AUDITIONS

NOVEMBER 8 @ 6PM & NOVEMBER 9 @ 7PM

 at the 7th Street Theatre

13123 7th Street * Chino

CHINO COMMUNITY THEATRE is holding auditions for its 2027 Season Opener, THE SWEET DELILAH SWIM CLUB, written by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten and directed by Paige Polcene.

From the Director:
Looking for a diverse group of women, ages late 40s to mid 60s, for this delightful romp through the years. Sweet Delilah Swim Club features the life long friendships of five women who gather every year at the same beach house to reconnect and relive the glory days of their youth.

The play opens on January 8, 2027, and runs for three weekends. Rehearsals will begin the week of November 16 and will be three or four evenings per week, between Sunday and Thursday. We’re going to try really hard to have no rehearsals between Christmas and New Years’.

Character descriptions (all characters in this play are female):

Sheree Hollinger: The perennial team captain, is practical, supportive, and full of energy. Never without her to-do lists, her tendency to be hyper-organized occasionally drives her friends to fits of frustrated hilarity. She’s the eternal tomboy, a health nut and an all-American mom who lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, with her family.

Dinah Grayson: The wise-cracking cynic of the group, Dinah has fought her way to the top and relishes the view. A lawyer in the biggest and most prestigious law firm in Atlanta, Dinah excels at everything…except romance. Armed with a dry martini and an even drier sense of humor, Dinah seldom reveals her softer side as she tackles life head-on.

Lexie Richards: From Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Lexie is the delightfully vain, youth-obsessed event planner for a chain of four-star hotels. She has never shied away from the occasional nip or tuck and keeps her cosmetic surgeon on speed dial. Always one to revel in her status as a man-magnet, Lexie can be counted on to share wild and hilarious tales of her romantic exploits.

Jeri Neal McFeeley: The ditzy ray of sunshine of the group. She’s perky and naive and always sees the positive side of everything. Having been a nun for many years, Jeri Neal has been protected fro life’s seamier side. Even though she appears to be predictable on the surface, Jeri Neal, recently relocated to Roanoke, Virginia, continually makes life choices that surprise and amaze her friends.

Vernadette Simms: A hard luck case if there ever was one. Marriage and motherhood came shortly after college and a dark cloud has hovered over her ever since. A public school teacher, with limited finances and a problematic home life in Spivey’s Corner, North Carolina, Vernadette is self-deprecating by necessity. She faces her tribulations with gallows humor and the unwavering support of these lifelong friends.

Any additional questions not answered here, please email Director Paige Polcene: ppolcene@yahoo.com.