Connie Ward/Miss November; photo by Steve Weiss
Tim Firth
The PrimeTime Players presents Calendar Girls, based on the 2003 film starring Helen Mirren and the true story of a group of ordinary yet extraordinary women, members of a traditional English Women’s Club, who persuade one another to pose nude for a charity calendar. Puzzling their spouses and mortifying their fellow club members, the girls start a media and fundraising phenomenon they could not have imagined. Their Calendar was released officially in 1999 selling out in a week. Word spread quickly and the international press soon jumped on the story. Just nine months after its launch, the calendar had sold 88,000 copies and went on to raise over £3 million for Lymphoma/Leukemia research. The story has many layers and themes including a confirmation that during the later stages of life, women can have as much fun and be as relevant as women of a younger age. Calendar Girls is funny, sad, heartwarming and inspirational and when the curtain comes down, you feel you’ve found and lost a group of close friends. Our cast of talented SaddleBrooke (and SaddleBrooke Ranch) actors includes David Fuller, Karen Moore, Fred Lowy, Susan Sterling, Connie Ward, Barbara Honn, Carol Merlini, Sandi Mahanna, Carol Andrews, Karen Schickedanz, Shawne Cryderman, Ron Andrea, John Allen, Jim Barrett and Don Guillette. Performances run April 5 through 10; doors/Cash Bar open at 6:30 p.m. and show starts at 7:00 p.m. in the MountainView Cabaret Theatre. Tickets are $24 including dessert/coffee/tea; 825-2818, SaddleBrookeTwo.com or the HOA 2 office. Tables sell quickly so get your tickets now! Buy a table; come with your friends.
Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French Publishing. Based on the Miramax motion picture by Juiliette Towhidi and Tim Firth.