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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-size:10pt; font-weight:normal;font-family:
arial, sans-serif; color:#000000;" align="right">Date:
10/25/13</p>
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width="100%">
<p style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:normal;font-family:
arial, sans-serif; color:#000000;">Contact: Andrew Rothman<br>
From: Chagrin Valley Little Theatre </p>
<p style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:normal;font-family:
arial, sans-serif; color:#000000;">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-size:10pt; font-weight:normal;font-family:
arial, sans-serif; color:#000000; text-align:center">High-resolution
press photos will be available for download at <a
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 to present
Charles Dickens and David Sedaris for Christmas</h2>
<p style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:normal;font-family:
arial, sans-serif; color:#000000;" align="left">CHAGRIN
FALLS, OH - Chagrin Valley Little Theatre's Main Stage and
River Street Playhouse stages often present simultaneous
and wildly different material. This Christmas is no
exception, as the Main Stage presents the family-friendly
A CHRISTMAS CAROL, THE MUSICAL while the River Street
presents the decidedly darker THE SANTALAND DIARIES /
SEASON'S GREETINGS monologues.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:normal;font-family:
arial, sans-serif; color:#000000;" align="left">A
CHRISTMAS CAROL, THE MUSICAL, under the direction of
Michael Rogan with musical director John Krol and
choreographer Jen Justice, tells the classic Dickens tale
through the music of Alan Menken <em>(Little Mermaid,
Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, Little Shop of Horrors)</em>,
lyricist/writer Lynn Ahrens, and writer Mike Ockrent. This
award-winning trio focuses on the message of redemption
and personal renewal with this adaptation, which has been
produced many times since its 1994 debut, including a 2004
television version starring Kelsey Grammer.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:normal;font-family:
arial, sans-serif; color:#000000;" align="left">CVLT's
production reunites many of the actors and creative team
behind the theatre's past few holiday musicals. The cast
of the production includes over fifty performers,
including multiple members of many area families, with
parents joining their children on stage. The group
includes the Apanasewicz family from Euclid, the Bernardo,
Edwards, and Firehammer families of Chagrin Falls, the
Grossberg, Moughan, McCulley and Sullivan families from
Solon, the Sloop family of Mentor, the Willis, White and
Mulvaney families of Aurora, and the LItherlands of
Cleveland Heights.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:normal;font-family:
arial, sans-serif; color:#000000;" align="left">A
CHRISTMAS CAROL, THE MUSICAL runs November 15 - December
15, with performances on Friday and Saturday nights at 8
PM and Sundays 11/24, 12/1. and 12/15 at 2 PM. Tickets for
all performances are $20 regular admission, $16 for
students and seniors. Discounts for groups of 10 or more
available, as well as dinner deals with select area
restaurants. Tickets for the December 1st matinee are
available exclusively through Friends of WomenSafe, a
501(c)3 non-profit with the sole mission of generating
unrestricted funds for WomenSafe. If you wish to attend
this performance, we encourage you to call (440) 285-3741
for tickets. <br>
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<p style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:normal;font-family:
arial, sans-serif; color:#000000;" align="left">On the
smaller River Street Playhouse stage next door, Yvonne E.
Pilarczyk directs actors Nick Hahn and Lisa Tarr in THE
SANTALAND DIARIES & SEASON'S GREETINGS, two darkly
funny holiday monologues for the adults from humorist
David Sedaris. THE SANTALAND DIARIES is the episodic
memoir of 'Crumpet The Elf', a sarcastic out-of-work actor
working the holiday shift at Macy's. The story has become
a wildly-popular holiday favorite since its 1992 debut,
filled with tales of bratty children and their bratty
parents, and the inner politics of the shopping mall North
Pole. The second act is SEASON'S GREETINGS, told in the
form of a dry-witted holiday letter to friends and family,
in which the mother in an otherwise average home describes
how an unexpected holiday arrival has turned their world
upside down. These two monologues are performed Friday and
Saturday nights at 8 PM, November 22 - December 7. Tickets
for all performances are $12.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:normal;font-family:
arial, sans-serif; color:#000000;" align="left">Tickets
for all CVLT productions can be purchased online at
CVLT.org or by phone at 440-247-8955 between 1-6 PM,
Monday through Saturday. Chagrin Valley Little Theatre is
located at 40 River Street in historic Chagrin Falls
Village. CVLT is generously funded by Cuyahoga County
residents through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture and supported
by the Ohio Arts Council.</p>
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