Jessie Jones News

The sisters of Winedale are at a crossroads. Fanny has a odd reaction to her 60th birthday. Willa is stressed to the point of vodka and speed-knitting. Johnnie Faye is determined to put her put herself back on the market and find a man. (Preferably one with a house since hers is at the bottom of a Florida sinkhole).

The Savannah Sipping Society is Hanover Little Theatre’s first live show in almost two years, and it is well worth the wait. It is also the perfect show for these times—many of us have faced uncertainty, loss, and the struggle of rediscovering who we are and who we want to be—difficulties the characters in this show face with much humor and grace.

Hill Country Community Theatre has announced its 2021-22 season featuring the musical comedy “Nunsense A-Men!,” a holiday comedy “A Doublewide, Texas Christmas,” an evening of sketches from “The Carol Burnett Show,” the new comedy “Breakfast Club,” and the musical “Destry Rides Again.” 

After 16 months without any live performances, Greenville Theatre is reopening with the hilarious and touching comedy The Dixie Swim Club.

The Naples Players opened their doors again on April 28th with Calendar Girls in Blackburn Hall and An Ideal Husband on May 19th in their Tobye Studio Theatre. 

Theatre Tuscaloosa's next virtual offering for its 2020-21 Spreading Joy Season will be a presentation of its 2012 production of The Sweet Delilah Swim Club (formerly titled The Dixie Swim Club) by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, and Jamie Wooten, available April 16-18.

Castle Hill Players has announced its 2021 Season of Plays: 6 productions of outstanding quality providing the very best of Australian drama, American comedy, British classics and family entertainment from such noted playwrights as Andrew Bovell, Martin McDonagh, Roald Dahl and Richard Everett - to name but a few. 

The Players' Ring will infuse the fall with a much-needed burst of laughter with The Savannah Sipping Society by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, Jamie Wooten – all former writers for the TV classic “The Golden Girls” – from October 23 to November 1 with both live and online performances.

Broadway Grand Rapids has announced the election of five new board members. These business and community leaders each brings a wealth of experience and expertise that will help Broadway Grand Rapids continue its mission of bringing the best of Broadway to West Michigan and engaging local and diverse audiences.

In the play,THE DIXIE SWIM CLUB, a group of female swimmers return each year to the Outer Banks of North Carolina for a weekend rendezvous of drinking and playing catch-up on each other's lives. Curtain Players' season-opening production of this five-women play feels much the same way.

Presented 'Drive-In' style, the play will be projected live onto a screen outside the playhouse while the actors perform inside. Please note the special 8:30 p.m. start for all shows. A limited number of seats will be available inside the playhouse. Performances run September 11th thru the 26th, 2020 at Curtain Players, 5691 Harlem Road, Galena, Ohio 43021. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit: http://curtainplayers.org

The Hill Country Community Theatre presents a?oeThe Savannah Sipping Society.  In this delightful, laugh-a-minute comedy, four unique Southern women, all needing to escape the sameness of their day-to-day routines, are drawn together by Fate a?" and an impromptu happy hour a?" and decide it's high time to reclaim their lives. 

The Hill Country Community Theatre is excited to present a?oeThe Savannah Sipping Society.a?? In this delightful, laugh-a-minute comedy, four unique Southern women who are drawn together by Fate a?" and an impromptu happy hour a?" decide it is high time to reclaim their lives. Over six months filled with laughter and hilarious misadventures, these women successfully bond and find the confidence to jump-start their new lives and realize it is never too late to make new old friends.

The Hill Country Community Theatre will transport Highland Lakes audiences to a sultry Georgia veranda with a?oeThe Savannah Sipping Society.a??  In this comedy, four single women a?oeof a certain agea?? gather for weekly drinking sessions to talk about their lives and expand their horizons.  Wendy Ferrell directs the production written by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, and Jamie Wooten.

The Hill Country Community Theatre will transport Highland Lakes audiences to a sultry Georgia veranda with a?oeThe Savannah Sipping Society.a??  In this comedy, four single women a?oeof a certain agea?? gather for weekly drinking sessions to talk about their lives and expand their horizons.  Wendy Ferrell directs the production written by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, and Jamie Wooten.

Livingston County's newest professional theatre - A Wilde Theatre is excited to announce the open show in our second season, The Wild Women of Winedale, by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten (authors of Dixie Swim Club and Always a Bridesmaid).

Playwrights Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten are masters of sitcom-style comedy for women of a certain age. 'The Wild Women of Winedale' is their 2018 installment, short on laughs but featuring some strong monologues.

Chamberlayne Actors Theatre presents the second show of their 56th Season THE WILD WOMEN OF WINEDALE by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, Jamie Wooten, playing December 6 a?" 21, 2019. Order tickets on-line at www.cattheatre.com. For more information, call 804-262-9760.

'The Savannah Sipping Society' at South City Theatre 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

The Little Theatre of Manchester (LTM) continues its 2019 season with the hilarious and touching comedy THE DIXIE SWIM CLUB, playing August 2 - 18, 2019.