Auditions This Weekend of "The Dixie Swim Club"

   As COVID-19 restrictions start lifting, area groups are starting to hold auditions for shows. 

   Here's the first one for Huntington:

   Alchemy Theatre will hold auditions for "The Dixie Swim Club" by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, Jamie Wooten. The play will be directed by Mary Poindexter Williams.

   Auditions will be Friday, June 19 at 5 p.m. and Saturday, June 20 at 2 p.m. at the Trinity Episcopal Church at 520 11th Street in Huntington (enter at 11th Street Door). ALL ROLES ARE OPEN, and Alchemy encourages women of ALL ETHNICITIES to audition! The age range for roles is 30 - 100! Ladies, you probably fit in there somewhere! Whether you've done a ton of shows or have always wanted to try it out, this is a great time to give it a shot!

   Due to COVID-19 restrictions, social distancing will be in effect. You may also feel free to wear a mask if you so choose.

   Rehearsals for this project will begin the following week, with evening performances set for July 31, August 1, 7 and 8, with a matinee performance on August 2.

  The play focuses on five Southern women whose friendships began many years ago on their college swim team. They 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 33 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.

   If you aren't interested in being in the play but would like to volunteer to help backstage or usher, please sign up at the auditions or send a message.