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Possum Point Players 2022 presents
Calendar Girls
written by Tim Firth
based on the Miramax motion picture by Juliette Towhidi & Tim Firth
directed for PPP by Rebecca Craft
Fridays SEP 16 and SEP 23 at 7:30p
Saturdays SEP 17 and SEP 24 at 7:30p
Sundays SEP 18 and SEP 25 at 2:00p
Tickets - $22 Adult; $20 Senior / Student
Possum Hall / 441 Old Laurel Rd / Georgetown, DE
THE CAST
Cora... Kim Cuesta
Chris... Elizabeth Roe
Annie... Lori Ann Johnson
Jessie... Gina Shuck
Celia... Donna de Kuyper
Ruth... Susannah Griffin
Marie... Cat Baker
Brenda Hulse... EJ Panico
John... Steven Perry
Rod... Steve Givens
Lady Cravenshire... Joan Cohen
Lawrence... Jordan Kilgore
Elaine... Monica McNee
Liam... Tommy Trietley
THE PRODUCTION TEAM
Director... Rebecca Craft
Assistant Director... Glen Pruitt
Stage Manager... Donna Flomp
Props... Steven Perry, Gina Shuck, Donna Flomp
Lighting... Chase Schirmer
Set Design... Logan Lynch
Costumes... Marsha Shull and the Cast
Scenic Artist... Eddy Seger
Makeup... Maddie Cuesta
Set Construction... Fred Dean and the Crew
Photographer... Teresa Rodriguez
Stage Crew... Fred Grant, Dawn Nickerson,
Gretchen Loeber, and the Cast
ABOUT THE SHOW...
When Annie's husband John dies of leukemia, she and her long-standing best friend Chris resolve to raise money for a new settee in the local hospital waiting room. With varying levels of encouragement, they persuade four friends and fellow members of the Women’s Institute (W.I.) to pose nude with them for an "alternative" calendar.
They are assisted by hospital porter and amateur photographer Lawrence, who looked after John in his final days. This is much to the horror of their local W.I. chairman, Marie.
The success of the calendar goes beyond their wildest dreams and they have soon raised the money needed and much more. Their efforts also catch the attention of the national and international press, who soon descend on the small village of Knapeley in the Yorkshire Dales.
Although the calendar is a huge success, Chris and Annie's friendship is put to the test with their new-found fame and Chris is forced to question her real motivation behind doing the calendar.
Tim Firth’s hilarious play is based on the true story of eleven W.I. members who famously posed nude for a calendar to raise money for the Leukaemia Research Fund in 1999.
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Calendar Girls is presented through special arrangment with Concord Theatricals.
Photo by Teresa Rodriguez
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