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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:
9/7/18</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><br>
PRESS PHOTOS: <a href="http://CVLT.org/promo">www.CVLT.org/promo</a></p>
<h3 style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#000; font-size:12pt;">Chagrin Valley Little Theatre
starts 89th Season with THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP Sept. 21-
Oct. 13</h3>
<h4 style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color:#000; font-size:11pt;">Come for the mystery; stay
for the comedy!</h4>
<p style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size:10pt">CHAGRIN
FALLS, Ohio - If you love a well-scripted gothic murder
mystery, but you also crave the campy giddiness of live
comedy, you will fall for Chagrin Valley Little Theatre’s
production of THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP: A PENNY DREADFUL.
Performances are at 8 pm Sept 21, 22, 28, 29, October 12
and 13, and at 2 pm Sep 23 and 30.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size:10pt">
Playwright Charles Ludlam pulls out the stops with a show
that includes Egyptian mummies, vampires, ghosts and
werewolves set in a proper Victorian manor household,
complete with a butler and housekeeper. The three-act play
is a satirical mashup of theatrical, literary and film
genres from <em>Wuthering Heights</em> and Alfred
Hitchock’s <em>Rebecca</em> to the French serial <em>Les
Vampires</em>. The gothic horror pastiche follows an
aristocratic Egyptologist, Lord Edgar, on a wild hunt for
answers surrounding the death of his first wife - all with
his second wife in tow.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size:10pt">IRMA
VEP is directed by Bob McCoy and is scripted for just two
actors, played at CVLT by Don Bernardo and Brian Diehl.
The duo won audiences over as King Arthur and Patsy in the
2016 CVLT production of <em>Monty Python’s Spamalot</em>,
and again this year's two-man comedy <em>Greater Tuna</em>
on CVLT's second stage. Playing multiple roles, Bernardo
and Diehl go through about thirty-five quick costume
changes, helped along by numerous sound cues, props, and
special effects. Jeanie Gaither is the very busy stage
manager. </p>
<p style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size:10pt">THE
MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP kicks off CVLT’s 89th Season on the
Main Stage, which also includes DISNEY'S THE LITTLE
MERMAID Nov. 16-Dec. 16, GOODBYE CHARLIE Jan. 18-Feb. 2,
THE LADIES FOURSOME May 31 – June 16, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
July 19 – Aug. 10, and an exciting contemporary Broadway
musical March 22 – April 14 which will be revealed until
November. CVLT's second stage, The River Street Playhouse,
begins its slate of six 89th Season productions in October
with Eric Coble's THE VELOCITY OF AUTUMN.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size:10pt">Tickets
are $19 with a $4 seniors/students discount. For
reservations visit CVLT.org or call (440) 247-8955 between
1-6 p.m. Monday through Saturday. CVLT is located at 40
River Street in historic downtown Chagrin Falls, OH.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size:10pt">CVLT
is generously funded by Cuyahoga County residents through
Cuyahoga Arts and Culture and is supported by the Ohio
Arts Council. CVLT is a proud member of the American
Association of Community Theatre.</p>
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