Comedy - Directed by Don Irven

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Audition Dates - February 23 & 24

Callback Date - February 26

Performance Dates - April 25, 26, 27 and May 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, & 11
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Performances Sponsored by Virginia & Todd Whetstone

2024-2025 Season Sponsored by TuscoMFG

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The Little Theatre of Tuscarawas County will hold auditions for the hilarious and touching
comedy, The Sweet Delilah Swim Club on Sunday and Monday, February 23 & 24 at 7p.m. at
the theatre. Registration is at 6:30 p.m. The performance dates are April 25- May 11, 2025.

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The comedy written by Jesse Jones, Nicholas Hope, and Jamie Wooten is about five
unforgettable women whose friendships began many years ago on their college swim team.
Free from husbands, kids, and jobs, they meet at the same beach cottage every summer, the
“Sweet Delilah” on North Carolina’s Outer Banks to catch up, laugh, take a dip in the ocean and
meddle in each other’s lives. The play focuses on four of those weekends and spans a period of
thirty-three years as they work through the challenges of men, sex, marriage, parenting, divorce,
and aging.

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“This delightful script is part Steel Magnolias, and part Designing Women - and a touch of The
Golden Girls too,” explains director Don Irven.

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Jamie Wooten,one of the playwrights, was a writer/producer for many seasons of the classic
television series The Golden Girls, where he won the Writers Guild of America award.

Veteran director Irven is seeking five female actors in their 30s-60s who can play characters
from their mid 40s to 70s. The characters will progressively age throughout the play.

All actors will be asked to read from the script along with audition monologues which are
available online at thelittletheatreonline.org.

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The Little Theatre is located at 466 Carrie Ave. NW in New Philadelphia. Call backs, if needed,
will be on Wednesday, February 26th at 7:00 p.m. If you have any questions, or would like a
copy of the script to read, please message Don Irven on Facebook. You can also email the
director at dj301309@gmail.com.

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CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS - Actors will be portraying their characters over a period of 33 years (from the ages of mid-40s to 70s.)

SHEREE HOLLINGER: the perennial team captain, is practical, supportive and a fount of
boundless energy. Never without her to-do lists or Pocket Scheduler, her tendency to be hyper-
organized occasionally drives her friends a bit crazy. She's the eternal tomboy, a health nut and
an all-American mom who lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, with her family.

DINAH GRAYSON: the wise-cracking cynic of the group, has fought her way to the top and
relishes the view. A lawyer in the biggest and most prestigious law firm in Atlanta, Dinah excels
at everything... except romance. Armed with a dry martini and even drier sense of humor, Dinah
seldom reveals her softer side as she tackles life head-on.

LEXIE RICHARDS: from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, is the delightfully vain, youth-obsessed
event planner for a chain of four-star hotels. She has never shied away from the occasional nip
or tuck and keeps her cosmetic surgeon on speed dial. Always one to revel in her status as a
man-magnet, Lexie can be counted on to share wild and hilarious tales of her romantic exploits.

JERI NEAL MCFEELY: is the ditzy ray of sunshine of the group. She's perky and naïve and
always sees the positive side of everything. Having been a nun. For many years, Jeri Neal has
been protected from life's seamier side. Even though she appears to be predictable on the
surface, Jeri Neal, recently relocated to Roanoke, Virginia, continually makes life choices that
surprise and amaze her friends.

VERNADETTE SIMMS: is a hard luck case if there ever was one. Marriage and motherhood
came shortly after college, a dark cloud has hovered above her ever since. A public school
teacher, with limited finances and a problematic home life. In Spivey's Corner, North Carolina,
Vernadette is self-deprecating by necessity. She faces her tribulations with gallows humor and
the unwavering support of these lifelong friends.