The Dixie Swim Club To Make A Splash
February 10-12, At The Maumee Indoor
Waterville Playshop continues its 60th season with The Dixie Swim Club on Friday through Sunday, February 10-12 at the Maumee Indoor Theater.
Five Southern women, whose friendships began many years ago on their college swim team, 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 (Annette Blair), the spunky team captain, desperately tries to maintain her organized and “perfect” life, and continues to be the group’s leader.
Dinah (Dotty Dewulf), the wise-cracking overachiever, is a career dynamo, but her victories in the courtroom are in stark contrast to the frustrations of her personal life.
Lexie (Charlene Hansen), 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 (Cindy McComb, understudy Sara Ledzianowski), 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 (Mary Wood) 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 that life flings at them.
Co-directors are Dee Resnick and Marty Beaber. Tickets are available at www.watervilleplayshop.org, at the theater or from any cast member.

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SUA To Present Legally Blonde
St. Ursula Academy will present Legally Blonde: The Musical on Friday and Saturday, February 3-4 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, February 5 at 2:00 p.m.
Performances will take place at the Franciscan Theatre of Lourdes University.
The high-spirited show features a cast of 85 – including students from St. Ursula, St. John’s Jesuit, St. Francis de Sales, Anthony Wayne High School, Perrysburg High School and Toledo School for the Arts.
The story follows the path of Elle Woods from Malibu to Harvard to the courtrooms of Boston – and the salons, too.
Elle, portrayed by senior Emma Burmeister, is ably accompanied by Nick Case of St. John’s Jesuit as Emmett, Doug Jensen of St. Francis de Sales as Professor Callahan, Thomas Rabuiano of Anthony Wayne High School as Warner Huntington III, and her high-spirited sorority sisters, led by Jackie Miesle (Margot), Carly Bonfiglio (Serena), Colleen Irmen (Pilar) and Kate (Victoria Sidell).
Mary Gibbons and Kennedy Bohm are featured as Vivienne and Enid, and Rachel Wainz will play fitness queen Brooke Windham.
Production director is Perrysburg resident Elizabeth Clarke Horrigan. She is partnered with Allison Krzyminski, Wen Chin Liu (music) and Erika Anne Wojkiewicz (choreography). Melissa Beland is the set designer and Patrick McCarty is the set director.
For tickets, call St. Ursula at (419) 531-1693 or visit www.toledosua.org.

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Second Annual WinterFest Set For Feb. 11
Registration is under way for a parade, sled races and 5K race as part of the Saturday, February 11 Whitehouse WinterFest.
Floats, vehicles, bikes and people on horseback are being sought for the Snowy Night Light Parade, said community development coordinator Barbara Knisely. All entries should be decorated and lit for the parade, which starts at 6:30 p.m.
Cardboard sled races begin at 1:00 p.m. Prizes are given for best design and first to the finish line in several age brackets.
Throughout the day, other activities are planned: snowman building and snow angel contests, a 5K race sponsored by Toledo Roadrunners, ice sculptures, horse-drawn carriage rides, food and entertainment.
Registration forms and details are available at www.whitehouseoh.gov. For information and details, visit the village website or call at (419) 877-5383.