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<h1 style="margin:0;">Director Applications: 97th Season</h1>
<p style="margin:5px 0 0;"><b><font size="4">Chagrin Valley
Little Theatre<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.CVLT.org">www.CVLT.org</a></font></b></p>
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The <a href="https://cvlt.org/">Chagrin Valley Little Theatre</a>
(Chagrin Falls) is seeking directors for <em>Lend Me A Tenor,
Anastasia, Deathrap, (A Musical To Be Announced), Broadway
Bound, Footloose</em>. <br>
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These positions carry a stipend. <br>
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Please submit your resume and proposal to <strong>Tom Jones</strong>
(<a href="mailto:tjones@cvlt.org"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">tjones@cvlt.org</a>). </div>
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Me A Tenor (Comedy)</p>
<p class="show-meta"
style="font-weight: bold;margin: 10px 0 5px 0;color: #333;">8
Performances: 9-25-2026 to 10-18-2026</p>
<p class="show-rehearsal"
style="font-style: italic;color: #666;font-size: 14px;margin-bottom: 15px;">(Rehearsals
traditionally begin Mid July)</p>
<p><strong>Written by:</strong> Ken Ludwig</p>
<div class="description"
style="margin-top: 10px;text-align: justify;"> Due to the
Chagrin Film Festival we will not have performances the
weekend of October 9th. Winner of 3 Tony Awards and 4 Drama
Desk Awards, Lend Me A Tenor is set in September 1934.
Saunders, the general manager of the Cleveland Grand Opera
Company, is primed to welcome world-famous singer Tito
Merelli, known as Il Stupendo, the greatest tenor of his
generation, to appear for one night only as the star of the
opera. Tito arrives late, and through a hilarious series of
mishaps, he is given a double dose of tranquilizers and
passes out. His pulse is so low that Saunders and his
assistant Max believe he’s dead - and in a frantic attempt
to salvage the evening, Saunders persuades Max to get into
Merelli's costume and fool the audience into thinking he's
Il Stupendo. Max succeeds and lives up to his idol, but
Merelli regains consciousness and gets into the identical
costume, ready to perform. Now two opera singers are running
around in the same costume and two women are running around
in lingerie, each thinking she is with Il Stupendo. A
sensation on Broadway and in London's West End, this madcap,
screwball comedy is guaranteed to leave audiences teary-eyed
with laughter. </div>
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<p class="show-title"
style="font-size: 22px;font-weight: bold;color: #003366;margin: 0;border-bottom: 2px solid #c41230;display: inline-block;">Anastasia
(Musical)</p>
<p class="show-meta"
style="font-weight: bold;margin: 10px 0 5px 0;color: #333;">14
performances: 11-13-2026 to 12-13-2025</p>
<p class="show-rehearsal"
style="font-style: italic;color: #666;font-size: 14px;margin-bottom: 15px;">(Rehearsals
traditionally begin end of September of early October)</p>
<p><strong>Book by:</strong> Terrence McNally, <strong>music
by:</strong> Stephen Flaherty, <strong>lyrics by:</strong>
Lynn Ahrens</p>
<div class="description"
style="margin-top: 10px;text-align: justify;"> From Tony
winners Terrence McNally, Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens,
creators of such Broadway classics as Ragtime and Once On
This Island, this dazzling show transports its audience from
the twilight of the Russian Empire to the euphoria of Paris
in the 1920s, as a brave young woman sets out to discover
the mystery of her past. Pursued by a ruthless Soviet
officer determined to silence her, Anya enlists the aid of a
dashing con man and a lovable ex-aristocrat. Together, they
embark on an epic adventure to help her find home, love and
family. </div>
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<p class="show-title"
style="font-size: 22px;font-weight: bold;color: #003366;margin: 0;border-bottom: 2px solid #c41230;display: inline-block;">Deathtrap
(Comedy-Thriller)</p>
<p class="show-meta"
style="font-weight: bold;margin: 10px 0 5px 0;color: #333;">8
Performances: 1-22-2027 to 2-7-2027</p>
<p class="show-rehearsal"
style="font-style: italic;color: #666;font-size: 14px;margin-bottom: 15px;">(Rehearsals
traditionally begin mid November)</p>
<p><strong>Written by:</strong> Ira Levin</p>
<div class="description"
style="margin-top: 10px;text-align: justify;"> Seemingly
comfortable in his charming Connecticut home, Sidney Bruhl,
a successful writer of Broadway thrillers, is struggling to
overcome a string of recent failures and a shortage of
funds. When a student in his writing seminar sends him a new
script – a thriller that Sidney recognizes immediately as a
potential Broadway hit – Sidney sees an opportunity. With
his wife’s help, he devises a plan to “collaborate” with the
student, an idea which the younger man quickly accepts.
