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The Savannah
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 Left to right: Martha Bailey, Andrea Van Slyke, Martha Reid, Krista Berg |
by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope & Jamie Wooten
directed by Joan Jones
Sept. 8,9,10,15,16,17,22,23, 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 24, 2:00 p.m.
The Davies Foundation Auditorium
52 Church St., Kingston, ON
Four unique Southern women are drawn together by Fate—and an impromptu happy hour—and decide it’s time to reclaim the enthusiasm for life they’ve lost through the years.
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Hear our interview with Savannah director Joan Jones on Domino's new TheatreTalk
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Randa, a perfectionist and workaholic, is struggling to cope with a surprise career derailment that reveals she has no life and no idea how to get one. Dot, still reeling from her husband’s recent demise and the loss of their plans for an idyllic retirement, faces starting a new life from scratch—and all alone. Marlafaye, a good ol’ Texas gal, has blasted into Savannah after losing her tom-cattin’ husband to a 23-year-old dental hygienist. Jinx, a spunky ball of fire, offers her services as a life coach for these women—but overlooks the fact that she’s the one most in need of sage advice.
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“'The Savannah Sipping Society' gives a wonderful look at the joy and happiness found with just opening up to new experiences and friends. No matter the age or issue. We are in this together. Let's laugh, and share in life while we are here." - Broadway World Birmingham |
Together, they discover lasting friendships and a renewed determination to live in the moment—and most importantly, realize it’s never too late to make new old friends.
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Nicholas Hope,
Jessie Jones
& Jamie Wooten
Nicholas Hope, Jessie Jones and Jamie Wooten have been a comedy-writing team for many years, turning out Dearly Beloved, Christmas Belles, The Red Velvet Cake War, Always a Bridesmaid, The Sweet Delilah Swim Club and others.
Hope won the Southwest Regional Playwrights Competition for his first play, A Friend of the Family, and the Texas New Playwrights' Award. With Jones, he wrote for the Disney television series Teacher's Pet.
Jones co-authored the feature film Kingdom Come and the funeral comedy Dearly Departed, and has published a number of short stories and appeared as an actor onstage and in films.
Wooten won the Writers' Guild of America Award and was a long-time producer and writer for the TV series The Golden Girls, where he won the Writers' Guild of America Award. He is also an award-winning songwriter.