<div dir="ltr"><font color="rgb(0,0,0)">CVLT's "Sex with Strangers" to Open this Weekend</font><p style="text-align:left;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal">CHAGRIN  FALLS, OHIO - On April 21, 2017, the Chagrin Valley Little Theatre will present  the play, <em>Sex with Strangers</em>, under  the helm of director Kourtney Daugherty.</p><p style="text-align:left;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal">Performances  will run April 21 to May 6 on Friday and Saturday nights beginning at 8:00 p.m.  There will also be a Sunday Matinee on April 30 at 2:00 p.m. The show will be  performed at CVLT’s River Street Playhouse on 56 River St - west of the main  CVLT building.</p><p style="text-align:left;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal">The  play, written by Laura Eason, a writer for the hit Netflix show, <em>House of Cards</em> is focused on lust, love,  and the complex nature of identity in the digital age.</p><p style="text-align:left;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal">When  twenty-something star sex blogger and memoirist Ethan tracks down his idol, the  gifted but obscure forty-ish novelist Olivia, he finds they each crave what the  other possesses. As attraction turns to sex, and they inch closer to getting  what they want, both must confront the dark side of ambition and the trouble of  reinventing oneself when the past is only a click away.</p><p style="text-align:left;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal">Director  Kourtney Daugherty, a valued regular performer, stage manager, and jack of all  trades at CVLT, is stepping into new territory in this role. While she  co-directed the 2016 <em>10-10 Festival</em> and was the sole director of CVLT’s <em>Murder  by the Falls</em>, this will be the first time she has been selected to do a  regular production with the theater, currently in its 87th season.</p><p style="text-align:left;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal">“While  the show's title, <em>Sex with Strangers</em>,  made me take notice, the content is what kept me interested,” Kourtney  explains. “It's not just about watching two people engage in intimacy onstage.  It's about what happens when their fantasies become reality. She adds, “the  show takes the time to focus on what happens when these two people with mutual  interests and obvious chemistry explore the possibility, even if just an  illusion, of a real relationship, all while dealing with their own personal  baggage and the exposure of one of their checkered pasts.”</p><p style="text-align:left;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal">A  newcomer to CVLT, Joe Kenderes will play 'Ethan.' Joe most recently has been seen  in Blank Canvas Theatre’s <em>39 Steps</em> as  'Hannay' and Medina Show Biz’s <em>...Spelling  Bee</em> as 'Panch.' He is also a founding member and performer for the Laughter  League sketch comedy troupe.</p><p style="text-align:left;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal">Christy  Wright will play 'Olivia.' She was last seen as 'Alex' in <em>Kid Like Jake</em> at Weathervane Playhouse and has graced the stages  of Theater 8:15, Stow Players, CVLT, Western Reserve Playhouse, and Wolfcreek  Players, among others.</p><p style="text-align:left;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal">The  producer for this production is Laurel Bryant, with Tom Boehringer as stage  manager, and Marissa Gelender running the light and sound board.</p><p style="text-align:left;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal">Tickets  for <em>Sex with Strangers</em> are  $12.00/each and can be purchased online at CVLT.org or by phone at  440-247-8955, 1-6 p.m. Monday through Saturday. </p><p style="text-align:left;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal">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.</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal"> </p><p style="text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal">### <br clear="all"><br>-- <br></p><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><span><div style="margin-left:0pt" dir="ltr"><span><br><div style="margin-left:0pt" dir="ltr"><table style="border:medium;border-collapse:collapse"><colgroup><col width="174"><col width="450"></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:0px"><td style="padding:0px;border:0px solid rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:center;line-heig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