*PRESS RELEASE* FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: 10/25/16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Contact: Andrew Rothman From: Chagrin Valley Little Theatre 40 River Street Chagrin Falls, OH 44122 Phone: 440-247-8955 E-mail: cvlt@cvlt.org <mailto:cvlt@cvlt.org> Website: www.cvlt.org <http://www.cvlt.org/> Promotional *PHOTOS* available for download at http://www.CVLT.org/promo <http://www.cvlt.org/promo> *Jeff Baron's award-winning VISITING MR. GREEN to play CVLT's second stage* CHAGRIN FALLS, Ohio - Chagrin Valley Little Theatre's 65-seat River Street Playhouse stage is perfect for intimate stagings with smaller casts. While CVLT's main 262-seat theatre stages the colorful Lloyd Webber musical "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor™ Dreamcoat" (Nov 18 - Dec 18), the cosier space next door will present Jeff Baron's more introspective VISITING MR. GREEN. The play opens under the direction of Carol Jaffee Pribble on November 25 for a three-weekend run, with performances at 8 PM on Friday and Saturday nights through December 10, and matinee on Sunday, December 4 at 2 PM. Tickets are $12, general admission. VISITING MR. GREEN stars veteran actor Don Edelman as Mr. Green, an elderly, grumpy, devoutly Jewish widower who wanders into New York City traffic, nearly being hit by the car of 29-year-old finance executive Ross Gardiner (played by Krystopher Perry). As a community service sentence, Gardiner is ordered to assist Mr. Green, visiting him weekly. What starts as a comedy about two men who do not want to be in the same room together becomes a gripping, moving drama as they get to know each other, opening old wounds they've been hiding and nursing for years. MR. GREEN is Baron's best-known play, earning numerous awards around the world, including the KulturPreis Europa, of which Baron was the first playwright and the first American recipient. It was a Best New Play nominee for the Moliere Award in France, and was nominated for both the A.C.E. and the Clarin Awards in Argentina for Best Play. The playwright was invited to present a reading of the work at the United Nations in 1999, and the script has been translated into 22 languages, with 500 productions in 46 countries. "Families are the same everywhere," explains Baron. "Everyone knows someone like Mr. Green and everyone knows someone like Ross. Their specific characteristics make the story interesting, but their human-ness and the struggles they're each going through, make the play personal for almost everyone." The play touches on several universal themes, including aging, religion, and marriage. Tickets to VISTING MR. GREEN are $12, available by phone at 440-247-8955 or online at CVLT.org. The River Street Playhouse is located at 56 River Street, just west of the main CVLT building in downtown Chagrin Falls. Seating and parking are limited, and early reservations and arrival are recommended. CVLT is generously funded by Cuyahoga County residents through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture and supported by the Ohio Arts Council. CVLT is a proud member of the American Association of Community Theatre. ###