Suspense mounts steadily as the plot begins to twist and
turn with devilish cleverness that builds to a
still-startling finale. </div>
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<p class="show-title"
style="font-size: 22px;font-weight: bold;color: #003366;margin: 0;border-bottom: 2px solid #c41230;display: inline-block;">TBA
(Musical)</p>
<p class="show-meta"
style="font-weight: bold;margin: 10px 0 5px 0;color: #333;">10
performances: 3-26-2027 to 4-18-2027</p>
<p class="show-rehearsal"
style="font-style: italic;color: #666;font-size: 14px;margin-bottom: 15px;">(Rehearsals
traditionally begin Mid January)</p>
<p><strong>Book, music, and lyrics by:</strong> writing team
Irene Sankoff and David Hein</p>
<div class="description"
style="margin-top: 10px;text-align: justify;"> Critically
acclaimed musical featuring a culturally relevant script
accompanied by a deeply moving score by Irene Sankoff and
David Hein. The show has earned global success with 37 award
nominations, 13 of which resulted in wins, most notably Best
New Musical at the 2019 Olivier Awards and Outstanding
Musical at the 2017 Drama Desk Awards. The show’s global
presence resonates across all audiences as an uplifting
reminder of humanity’s ability to come together, no matter
what the circumstances. For details on the title of the show
please contact us. </div>
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<p class="show-title"
style="font-size: 22px;font-weight: bold;color: #003366;margin: 0;border-bottom: 2px solid #c41230;display: inline-block;">Broadway
Bound (Comedy)</p>
<p class="show-meta"
style="font-weight: bold;margin: 10px 0 5px 0;color: #333;">8
Performances: 6-4-2026 to 6-20-2027</p>
<p class="show-rehearsal"
style="font-style: italic;color: #666;font-size: 14px;margin-bottom: 15px;">(Rehearsals
traditionally begin early April)</p>
<p><strong>Written:</strong> Neil Simon</p>
<div class="description"
style="margin-top: 10px;text-align: justify;"> Part three of
Neil Simon's acclaimed autobiographical trilogy finds Eugene
and his older brother Stanley trying to break into the world
of show business as professional comedy writers while coping
with their parents' breakup and eventual divorce. When their
material is broadcast on the radio for the first time, the
family is upset to hear a thinly-veiled portrait of
themselves played for laughs. </div>
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<p class="show-title"
style="font-size: 22px;font-weight: bold;color: #003366;margin: 0;border-bottom: 2px solid #c41230;display: inline-block;">Footloose
or Hello, Dolly!</p>
<p class="show-meta"
style="font-weight: bold;margin: 10px 0 5px 0;color: #333;">11
Performances: 7-23-2027 to 8-15-2027</p>
<p class="show-rehearsal"
style="font-style: italic;color: #666;font-size: 14px;margin-bottom: 15px;">(Rehearsals
traditionally begin at the end of May or early June.)</p>
<p><strong><i>Footloose</i></strong></p>
<p><strong>Book:</strong> Dean Pitchford and Walter Bobbie, <strong>music:</strong>
Tom Snow, <strong>lyrics:</strong> Pitchford</p>
<div class="description"
style="margin-top: 10px;text-align: justify;"> It tells the
story of Ren McCormack, a Chicago teen who moves to the
small, conservative town of Bomont, where dancing is banned
by the local preacher, Reverend Shaw Moore, leading Ren to
challenge the law and help the town heal from a past
tragedy. The show, which premiered on Broadway in 1998,
blends the film's iconic 80s soundtrack with new songs,
celebrating youth and challenging authority. </div>
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<strong><i>Hello, Dolly!</i></strong>
<p><strong>Book by:</strong> Michael Stewart, <strong>Music
and Lyrics by:</strong> Jerry Herman, <strong>Based on
the play</strong> <em>The Matchmaker</em> by Thornton
Wilder</p>
<div class="description"
style="margin-top: 10px;text-align: justify;"> This
blockbuster Broadway hit bursts with humor, romance,
high-energy dancing, and some of the greatest songs in
musical theatre history. The story follows the romantic and
comic exploits of Dolly Gallagher Levi, a
turn-of-the-century matchmaker and "woman who arranges
things," as she travels to Yonkers, New York, to find a
match for the miserly "unmarried half-a-millionaire" Horace
Vandergelder. Through a series of comedic entanglements
involving Horace's clerks, a widowed milliner, and a secret
polka contest at the upscale Harmonia Gardens Restaurant,
Dolly eventually decides to make the perfect match for
herself. One of the most enduring musical theatre hits of
all time, the show celebrates love, second chances, and the
magic of a big-city adventure. </div>
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