CVLT’s Murder by the Falls: Like, Totally Murder

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 pay for the upcoming slate of productions.

MURDER BY THE FALLS takes place the weekend after Labor Day, with performances on Friday September 5 and Saturday, September 6, 2025.

MURDER BY THE FALLS offers a unique and entertaining experience in which you solve the crime!

Audience members arrive at CVLT at 6:00 PM to enjoy a reception featuring a cash wine/beer bar, and hors d’oeuvres in the theater’s lobby and vestibule. The first act begins 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 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.

Dress up in your best 80s gear for our costume contest!

Like, Totally Murder

This year’s original play, Like, Totally Murder, welcomes you back to the 1980s! You’re invited to the homecoming planning meeting at Gen Exeter Academy, an elite private school. When the school’s recently appointed leader is found dead, the faculty, staff, and students are all suspects!

This retro whodunnit, layered with laughs, radical 1980s references, and familiar-feeling characters, is the 10th original MBTF script by siblings Greta & Andrew Rothman. You’ll be entertained to the max!

STARRING:
Don Bernardo — Jack Remington
Margo Parker — Ivy Lee Guerre
Adam Young — Coach
Jan Jones — Nurse Dana Righteous
Jenny Newman Barrett — Claire
Natalie Dolezal — Val E. SanFernando
Eric Oswald — Biff Squatts
Steven R. Tiderman — MC Cool Whip
Jim Marzullo — Mott LeCrue
Brenda Redmond — Jenny Newton-Fonda
Lisa Freebairn — Jill Smith
Vivien Morrison — Kit Dolby
Jeffrey Vargo — Dr. Phil DeGrave
Andrew Rothman — Inspector Gotcha

with special guest appearances!