IF YOU GOWhat: “The Dixie Swim Club.”When: 7:30 p.m. today, Saturday, Thursday, May 11-12; 2:30 p.m. Sunday and May 13.Where: Oak Street Playhouse, corner of Oak and Lindsay streets at First-Centenary United Methodist Church.Admission: $10 adults, $8 seniors, groups, $5 students.Phone: 756-2428.Website: www.oakstreetplayhouse.com
A friendship forged on a Southern college swim team may have roots deeper than a giant sequoia.
Oak Street Playhouse will explore those roots tonight when it opens “The Dixie Swim Club” at the theater inside First-Centenary United Methodist Church.
The poignant comedy, written by the playwright team of Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten, revolves around five former teammates who renew their friendship annually at the same beach cottage on North Carolina’s Outer Banks.
Director Brenda Schwab describes the play as sweet and funny with “a very common appeal. The characters are people we are or have known.”