[NEohioPAL] "The Dixie Swim Club" - 7 awards from OCTA! Final Weekend! Don't miss it!

[Chagrin Valley Little Theatre]

  Chagrin Valley Little Theatre


    /Don't miss the final weekend of... /


    The Dixie Swim Club

*8:00 p.m. Friday & Saturday *
40 River St. in historic Chagrin Falls Village

$16 regular, $12 student/senior

*Call 440-247-8955 (Mon-Sat, 1-6 PM)*

http://www.cvlt.org/80thSeason/dixieswim.php 
<http://www.cvlt.org/80thSeason/dixieswim.php>

*Lauded by critics from the Times and the Herald, and now with accolades 
from the Ohio Community Theatre Assocation! **Don't miss your last 
weekend to see this smash-hit at CVLT! *

    *OCTA Awards: *
    Excellence in Ensemble: The Cast, Excellence in Directing: Barbara
    L. Rhoades, Merit in Acting: Jenny Barret & Kate Tonti, Excellence
    in Acting: Jackie Cassara & Denise Bernstein, Outstanding in Acting:
    Chris White. CVLT awarded as Outstanding. An excerpt will appear at
    the State OCTAFest on Labor Day weekend. 

/The Dixie Swim Club/, a heartwarming comedy about the power of 
friendship by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope & Jamie Wooten, 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.

Chagrin Valley Little Theatre is generously funded by Cuyahoga County 
residents through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture and is supported by the Ohio 
Arts Council.


  CVLT.org - 440.247.8955

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