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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:
10-19-11</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">Two Actors Inhabit
<em>Lonely Planet</em> at CVLT's River Street Playhouse<em></em></h2>
<p align="left"><font style="font-size:13px" color="#000000"
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">CHAGRIN
FALLS, OH - Chagrin Valley Little Theatre's River Street
Playhouse, a smaller 'black box' venue adjacent to
CVLT's main venue in Chagrin Falls, begins its new
season on October 28th with Steven Dietz' <em>Lonely
Planet</em>. True to The River Street's style, <em>Lonely
Planet</em> is a small-scale play, starring just two
actors, yet examining bigger questions; Who are our
friends and why? How far would we go for them? </font></p>
<p align="left"><font style="font-size:13px" color="#000000"
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Actor Don
Knepper appears as Jody, an introvert who owns and
operates a map store in a rundown area of town. He is so
fearful of the outside world that he's become
practically agoraphobic, seldom leaving his store. His
far more outgoing friend Carl, played by Matt Mortenson,
comes and goes regularly, and is Jody's connection to
the outside world. He brings tall tales about his
various professions, games, and entertainment. He
provides Jody with a taste of the outside world that
Jody would prefer not to acknowledge, and tries to
convince him that it's not just okay to go outside, but
that he needs to take responsibility for his life.</font></p>
<p align="justify"><font style="font-size:13px"
color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="2"> <em>Lonely Planet</em> is, beneath the
absurdly comical surface, a play about AIDS - and yet it
never mentions the word, nor does it act as an
'awareness' piece. Instead, the story of this endearing
and poignant friendship uses the disease to present two
courses of thought: do we hide ourselves away from the
world and its imperfections or do we immerse ourselves
and hopefully make a difference?</font></p>
<p align="left"><font style="font-size:13px" color="#000000"
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">The
production is directed by David Malinowski, a theater
faculty member at Fine Arts Association in Willoughby,
whose previous River Street Playhouse directing stint (<em>Almost,
Maine</em> - 2009) received critical acclaim. </font></p>
<p align="left"><font style="font-size:13px" color="#000000"
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Performances
of <em>Lonely Planet</em> are Fridays and Saturdays,
October 28 - November 12 at Chagrin Valley Little
Theatre's River Street Playhouse, 56 River Street in
historic Chagrin Falls Village. All performances are at
8 PM. Tickets are $10 per person 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. The play includes
some strong language. 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>.</font> </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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arial, sans-serif; color:#000000;" align="center">###</p>
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