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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:
4/19/16</p>
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<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></p>
<p style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:normal;font-family:
arial, sans-serif; color:#000000; text-align: right"><a
href="http://www.CVLT.org/promo">PHOTOS available for
download at <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.CVLT.org/promo">www.CVLT.org/promo</a></a></p>
<h3 style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#000; font-size:10pt;">Bette Davis returns to the
stage in ME AND JEZEBEL at Chagrin Valley Little Theatre</h3>
<p style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:normal;font-family:
arial, sans-serif; color:#000000;">CHAGRIN FALLS, OH –
Nobody likes to deal with a troublesome house guest who
overstays their welcome, yet that's exactly what happened
to playwright Elizabeth Fuller, who found herself
unexpectedly hosting the legendary Bette Davis for a month
in 1985. She turned the experience into a magazine story,
a full-length book, and eventually the acclaimed comedy ME
AND JEZEBEL. The play opens April 29 on Chagrin Valley
Little Theatre's 65-seat River Street Playhouse stage,
running Friday and Saturday nights at 8 PM through May 14.
Tickets are $12.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:normal;font-family:
arial, sans-serif; color:#000000;">Elizabeth Fuller was
born and raised in Cleveland Heights but moved to
Connecticut early in her career as a writer (she has
published ten books and is an Op-Ed contributor to the New
York Times). As a Bette Davis fan since childhood, she was
starstruck when a chance encounter with a mutual friend
led to Davis' appearance as a dinner guest at her house.
When the friend was called away on a family emergency the
next day and a hotel workers strike in New York closed all
of the alternatives, Bette Davis called Fuller and asked
if she might stay for a couple of nights.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:normal;font-family:
arial, sans-serif; color:#000000;">A limo arrived the next
morning, with Davis and eighteen pieces of Louis Vuitton
luggage, kicking off a thirty-two day adventure, during
which the foul-mouthed and irascible star dished on rival
Joan Crawford, rode shotgun in the Fuller family's beat-up
Toyota, signed autographs at McDonald's, lectured Fuller
on her parenting skills, and set the living room drapes
ablaze. The juxtaposition of the larger-than-life diva
against the ordinary suburban world made for a harrowing
month and a bold comedy that has pleased critics across
the US and around the world.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:normal;font-family:
arial, sans-serif; color:#000000;">CVLT's production is
directed by Laurel Bryant and stars Lisa Freebairn as
Bette Davis and Talia Valline as Elizabeth Fuller. Both
actresses have appeared on the intimate River Street stage
under Ms. Bryant's direction in the past. Ms. Freebairn,
who is a mid-20th century music and movie aficionado with
a weekend show on WKHR 91.5 FM, made a similarly
biographical appearance as an aging Judy Garland in 2014's
"The Property Known As Garland." Elizabeth Fuller still
has family in the area and plans to return to the area for
the show's closing weekend.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:normal;font-family:
arial, sans-serif; color:#000000;">Tickets to ME AND
JEZEBEL can be purchased online at CVLT.org, or by calling
or visiting the CVLT Main Box Office at 40 River Street in
historic Chagrin Falls - 440-247-8955. Box Office hours
are 1-6 p.m. Monday-Saturday. The River Street Playhouse
is located at 56 River Street, just west of the main
building. The show contains strong language and is not
recommended for children.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt; font-weight:normal;font-family:
arial, sans-serif; color:#000000;">CVLT is generously
funded by Cuyahoga County residents through Cuyahoga Arts
and Culture and supported by the Ohio Arts Council. CVLT
is a proud member of the American Association of Community
Theatre and the Ohio Community Theatre Association.</p>
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