We received the following press release from LowellArts. If you’ve always dreamed of a life on the stage, this is for you!
LOWELL, MI, August 3, 2017 – The LowellArts Players is seeking actors for the Fall Dinner Theater production of The Dixie Swim Club by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, and Jamie Wooten. The play will be performed at Larkin’s Other Place in Lowell on October 20, 21, 27, 28, November 2, 3, and 4.
Open auditions are: Saturday, August 19, 10am-Noon and Monday, August 21, 7-9pm at LowellArts, 223 W Main St., Lowell, MI, 49331. Casting will include 5 women. The play will be directed by Randi Richardson. Audition scripts are available at LowellArts, LowellArts, 223 W Main St., Lowell, MI, 49331, Tuesday-Friday 10am-6pm.
Play synopsis: 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. 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. THE DIXIE SWIM CLUB focuses on four of those weekends and spans a period of thirty-three years. Sheree, the spunky team captain, desperately tries to maintain her organized and “perfect” life, and continues to be the group’s leader. Dinah, the wisecracking overachiever, is a career dynamo. But her victories in the courtroom are in stark contrast to the frustrations of her personal life. Lexie, pampered and outspoken, is determined to hold on to her looks and youth as long as possible. She enjoys being married-over and over and over again. The self-deprecating and acerbic Vernadette, 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 experiences a late entry into motherhood that takes them all by surprise. As their lives unfold and the years pass, these women increasingly rely on one another, through advice and raucous repartee, to get through the challenges (men, sex, marriage, parenting, divorce, aging) that life flings at them. And when fate throws a wrench into one of their lives in the second act, these friends, proving the enduring power of “teamwork,” rally ’round their own with the strength and love that takes this comedy in a poignant and surprising direction. THE DIXIE SWIM CLUB is the story of these five unforgettable women-a hilarious and touching comedy about friendships that last forever…
About LowellArts Players
LowellArts has been connecting regional artists and audiences through visual and performing arts in the greater Lowell community since 1977. The LowellArts Players is a community theater group that presents 3 theatrical productions each year including a production with youth actors and two multi-weekend dinner theater productions. The goal of the LowellArts Players is to provide opportunities for novices and professionals to work together to present theater to all age groups.
Leave a Reply