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Chagrin Valley Little Theatre’s MURDER BY THE FALLS event has served as our venerable non-profit’s season kickoff fundraiser every fall for many years, helping to offset the costs for the upcoming slate of productions. The event offers a unique and entertaining experience in which you solve the crime!

Audience members arrive at 6:00 PM to enjoy a reception featuring a cash wine/beer bar and hors d’oeuvres. The first act begins on the Main Stage at 7:00 PM, with a dastardly plot and amusing characters.

The audience then leaves the theater during intermission to search for hidden clues in the windows of nearby Chagrin Falls stores. Then they’ll enjoy coffee, desserts, and drinks back at Town Hall while deliberating over the correct solution to the mystery.

After submitting their solutions, audience members will return to the auditorium for the second act, in which the killer will be revealed and the winners of prizes and free CVLT tickets will be announced.

“Murder by the Book”

This year’s original play, Murder by the Book,  is penned by Jill Koslen-Freireich. When a young author holds a book signing at her sister’s Chagrin Falls book shop, the event attracts more than just avid readers. It also attracts people who would like to see the author’s story come to an end!