September Newsletter
We are thrilled to announce our return at last to live performances this month! Following our one-of-a-kind online Murder By The Falls event we'll be returning to in-person events with Holmes & Watson and the accompanying book club event. We're also holding open auditions for our Winter play and Spring musical, plus relaunching our Youth Theatre programs for the Fall.

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MURDER BY THE FALLS:
Nursery Crimes

CVLT's annual interactive fundraiser goes online! Play from anywhere!

Game starts SEPTEMBER 10 at 7 PM and ends with an optional in-person party at 7 PM Sept. 11

$35 game only / $20 add-on for party admission
MBTF
Find the clues. Unlock the videos.
Solve the crime.
Win the ca$h!

Someone has killed The Nursery Times founding editor Humperdinck T. Dumpty and Mother Goose asks you and your friends to solve the crime!

On Sept. 10 at 7 PM, players will be emailed a PDF containing puzzles to solve and hidden words to find. These clue keywords unlock video scenes of the victim and his friends.

Find the clues, watch the videos, and submit your solution by noon on Saturday. The first person or team to submit the correct solution wins hundreds of dollars in cash!

On Saturday night, Jan Jones and the creators of Murder by the Falls will host an in-person wrap party and 92nd Season kick-off party at CVLT! Find out "who done it" and hobnob with the directors behind our great 92nd Season productions!
Holmes & Watson
HOLMES & WATSON
by Jeffrey Hatcher
SEP. 17 - OCT. 2, 2021

Tickets $19 / $15

Director: Stephen Kay | Producer: Carren Kay | Stage Manager: Natalya Duncan | Costumer: Jackie Kruyne | Technical Director: Todd Plone

STARRING: Tom Hill, Tim Champion, Dennis Runkle, Claudia Lillibridge, Michael Raum, Glen Johnston, Kevin Derrick, & Adam Young
Sherlock Holmes is dead. Or so it is assumed. The world knows the great detective went over the falls at Reichenbach with his nemesis Professor Moriarty. But as Holmes’ body was never retrieved, a number of frauds, fakes, and charlatans have come forward since to lay claim to his identity, and it falls to Dr. Watson to disprove them.

Then a telegram arrives informing Watson that three men, each claiming to be Holmes, have been committed to a remote asylum off the coast of Scotland. Now Watson must discover if one of the mad men is the real Sherlock Holmes.
Presented with support from Cindee Catalano-Edelman in Memory of Don Edelman
Join CVLT's new "Page to Stage" Book Club on Zoom

Daniel Stashower, a 3-time winner of the Edgar award from the Mystery Writers of America, and author of Teller of Tales: The Life of Arthur Conan Doyle (among others) will join CVLT's Margaret Reardon via Zoom to discuss Sherlock Holmes and his enduring appeal to playwrights and theatergoers.


In partnership with Fireside Book Shop
Open Auditions
Complete details at CVLT.org/auditions

MIRACLE on 34th Street
Adapted by Mountain Community Theater from the novel by Valentine Davies.
Based upon the Twentieth Century Fox motion picture Miracle on 34th Street.

Performances NOV. 19 - DEC. 11

Director: Michael J Rogan
Producer: Nancy Rogoff
Costumer: Jackie Kruyne
Technical Director: Todd Plone
Stage Manager: Helen Rizi

A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER
Book & Lyrics by Robert L. Freedman
Music & Lyrics by Steven Lutvak

Performances MAR. 18 - APR. 10

Director: Fred Sternfeld
Musical Director: Charles Eversole
Choreographer: Bebe Weinberg Katz
Fall Youth Theatre
Complete details at CVLT.org/youth

Our Youth Theatre program is back with Ms. Capello! Registration is now open and space is limited, so sign your kids up for these classes today! All classes 6-weeks, $180.
TUESDAYS at 4 PM, October 12 – November 16

WEDNESDAYS at 4 PM, October 13 – November 17

TUESDAYS at 5 PM, October 12 – November 16

WEDNESDAYS at 5 PM, October 13 – November 17

TUESDAYS at 6 PM, October 12 – November 16
You can make a difference! Consider making a deductible donation to CVLT (plus the CARES Act includes an above-the-line tax deduction for your donation!) You can also help out by using smile.amazon.com for your year-round shopping and selecting us as your charity, which donates a bit of every purchase you make to CVLT. And, as always, you can buy a brick paver, which make excellent gifts! We need your support now, more than ever. Of course, the easiest way to support us is to attend our events and to share them with your friends and family!
Brick Pavers
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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. We appreciate your support!