic mystery by David Belke </b></font></h2>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="3"><b>Friday, February 5 at 8 PM <br>
Saturday, February 6 at 8 PM</b></font></p>
<p align="center"><b><font
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Directed by David
Malinowski </font></b></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="2">Times were tough for hard boiled detective Birnam Wood. He
never asked to be in London. Especially in 1605. Danger, daggers and
dames abound in this comedic mystery with a Shakespearean twist. First
produced for the 1990 Edmonton Fringe Theatre Festival, the largest
theatre festival in North America, The Maltese Bodkin is a two-hour
adventure that’s as packed with laughs as it is layered with literary
jokes.</font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="2"> The story follows a detective named Birnam Wood (Bobby
Thomas). When Wood's partner is found dead with a dagger in his back (a
bodkin decorated with Maltese markings), the hard-boiled 'private dick'
has to search for the killer amidst a cast of crazy suspects portrayed
by a band of nine talented actors under the direction of David
Malinowski. The familiar Shakespearian characters include Viola (Kacey
Durbin), Charlotte and Puck (Amy Pelleg), Antionio, Donalbain,
Guildenstern and Sebastian (Dan Jacobsen), Iago, Falstaff and Ratcliff
(Mark DePompei), Catesby and Fang (Roger Atwell), Mercutio and
Rozencrantz (Nate Earley), Richard III and Prospero (Rollin DeVere) and
Quickly (Yvonne Pilarczyk).</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b>TICKETS<br>
</b> $16 regular admission<br>
$12 students and seniors</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Tickets
by phone or online <i>at no extra charge!</i><br>
Call 440-247-8955 or visit<br>
<a href="http://www.cvlt.org/80thSeason/maltesebodkin.php">http://www.cvlt.org/80thSeason/maltesebodkin.php</a></font></p>
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<h2><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4"><b><i><a
href="http://www.cvlt.org/80thSeason/mrdeath.php"><br>
Mr. Death and the <br>
Redheaded Woman </a></i></b></font></h2>
<h2><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><b>A
world-premiere folk-musical!</b></font><br>
<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> based
on the original story by</font><br>
<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"> Helen
Eustis</font><br>
<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">with</font><br>
<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"> Music
and Lyrics by Bill Rowe<br>
Book by Shelley Costa </font></h2>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="3"><b>Fridays & Saturdays at 8 PM<br>
February 12 - 27</b></font></p>
<p align="center"><b><font
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">at the River Street
Playhouse, 56 River St. <br>
Directed by Pamela Ruiz </font></b></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="2">CVLT's River Street Playhouse presents the world-premiere of
a new musical by local musician Bill Rowe and local playwright Shelley
Costa. Based on Helen Eustis' story <em>The Rider on the Pale Horse, a
short story of the Old West</em>, the musical <em>Mr. Death </em>tells
of Maude Applegate (Lisa Tarr), who makes a bargain with Mr. Death
(Brian McCann) to spare the life of Billy-be-damn Bangtry (Jon
Gellott), her own true love. Also taking part in the tale are 'Granny'
(Natalie Dolezal) and Bill Rowe as the narrator.</font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="2">Originally published in the Saturday Evening Post in 1951, <em>The
Rider on the Pale Horse</em> was dramatized in the 1950s for an episode
on General Electric Theater starring Lee Marvin and Eva Marie Saint,
and then danced, in a separate episode, by choreographers Gower and
Marge Champion. </font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="2">Helen Eustis, currently living in Manhattan, has graciously
given Bill Rowe and Shelley Costa permission to adapt her wonderful
Western fairy tale for musical theater. The result, Mr. Death and the
Redhead Woman, is a lively one-act play with five characters and
thirteen original songs. Rowe and Costa first collaborated in 2007,
when their full-length musical, <em>These People</em>, was produced at
the River Street Playhouse.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b>TICKETS<br>
</b> $10 all seats</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Tickets
by phone or online <i>at no extra charge!</i><br>
Call 440-247-8955 or visit<br>
<a href="http://www.cvlt.org/80thSeason/mrdeath.php">http://www.cvlt.org/80thSeason/mrdeath.php</a></font></p>
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<h2><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4"><b><i><a
href="http://www.cvlt.org/youth">CVLT Youth Theatre's "Hercules" </a></i></b></font></h2>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="3"><b>Saturday, February 20 at 2 & 7 PM</b></font><b><font
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><br>
</font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><b>Sunday,
February 21 at 2 PM</b></font></b></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="2">CVLT's Youth Theatre students present the story of "Hercules"
under the direction of Julia Kolibab.</font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="2">Registration is open for Summer sessions! See <a
href="http://www.cvlt.org/youth">http://www.cvlt.org/youth</a> for
details. </font></p>
<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b>TICKETS-
</b>$5 all seats - Call 440-247-8955</font></p>
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<h2><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4"><b><i><a
href="http://www.cvlt.org/80thSeason/cfso-valentine.php">Chagrin Falls
Studio Orchestra<br>
Valentine's Concert </a></i></b></font></h2>
<p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="3"><b>Saturday, February 13 at 8 PM</b></font><b><font
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><br>
Conducted by by Stephen Eva </font></b></p>
<p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="2"><a href="http://www.chagrinfallsstudioorchestra.org/">Chagrin
Falls Studio Orchestra</a> will perform a Valentine’s Concert,
sponsored by <a href="http://www.hamletretirement.com/">Hamlet
Retirement Village</a>, featuring romantic scores from stage and film.
Selections include music from the animated Disney film <em>The
Hunchback of Notre Dame</em>, a selection from <em>Camelot</em>,
romantic movie scores including <em>Gone With the Wind</em>, and
Rachmaninoff’s <em>Vocalise</em>. Dmitri Levkovich, world-renowned
pianist and prize winner at the recent 2009 Cleveland International
Piano Competition, will join the Studio Orchestra for a showcase
performance of Rachmaninoff’s <em>Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor</em>,
Op. 18. </font></p>
<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b>TICKETS:
</b>$35, $20 for children/students with valid ID</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Tickets
by phone or online <i>at no extra charge!</i><br>
Call 440-247-8955 or visit <a
href="http://cvlt.org/80thSeason/cfso-valentine.php">http://cvlt.org/80thSeason/cfso-valentine.php</a></font></p>
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<p align="center"><font color="#666666"
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Chagrin Valley Little
Theatre is generously funded by Cuyahoga County residents through
Cuyahoga Arts and Culture. The Ohio Arts Council helps fund our
organization with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth,
educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.</font></p>
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