Theatre--Performance

IPAL is preparing to present The Dixie Swim Club in June. This play is a special presentation not on IPAL's regular season schedule, and replaces the planned production of To Kill a Mockingbird. The Dixie Swim Club by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooton is the story of five southern women who became friends many years ago on their college swim team. They meet for a long weekend every August at the same North Carolina beach cottage to recharge their friendship. Starting with the characters in middle age, the play covers several of these weekends over a period of thirty-three years as the ladies catch up and meddle in each other's lives. One reviewer calls it "a hilarious and touching comedy about friendships that last forever." Director Mac Stearns has cast Donna Berard, Joyce Case, Gladys Chapman, Stephanie Judice and Susan Clark as the five women. Performances are scheduled for June 4th through the 14th.