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PERFORMANCES
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POSTPONED The Dixie Swim Club by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten Director: Linda Kelp Producer: Jon Rasmussen |
In response to recent actions taken by Golden Rain Foundation and recommendations of Contra Costa County Public Health Officials on prevention of spread of Covid-19, performances of Dixie Swim Club, scheduled for March 20, 21 and 22, have been postponed and will be re-scheduled when possible.
The Artistic Committee and DAOR Board will continue to evaluate this situation to determine what this may mean for other DAOR-sponsored activities and events and what actions will best serve our members and our community. |
Cast: Gail Wetherbee, Gay White, Bess Chosak, Anita Green, Judy Scott
Photo by Linda Kelp
Photo by Linda Kelp
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. 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.
Curtain Up!:
50 Years of British Comedy
Featuring Monty Python
(50 YoBCFMP)
Directed by Tancred Agius
Performances: Friday, April 17 & Saturday, April 18
2:00 PM
Free
This is the first show in DAOR's new series, Curtain Up!, designed to provide our growing ranks of actors with additional opportunities to garner roles in a wide range of theatrical genres.
50 Years of British Comedy
Featuring Monty Python
(50 YoBCFMP)
Directed by Tancred Agius
Performances: Friday, April 17 & Saturday, April 18
2:00 PM
Free
This is the first show in DAOR's new series, Curtain Up!, designed to provide our growing ranks of actors with additional opportunities to garner roles in a wide range of theatrical genres.
Curtain Up!: House of the Holy Moment
Director: Jean Wilcox
May 15
Director: Jean Wilcox
May 15
Naked Stage: Proof
by David Auburn
Director: Gary Green
Performance Dates: June 19, 20, 21
Auditions: TBD - Late April/Early May
M-2; F-2
On the eve of her twenty-fifth birthday, Catherine, a troubled young woman, has spent years caring for her brilliant but unstable father, a famous mathematician. Now, following his death, she must deal with her own volatile emotions; the arrival of her estranged sister, Claire; and the attentions of Hal, a former student of her father's who hopes to find valuable work in the 103 notebooks that her father left behind. Over the long weekend that follows, a burgeoning romance and the discovery of a mysterious notebook draw Catherine and the other characters into the most difficult problem of all: How much of her father's madness—or genius—has she inherited? Winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award for Best Play.
by David Auburn
Director: Gary Green
Performance Dates: June 19, 20, 21
Auditions: TBD - Late April/Early May
M-2; F-2
On the eve of her twenty-fifth birthday, Catherine, a troubled young woman, has spent years caring for her brilliant but unstable father, a famous mathematician. Now, following his death, she must deal with her own volatile emotions; the arrival of her estranged sister, Claire; and the attentions of Hal, a former student of her father's who hopes to find valuable work in the 103 notebooks that her father left behind. Over the long weekend that follows, a burgeoning romance and the discovery of a mysterious notebook draw Catherine and the other characters into the most difficult problem of all: How much of her father's madness—or genius—has she inherited? Winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award for Best Play.
Curtain Up!: Love in the Time of Caller ID
By Rod McFadden
August 21
By Rod McFadden
August 21
Naked Stage: Sylvia
by A.R. Gurney
Director: Kevin O'Byrne
Performance Dates: October 16, 17, 18
Auditions: TBD - Late August/Early September
M-2; F-3/4
Greg and Kate have moved to Manhattan after twenty-two years of child-raising in the suburbs. Greg's career as a financial trader is winding down, while Kate's career, as a public-school English teacher, is beginning to offer her more opportunities. Greg brings home a dog he found in the park—or that has found him—bearing only the name "Sylvia" on her name tag. A street-smart mixture of Lab and poodle, Sylvia becomes a major bone of contention between husband and wife. She offers Greg an escape from the frustrations of his job and the unknowns of middle age. To Kate, Sylvia becomes a rival for affection. And Sylvia thinks Kate just doesn't understand the relationship between man and dog. The marriage is put in serious jeopardy until, after a series of hilarious and touching complications, Greg and Kate learn to compromise, and Sylvia becomes a valued part of their lives.
by A.R. Gurney
Director: Kevin O'Byrne
Performance Dates: October 16, 17, 18
Auditions: TBD - Late August/Early September
M-2; F-3/4
Greg and Kate have moved to Manhattan after twenty-two years of child-raising in the suburbs. Greg's career as a financial trader is winding down, while Kate's career, as a public-school English teacher, is beginning to offer her more opportunities. Greg brings home a dog he found in the park—or that has found him—bearing only the name "Sylvia" on her name tag. A street-smart mixture of Lab and poodle, Sylvia becomes a major bone of contention between husband and wife. She offers Greg an escape from the frustrations of his job and the unknowns of middle age. To Kate, Sylvia becomes a rival for affection. And Sylvia thinks Kate just doesn't understand the relationship between man and dog. The marriage is put in serious jeopardy until, after a series of hilarious and touching complications, Greg and Kate learn to compromise, and Sylvia becomes a valued part of their lives.