Chagrin Valley Little Theatre

Duck Hunter Shoots Angel by Mitch Albom

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About the Play

Are those tabloid stories complete fiction, or is there a glimmer of the truth?

Directed by Robert McCoy

Two bungling Alabama brothers think they’ve shot an angel, not a duck, while hunting in the swampy southern woods. A cynical tabloid reporter and his unwilling photographer are sent to cover the story but think there might be something to it when they find feathers, a wing, and a tiara at the scene. Throw in a shopgirl at the local Gasmart, a half-man/half-alligator, and a ghost, and you have a wonderful comedy with a heartfelt message.

This mix produces a love story, sibling rivalry, yellow journalism, race relations, and cultural stereotypes – all wrapped up with a surprise ending!

Mitch Albom is an internationally renowned and best-selling author, journalist, screenwriter, playwright, radio and television broadcaster and musician. His books (including the beloved best-sellers Tuesdays with Morrie and The Five People You Meet in Heaven), have collectively sold over 26 million copies worldwide; have been published in forty-one territories and in forty-two languages around the world; and have been made into Emmy Award-winning and critically-acclaimed television movies. 

Oprah Winfrey produced the film version of Albom’s Tuesdays With Morrie in December 1999, starring Jack Lemmon and Hank Azaria. The film garnered four Emmy awards, including best TV film, director, actor and supporting actor.

Duck Hunter Shoots Angel was Albom’s first play not based on a book, and his first comedy.  The play debuted at Michigan’s Purple Rose Theater in 2004.

 “Sufficiently audacious to surprise and sufficiently familiar to comfort.” – Variety