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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: 9/7/2022</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"
rel="noreferrer" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">cvlt@cvlt.org</a><br>
Website: <a href="http://www.cvlt.org/" target="_blank"
rel="noreferrer" moz-do-not-send="true">www.CVLT.org</a><br>
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<h3
style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#000;font-size:12pt">CVLT
takes an early bite of the Halloween season with DRACULA</h3>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">CHAGRIN
FALLS, OH - Chagrin Valley Little Theatre plants a stake
in your Halloween season with Steven Dietz's spooky
adaptation of Bram Stoker's DRACULA. The production runs
Friday and Saturday nights at 7:30 PM on the stage at CVLT
40 River Street from September 16 to October 1, with a
matinee on 9/25 at 2 PM. Tickets are $21, with a $4
discount for seniors, students, and military. Reservations
can be made in advance at CVLT.org or by phone at (440)
247-8955.</p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Dietz,
who is one of the most produced playwrights in America,
made an effort to stick to the original plot and language
of Stoker's genre-defining 1897 novel in his script. He
avoids turning the famous Count into a metaphor, and
focuses solely on making him "a brilliant, seductive,
fanged beast waiting to suck the blood from your throat."
Although the play isn't intended for children and has its
share of blood, audiences shouldn't expect anything too
gory or salacious. Director Mason Stewart describes it as
"a spine-tingling, unsettling, PG-13 thriller."</p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">The
play chronicles the journey of Count Dracula (played by
Will Mortensen) from Transylvania to England, where he
stalks young Mina (Mayim Hamblen) and her best friend Lucy
(Grace Feidt). The vampire's pursuit is hampered by Mina's
fiancé Jonathan (Dan Bednar) and his associates, including
Dr. Seward (Christopher Wuehler) and his old professor Dr.
Van Helsing (Kevin Jones).</p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">As
the friends try to stay one step ahead of the monster,
literally risking their necks to piece together and foil
his murderous plans, audiences will also meet Dr. Seward's
mad patient, Renfield (Jackson Coughlin), who serves as
light comic relief and occasional narrator. Hannah Elwood
and Amanda Nyx round out the cast as Dracula's seductive
minions and other characters.</p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">DRACULA,
which is the first production of CVLT's 93rd Season,
features scenic and technical effects by Tom West,
costumes by Jackie Kruyne, props by Ed Butch, and original
music by Andrew Rothman. It is produced by Cindee
Catalano-Edelman with Erin Stewart serving as Stage
Manager.</p>
<p style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Chagrin
Valley Little Theatre is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit funded
through individual and corporate contributions. Our
programming is made possible in part by the citizens of
Cuyahoga Country through Cuyahoga County Arts and Culture
and by state tax dollars allocated by the Ohio Legislature
to the Ohio Arts Council (OAC). The OAC is a state agency
that funds and supports quality arts experiences to
strengthen Ohio communities culturally, educationally, and
economically.</p>
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