Photo Preview: BCT's DIXIE SWIM CLUB
By: Gabrielle Sierra Oct. 06, 2009
Beavercreek Community Theatre's next production is a comedy but it's a comedy with a lot of heart and compassion.
"The Dixie Swim Club" only has five characters -- five Southern women who met while on their college swim team. Each year they come together for a weekend of friendship and support as each faces their own demons, joys, sorrows and pains.
Cassandra Engber and Debra Kent of Centerville and Stefanie Pratt, Jill Proudfoot and Rachel Wilson of Kettering star in the show being presented at 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. on Sundays from October 23 through November 1.
The audience first meets the women when they come together for their 22nd annual girl's beach trip since graduating from college. The show takes a look at their get-togethers when they are at the ages of 44, 49, 54 and 72.
The production staff includes Greg Smith of Beavercreek as the director and Mark Diffenderfer of Dayton as the assistant director. Steve Strawser of Beavercreek is the stage manager, Mary Mathieu of Beavercreek is the producer, John Falkenbach of Dayton is the lighting technician and Bruce Brown of Dayton is the set designer.
"The Dixie Swim Club" was written by the Asheville, N.C.-based trio of writers Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten and it is set in the North Carolina Outer Banks. Wooten was a writer and producer for the television show, "The Golden Girls," which "The Dixie Swim Club" has been compared favorably to.
Beavercreek Community Theatre is located in the former Lofino's grocery store at 3868 Dayton-Xenia Road, which is now the Lofino Adult Enrichment and Cultural Arts Center, the home of both the theater and the Beavercreek Senior Center.
Tickets are $12 for adults and $11 for BCT members, students, and senior citizens.
A group discount of $1 per ticket is available to groups of 10 or more purchased at the same time for the same performance.
Tickets can be reserved by calling BCT at (937) 429-4737 and leaving a message or by e-mailing boxoffice@bctheatre.org. For more information, visit the theater's Web site at www.bctheatre.org where tickets can also be purchased online.
Rachel Wilson of Kettering, Cassandra Engber of Centerville, Stefanie Pratt of Kettering, Debra Kent of Centerville and Jill Proudfoot of Kettering.
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