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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>THE DIXIE SWIM CLUB OPENS AT WESTERN RESERVE PLAYHOUSE<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>By Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, and James Wooten<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class=MsoNormal><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Girlfriends, They serve as a cheering section when things are going well and are the first to listen in times of trouble --- Sure there may be times of discontent, but underneath it all, they’ll stand by you, in good times and bad.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3>Five Southern women, whose friendships began many years ago on their college swim team, set aside a long weekend every August to recharge those relationships.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Free from husbands, kids and jobs, they meet at the same beach cottage on North Carolina’s Outer Banks to catch up, laugh and meddle in each other’s lives.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><U>The Dixie Swim Club </U>focuses on four of those weekends and spans a period of thirty-three years.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3>Sheree (<U>JoAnna Lynn Bratt)</U> the spunky team captain, desperately tries to maintain her organized and ‘perfect’ life, and continues to be the group’s leader.<S><o:p></o:p></S></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3>Dinah (<U>Karen Johnston)</U> the wisecracking overachiever, is a career dynamo.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But her victories in the courtroom are in stark contrast to the frustrations of her personal life.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3>Lexie (<U>Tari Lyn Bergoine</U>) pampered and outspoken, is determined to hold on to her looks and youth as long as possible.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>She enjoys being married – over and over again.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3>The self-deprecating and acerbic Vernadette (<U>Sue Jeromson)</U> acutely aware of the dark cloud over her life, has decided to just give in and embrace the chaos.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3>And sweet, eager to please Jeri Neal (<U>Tina Thompkins)</U> experiences a late entry into motherhood that takes them all by surprise.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3>As their lives pass, these women increasingly rely on one another, through advice and raucous repartee, to get through the challenges that life flings at them.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And when fate throws a wrench into one of their lives in the second act, these friends, proving the enduring power<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>of ‘teamwork’. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Rally ‘round their own with the strength and love that takes the comedy in a poignant and surprising direction.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><U>The Dixie Swim Club</U> is the story of these five unforgettable women – a hilarious and touching comedy about friendships that last forever.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3>Director, <U>Marc C. Howard</U> selected this cast with the upmost care and came up with a winning combination.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>These ladies have taken on their characters and given them life in a very real sense.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The audience <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>is bound to become immersed in their lives and laugh and cry with them until the curtain falls.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A theatre night not to be missed particularly by women – women of any age.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3>Curtain Time:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>8:00 p.m.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Ticket Prices:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>$12.00 Adults<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>$10.00 Seniors and Students<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class=MsoNormal><U><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'"><FONT size=3> For Reservations<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>CALL<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>330-820-7314<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></U></P><U><SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:
minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> The theatre is located at 3326 Everett Road on the Bath/Richfield township border in Summit </SPAN></U></DIV></div></body></html>