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face=Georgia>Workshop Players’ ‘Dearly Beloved’ is chock-full of southern-fried
charm</FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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face=Georgia>Everything about Workshop Players’ “Dearly Beloved” is
inviting.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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starts with the playwrights </SPAN><SPAN
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Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten</SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: ; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>They go by the cute collective “Jones
Hope Wooten” in their credits and produce nothing but amiable, ultralight-weight
comedies that have quickly become </SPAN><SPAN
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theater staples, including “</SPAN><SPAN
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Dixie Swim Club,” “Southern Hospitality,” “The Hallelujah Girls,” </SPAN><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-bidi-font-family: helvetica; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>“<SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic">The Red Velvet Cake War</SPAN>” and
“Christmas Belles” (recently performed by Workshop Players).<SPAN
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face=Georgia><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: ">Every one of their works comes with
wonderfully </SPAN><SPAN
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dialogue from a quirky ensemble of down-home characters that feature strong
women.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And most take place in small
towns seeping with southern-fried charm and full of juicy
gossip.</SPAN></FONT><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: "></SPAN></P>
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style='FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>Nikolet
Hermida</SPAN></I></B><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN
style='FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: ; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'> is a
senior at Cleveland State University majoring in Public Relations/Journalism,
whose review is supported by a Civic Engagement grant.</SPAN></I></FONT></P>
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