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<h1 style="font: normal 12pt sans-serif;
color:#C00; text-transform: uppercase; margin-bottom:
-30px"><strong>PRESS RELEASE</strong><br>
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</h1>
<p style="font: normal 10pt sans-serif;" align="right">Date:
9-28-11</p>
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<p style="font: normal 10pt sans-serif;">Contact: Andrew
Rothman<br>
From: Chagrin Valley Little Theatre </p>
<p style="font: normal 10pt sans-serif;">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>
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<p style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 9pt; font-family:
sans-serif; color:#cc0000" align="center"><a
style="color:#cc0000" href="http://www.CVLT.org/promo">High-resolution
PHOTOS are freely available for use at
www.CVLT.org/promo</a></p>
<h2 style="font-size:12pt; font-weight: bold; font-family:
sans-serif; text-transform: uppercase">Laughter's afoot as
CVLT mounts <em>The 39 Steps</em></h2>
<p style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:normal;font-family:
arial, sans-serif; color:#000000;" align="left">CHAGRIN
FALLS, OH - John Buchan's 1915 novel <em>The 39 Steps</em>
was a popular WWI-era adventure, throwing unlikely hero
Richard Hannay into a whirlwind race across the UK as he
tries to thwart the dastardly plot of a secret German spy
ring. When a young Alfred Hitchcock adapted <em>The 39
Steps</em> for the big screen in 1935, he made
substantial departures from the book. Hitchcock's Hannay
is an innocent man on the run (the police, wrongly, of
course, suspect him of murder) who finds himself
reluctantly accompanied by his accuser (who soon becomes
his love interest). The film is considered by many to be
one of the best British movies of all time.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:normal;font-family:
arial, sans-serif; color:#000000;"> Patrick Barlow's wild
spoof adaptation of <em>The 39 Steps</em>, which opens
Chagrin Valley Little Theatre's 82nd main stage season on
October 7th, owes more to the film than the original
novel. Starting in small English theaters in the mid
1990s, and opening officially in London in 2006, it moved
on to Broadway, garnering six Tony Award nominations (two
wins) among many other accolades and ran longer than any
other Broadway play of the decade before closing last
year. Local audiences may recall the popular production at
Cleveland Playhouse last fall.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:normal;font-family:
arial, sans-serif; color:#000000;">Barlow's <em>The 39
Steps</em>, under the direction of Daniel Takacs, at
CVLT, is equal parts thriller and farce. The story is told
with just a handful of versatile actors (Eric Oswald, Amy
Pelleg, Lisa Tarr, Leah Frires, and Michael Prosen) who
play the various heroes, villains, men, women, children,
and even the occasional inanimate object in the story.
Rolling set pieces about the stage and changing costumes
constantly, the small troupe creates a hilariously big
adventure. </p>
<p style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:normal;font-family:
arial, sans-serif; color:#000000;" align="left"><em>The 39
Steps</em> plays Fridays and Saturdays, October 7 - 22,
and Thursday, October 20 at Chagrin Valley Little Theatre,
40 River Street in historic Chagrin Falls Village. All
performances are at 8 PM. Tickets are $16 per person, $12
for students and seniors, and are available online at
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.CVLT.org">www.CVLT.org</a>, or by phone at 440-247-8955, Monday through
Saturday from 1-6 PM. Complete details on CVLT's 82nd
Season are available online at <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.CVLT.org">www.CVLT.org</a>.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:normal;font-family:
arial, sans-serif; color:#000000;" align="left">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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