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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=5
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:16.0pt;text-transform:uppercase;
font-weight:bold'>Aurora Community Theatre <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>February 14, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Contact: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Christine Patronik-Holder<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>330-562-1818<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><font size=5
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'>T<span style='text-transform:uppercase'>he <st1:place w:st="on">DIXIE</st1:place>
SWIM CLUB<o:p></o:p></span></span></font></i></b></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;text-transform:uppercase;
font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'> </span></font></i></b><font size=5><span
style='font-size:18.0pt'>Opens March 4<b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'> <span style='text-transform:uppercase'><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>AURORA</span></font></st1:City></st1:place>,
OH ----Aurora Community Theatre will perform <b><i><span style='font-weight:
bold;font-style:italic'>THE DIXIE SWIM CLUB</span></i></b> by Jessie Jones,
Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten for a limited engagement at 8 p.m. Fridays and
Saturdays Mar. 4, 5, 11 and 12. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Award-winning <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Barbara L. Rhoades</span></b>
will direct the delightful, bittersweet comedy, filled with the zingers that
only fast friends and Southern belles can sling. The Ohio Community Theatre
Association prize-winning cast features <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Jackie
Cassara</span></b> (Sheree), <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Chris White</span></b>
(Dinah), <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Denise Bernstein</span></b> (Lexie),
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Kate Tonti</span></b> (Vernadette) and <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Jenny Barrett</span></b> (Jeri Neal) in this hilarious
and touching play about friendships that last forever.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>THE DIXIE SWIM CLUB</span></font></i></b>
crew includes <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Marianne S. Paul</span></b>,
producer<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>, Towar N. Vilas, </span></b>stage
manager, <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Val Hughes</span></b> on lighting
and <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Paul Chechak</span></b> as chair of the
set construction team. <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Dorothy Edwards </span></b>will
serve as<b><span style='font-weight:bold'> </span></b>house manager with <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Vicki Rizzo Prato</span></b> on hospitality and <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Vilas</span></b> as board liaison. <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>CPH Communications</span></b> will manage publicity
and marketing.<o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Five Southern women, who forged their friendship on a championship
college swim team, reunite each summer to catch up, laugh and recharge their
relationships with raucous repartee, meddling advice and genuine fondness. The
play focuses on four of those weekends, spanning a period of 33 years. When
fate throws a wrench into their lives, the women of the Dixie Swim Club gather
strength from each other to prove the enduring power of teamwork and love. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Sheree, the spunky team captain, desperately tries to maintain her organized,
"perfect" life. Dinah, a wisecracking, high-achieving dynamo reveals
that her career victories offer stark contrast to the frustrations of her
personal life. Pampered, outspoken Lexie, committed to maintaining her looks
and youth forever, enjoys being married—over and over and over again. Self-deprecating,
acerbic and acutely aware of the dark cloud that hovers over her life, Vernadette
decides to just give in and embrace the chaos. And sweet, eager-to-please Jeri
Neal experiences a late entry into motherhood that takes them all by surprise. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>With more than 1,100 productions and over 10,000 performances, the JONES
HOPE WOOTEN COMEDIES have now entertained more than 1,000,000 theatergoers in
forty-nine states across <st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region>
and in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Denmark</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Australia</st1:country-region>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Mexico</st1:country-region>, The Virgin Islands
and the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">United Kingdom</st1:country-region></st1:place>!
Their Southern-style laugh-out-loud comedies are currently enjoying the
reputation of being three of the most widely-produced comedic playwrights in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Tickets at $16 for adults, $11 for youth 18 and under, are available
online, including seat selection, at <a
href="http://www.auroracommmunitytheatre.com/">www.auroracommmunitytheatre.com</a>,
or call the box office at 330-562-1818. Group discounts are also available by
calling the box office.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Aurora Community Theatre gratefully acknowledges <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>ANNA MARIA of AURORA </span></b>for their generous
sponsorship support of <b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>THE
DIXIE SWIM CLUB, </span></i></b>which<b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'> </span></i></b>is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists
Play Service, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Arial Narrow"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow";
font-style:italic'>ACT, celebrating 51 successful seasons in 2010-11, annually
presents three regular season shows, a summer stock production plus two
children’s summer workshops, reaching an annual audience of nearly 7,000.
ACT showcases the region’s top actors, musicians, costume and set
designers, construction, lighting, sound and backstage crews -- all of whom
generously donate their time and talent. </span></font></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Christine Patronik-Holder<br>
Business and Marketing Manager<br>
Aurora Community Theatre<br>
<st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">PO Box</st1:Street> 9</st1:address>
(mailing address)<br>
115 E Pioneer Trail (theatre address)<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Aurora</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State>
<st1:PostalCode w:st="on">44202</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><br>
330-562-1818<br>
<a
href="mailto:christine@auroracommunitytheatre.comwww.auroracommunitytheatre.com">christine@auroracommunitytheatre.com<br>
www.auroracommunitytheatre.com</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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