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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:
9/14/12</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 moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:cvlt@cvlt.org">cvlt@cvlt.org</a><br>
Website: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.cvlt.org/">www.cvlt.org</a>
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<p style="text-align:center; font: bold 9pt sans-serif;
color:#c00">High-resolution press photos are freely
available for download at <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.CVLT.org/promo" style=" color:#c00;
font: bold 9pt sans-serif;">www.CVLT.org/promo</a></p>
<h2 style="font-size:12pt; font-weight: bold; font-family:
sans-serif; text-transform: uppercase">CVLT's "God of
Carnage" is darkly funny season opener</h2>
<p style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:normal;font-family:
arial, sans-serif; color:#000000;" align="left">CHAGRIN
FALLS, OH - The first play of Chagrin Valley Little
Theatre's 83rd Season, Yasmina Reza's Tony-winning GOD OF
CARNAGE, opens on September 28. Originally written in
French and translated by Christopher Hampton, GOD OF
CARNAGE is a non-stop, high-strung comedy that examines
the savage underside of seemingly civilized adults.
Director David Malinowski brings this piercingly
uproarious play to the CVLT main stage. </p>
<p style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:normal;font-family:
arial, sans-serif; color:#000000;" align="left">Prior to
the events of the play, Benjamin Raleigh and Henry Novak,
two 11-year old boys, have had a playground fight that
resulted in Henry losing a tooth. As the play begins,
Benjamin's parents, Alan and Annette (Tim Coles and Evie
Koh), are visiting the apartment of Henry's parents,
Michael and Veronica (Mark DePompei and Dawn Hill) for a
civil discussion about how to handle the situation. This
well-intentioned meeting turns prickly as the gloves come
off and the alcohol comes out, and peaceful discussion
swiftly degenerates into arguments that spiral off into
topics of misogyny, racial prejudice and homophobia. In
short order, the insults are flying, spouses are turning
against each other, and the unglued foursome expose their
worst selves in a hilarious mixture of <em>Who's Afraid
of Virginia Woolf?</em> and classic farce. </p>
<p style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:normal;font-family:
arial, sans-serif; color:#000000;" align="left">GOD OF
CARNAGE took home the Tony Award for Best Play and became
Broadway's third-longest running play of the past decade
(after <em>The 39 Steps</em> and <em>August: Osage
County</em>). Roman Polanski directed the 2011 film
adaptation, entitled "Carnage", which featuring Jodie
Foster, John C. Reilly, Christoph Waltz and Kate Winslet.
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<p style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:normal;font-family:
arial, sans-serif; color:#000000;" align="left">Tickets
for GOD OF CARNAGE are $16 regular, $12 for students and
seniors. The play is recommended for adult audiences due
to mature language. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays
at 8 PM, September 28 - October 20. Tickets are available
by phone at 440-247-8955, Monday through Saturday from 1-6
PM and on the theatre's website at CVLT.org around the
clock. Chagrin Valley Little Theater is located at 40
River Street in historic Chagrin Falls Village, and is
generously funded by Cuyahoga County residents through
Cuyahoga Arts and Culture and supported by the Ohio Arts
Council. </p>
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