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South Shore Theatre Experience presents Calendar Girls

Calendar Girls
By Tim Firth

When Annie's husband John dies of leukaemia, she and best friend Chris resolve to raise money for a new settee in the local hospital waiting room. They manage to persuade four fellow WI members to pose nude with them for an "alternative" calendar, with a little help from hospital porter and amateur photographer Lawrence. The news of the women's charitable venture spreads like wildfire, and hordes of press soon descend on the small village of Knapeley in the Yorkshire Dales. The calendar is a success, but Chris and Annie's friendship is put to the test under the strain of their new-found fame. Based on the true story of eleven WI members who posed nude for a calendar to raise money for the Leukaemia Research Fund, Calendar Girls opened at the Chichester Festival Theatre and has since become the fastest selling play in British theatre history.

"Unashamedly sentimental and full of heart and bare-faced cheek, Tim Firth's stage adaptation of his own film script, inspired by the group of Yorkshire WI members who stripped off for a charity calendar to raise money for Leukaemia Research, should rake in a bob or two itself." - The Guardian

"Its a show full of poignant moments about friendship, determination and hope; about loss in many forms; about the importance of acceptance; about knowing when to let go. But it also offers plenty of humour, as the six friends and WI members decide to pose nude for a calendar" - Liverpool Daily Post

"Smash-hit show...hilarious yet touching play." - InformedEDINBURGH.co.uk

April 14, 15, 21, 22, 28 & 29 at 8pm
April 23 at 3pm

Directed by Deborah Cascio Plezia

Cast on order of appearance:
Cora - Mary Divisconte
Chris - Rosemary Kurtz
Annie - Aimee Berlin
Jessie - Ruthe McKeown
Celia - Bobbi Kelly
Ruth - Missy Roche
Marie - Laura Suer
Brenda Hulse/ Lady Cravenshire/ Elaine - Leslie Ippolito
John - Martin Knapp/ Christopher Hackert
Rod - Ted Plezia
Lawrence - Alex Schiano

South Shore Theatre Experience
315 W. Montauk Hwy
Lindenhurst, NY 11757
(Theatre entrance on Walnut Street)

All Tickets $15

For more info or reservations call
631-669-0506
Or visit our website
www.SouthShoreTheatre.com