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<h1
style="font:normal 12pt sans-serif;color:#c00;text-transform:uppercase">PRESS
RELEASE<br>
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</h1>
<p
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align="right">Date: 1/7/2024</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" moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">cvlt@cvlt.org</a><br>
Website: <a href="http://www.cvlt.org/"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">www.CVLT.org</a><br>
<span
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<p
style="font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:#000000"><span
style="background-color:transparent;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700">Agatha
Christie’s masterpiece, "Murder on the Orient
Express" arrives in Chagrin on Jan 24</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span
style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline">CHAGRIN
FALLS, OH – All aboard for mystery! Chagrin
Valley Little Theatre opens the new year
with </span><span
style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline">Agatha
Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express</span><span
style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline">,
adapted by Ken Ludwig. Performances will be
at 7:30 PM Fridays & Saturdays from
January 24 – February 7, with matinees on
Sunday, February 2 and Saturday, February 8
at 2:00 PM. Tickets are $23 with a $3
discount for senior, student, and military.</span></p>
<br>
<p dir="ltr"
style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">This
2017 adaptation of Christie’s suspenseful
classic invites audiences to step aboard a
luxurious train where mystery and intrigue
unfold as the legendary detective Hercule
Poirot tackles one of his most perplexing
cases. When a murder is discovered, every
passenger becomes a suspect. Poirot must use
his brilliant deductive skills to unravel
the tangled web of clues and deceit. Ken
Ludwig, one of America’s most produced
playwrights, captures the essence of
Christie’s storytelling in this adaptation
while adding his signature dose of humor. </span></p>
<br>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The
production is directed by Don Bernardo (who
also directed Ludwig’s adaptations of “Robin
Hood” and “The Three Musketeers” in the
previous two CVLT seasons) and produced by
Kate Bernardo. The set design is by Steven
Savanyu, with lighting by Marcus Dana,
scenic painting by Mark Kobak, and costumes
by Haley Whitman<br>
</span></p>
<br>
<p dir="ltr"
style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Following
the Sunday matinee on Feb. 2, the director
will present a talk entitled “Agatha and the
Train,” revealing the history and lore
behind the real Orient Express and the
train's influence on fiction and film,
including Christie's iconic novel.</span></p>
<br>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">The
play features Adam V. Young as Detective
Poirot, John-Paul “JP” Whitman as Bouc, Mim
Goloboff as Princess Dragomiroff, Michael
Aveni as Colonel Arbuthnot, Alex Petsche as
Mary Debenham, Michelle Unger as Countess
Andrenyi, Lisa Freebairn-Tarr as Helen
Hubbard, Bill D. Kosteas as Ratchett,
Douglas R. Vanek as Michel The Conductor,
Julian Kruyne as Hector MacQueen, Lisa
Georges as Greta Ohlsson, and Vivien
Morrison as the voice of Daisy Armstrong.</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Tickets
for </span><span
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Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express</span><span
style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">
are available 24/7 at the CVLT.org website.
For ticket inquiries and reservations,
please contact the Chagrin Valley Little
Theatre Box Office at (440) 247-8955 or via
email at <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:BoxOffice@CVLT.org">BoxOffice@CVLT.org</a>. Phone sales are
available from 1-6 PM, Tuesday through
Friday, with the box office opening two
hours before all performances. Due to
limited parking and construction projects in
Chagrin Falls, early reservations and
arrival are highly recommended. CVLT is
located at 40 River Street in historic
Chagrin Falls Village.</span></p>
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style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">Agatha
Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express</span><span
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is presented by arrangement with Concord
Theatricals.</span></p>
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style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="1"><span
style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">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.</span></font></p>
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