Fri 9/22-Sun 10/1
In 1998, writer Scott Lax, wrote a novel called The Year That Trembled, recalling the Vietnam era in a story where four young men wait to hear where their birth date will fall in the draft lottery. In it he captured the bridge between the “peace and love” ’60s and the increasingly disillusioned ’70s, setting it in “Chestnut Falls,” a pseudonym for Lax’s hometown of Chagrin Falls.
His new play, 1970, which will have its world premiere, appropriately, at the Chagrin Valley Little Theatre this weekend, brings that story to life onstage.
“Lax has long hoped to have his finished, full-length version of the play produced at Chagrin Valley Little Theatre, which he proposed to the theater this past summer,” says the theater’s press release. “Now, having been officially chosen by CVLT’s board and play selection committee to open the 94th season, he is finally able to share his excitement publicly.”
The play runs for two weekends, Friday and Saturday at 7:30pm and Sunday at 2pm, through October 1. Go here for tickets.