[NEohioPAL] PRESS RELEASE: "The Dixie Swim Club" at CVLT is a tale of life-long friendship

[Chagrin Valley Little Theatre]

  *PRESS RELEASE*
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Date: 5-24-10

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Contact: Andrew Rothman
From: Chagrin Valley Little Theatre

40 River Street
Chagrin Falls, OH 44122
Phone: 440-247-8955
E-mail: cvlt at cvlt.org <mailto:cvlt at cvlt.org>
Website: www.cvlt.org <http://www.cvlt.org/>


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    "The Dixie Swim Club" at CVLT is a tale of lifelong friendship

CHAGRIN FALLS, OH - Although Summer doesn't officially begin until June 
21st, Chagrin Valley Little Theatre will be ahead of the calendar and 
headed to the beach on June 4th, as it opens /The Dixie Swim Club/, a 
heartwarming comedy about the power of friendship by Jessie Jones, 
Nicholas Hope & Jamie Wooten. The play focuses on five Southern women 
who met on their college swim team and have set aside a long weekend 
every August to meet up at the same beach cottage on North Carolina's 
Outer Banks to recharge their relationships. Free from their husbands, 
children, and jobs, the ladies catch up, laugh and meddle in each 
other's lives. /The Dixie Swim Club/ focuses on four of those weekends 
and spans a period of thirty-three years, during which life flings 
challenges at them, throws wrenches into their plans, and helps them 
prove the enduring power of 'teamwork'.

Sheree (played by Jackie Cassara), the spunky team captain, desperately 
tries to maintain her organized and 'perfect' life, and continues to be 
the group's leader. Dinah (Chris White), the wise-cracking overachiever, 
is a career dynamo, but her victories in the courtroom are in stark 
contrast to the frustrations of her personal life. Lexie (Denise 
Bernstein), the pampered and outspoken one, is determined to hold on to 
her looks and youth as long as possible, and enjoys being married -- 
repeatedly. The self-deprecating and acerbic Vernadette (Kate Tonti), 
acutely aware of the dark cloud that hovers over her life, has decided 
to just give in and embrace the chaos. And sweet, eager-to-please Jeri 
Neal (Jenny Barrett) experiences a late entry into motherhood that takes 
them all by surprise.

The writing team behind /The Dixie Swim Club/ includes Jessie Jones, 
co-author of the play /Dearly Departed/, which became the star-laden 
2001 film /Kingdom Come/, Nicholas Hope, who has written award winning 
plays and television episodes, and Jamie Wooten, who spent many years as 
writer/producer for /The Golden Girls/. Under the direction of Chagrin 
Valley Little Theatre veteran Barbara L. Rhoades, /The Dixie Swim Club/ 
is a poignant and surprising comedy that's sure to warm audiences' 
hearts like a seaside holiday.

/The Dixie Swim Club/ is on stage at 8 PM, Fridays and Saturdays June 4 
- 26, 2010. Tickets are $16 regular admission, $12 for students and 
seniors. For tickets to all Chagrin Valley Little Theatre productions 
and events, call 440-247-8955 (Mon-Sat, 1-6 PM) or visit www.CVLT.org 
for online ticketing at no extra cost. Chagrin Valley Little Theatre is 
located at the end of River Street (40 River Street) in downtown Chagrin 
Falls, Ohio.

Coming to CVLT in July:/ Durang, Durang/ (comedy one-acts by Christopher 
Durang), and the Ohio community theatre premiere of Mel Brooks' /The 
Producers/.

Chagrin Valley Little Theatre is generously funded by Cuyahoga County 
residents through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture. The Ohio Arts Council 
helped fund Chagrin Valley Little Theatre with state tax dollars to 
encourage economic growth, educational excellence and cultural 
enrichment for all Ohioans.

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