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<h1 style="font:normal 12pt sans-serif;color:#c00;text-transform:uppercase"><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:
12/22/20</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" target="_blank">cvlt@cvlt.org</a><br>
Website: <a href="http://www.cvlt.org/" target="_blank">www.cvlt.org</a></p>
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<h3 style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#000;font-size:10pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:#000000"> <strong>Chagrin
Valley Little Theatre takes a "whack" at dark
comedy, streaming THE NORWEGIANS 1/16 & 1/17<br>
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<p style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:#000000"> CHAGRIN FALLS, Ohio
- Chagrin Valley Little Theatre, while remaining closed
due to health restrictions, continues to entertain the
community by web-streaming archival videos of past
productions. To kick off 2021, CVLT will present an
online encore of THE NORWEGIANS by C. Denby Swanson on
January 16 & 17, 2021. Viewers will be able to watch
the play at any time they choose on either day via the
theatre's website at CVLT.org.<br>
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<p style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:#000000">Directed by Yvonne E.
Pilarczyk, THE NORWEGIANS is set in the cold of a
Minnesota winter. There we find a Texas transplant
('Olive,' played by Catherine Remick) and a Kentucky gal
('Betty,' played by Marylee Gotch) cursing the men who
have recently scorned them. Hatching a plan to dispose
of their exes, Betty refers Olive to a pair of bumbling
hitmen: 'Gus' (Nick Grimsic) and 'Tor' (Don Knepper).
However, just as the path of love has its ups and downs,
hilarious twists and complications arise in this
business of revenge. Does it lead to romance? Uff da!</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:#000000"> Swanson, a female
playwright who offers a fresh new voice to contemporary
comedy, lends THE NORWEGIANS a dark northern-American
humor familiar to fans of "Fargo". It premiered in New
York in 2013 and had an off-Broadway run in 2014 before
being presented at CVLT's River Street Playhouse in
2015. The New York Times called it "extremely odd and
delightful… a profane, playfully dark comedy that is
often hysterical."<br>
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<p style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:#000000">The admission
password for this one-weekend stream can be purchased by
PayPal or credit card at CVLT.org. A $10 minimum is
suggested but greater amounts are highly encouraged,
helping CVLT to meet mortgage, utility, and other
obligations during the difficult suspension of all
in-person programming. Although this production includes
adult themes, those seeking more family-friendly
entertainment can look forward to CVLT's planned encore
stream of the musical SISTER ACT this March, as well as
a production of Steven Willensky's new musical ELLIOT
AND ME in February.<br>
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Chagrin Valley Little Theatre is located at 40 River St.
in Chagrin Falls and is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit funded
through individual and corporate contributions along
with a grant from the Ohio Arts Council and by the
citizens of Cuyahoga Country through Cuyahoga County
Arts and Culture.<br>
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