Chagrin Valley Little Theatre

Youth theater: the cvlt youth theater offers young actors and technicians a place to learn the basics of acting and theater production. During the summer of 2024, cvlt offered two 3-week summer theater camps - one for grades 1 - 4 and one for grade 5 -8. 9 young people participated in the first sesson (grades 1-4) and 14 teens participated in the second session (grades 5-8). In addition, 9 older teens participated in an audition mastery masterclass for 2 saturdays in august.

Cvlt also offers additional programming through its collaboration with the chagrin documentary film festival and its affiliation with the chagrin falls studio orchestra, as well as rentals to other theater projects. The theater hosted the national musical theater project for two performances in the fall of 2023, entertaining over 200 audience members. The theater rented its main stage for one performance of a russian play, performed in russian, to over 225 members of cleveland's russian community. The chagrin documentary film festival, which rents cvlt as one of its venues, attracts over 5,000 members of the public to view numerous documentary films at the theater and other venues around the city over 5 days in october. The chagrin falls studio orchestra staged two performances of its annual christmas concert in december, 2024. Over 40 performers participated, attracting over 455 audience members to the two concerts.

To enrich the cultural life of the chagrin valley and northeast ohio. Through the production of live theatre and related programming, it advances the skills of individuals within the performing arts and provides educational andoutreach programs to the community.