GIRLS ONLY Set for Stage Door at Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, 5/7-8/1

Having put female audiences in Denver, Des Moines and Winnipeg in stitches over the past two years, the irrepressible comedy GIRLS ONLY will next debut in Charlotte, NC, playing the Stage Door Theater at the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center May 7 through August 1, 2010. The Denver production of the show continues to play its regular schedule at Denver's Garner Galleria Theatre.

GIRLS ONLY, an original comedy written by Barbara Gehring and Linda Klein, is a delightfully candid look at just what it means to be female. From diaries and first crushes to "the change" and the never-ending battle with pantyhose, GIRLS ONLY covers it all in a side-splitting take on the things all women go through together. Born out of the earnest and sweetly absurd writings the two authors discovered in their girlhood diaries, GIRLS ONLY is a mix of sketch comedy, improvisation, audience participation, and lively songs and videos.

The Charlotte cast of GIRLS ONLY will feature Bethel Caram, Diana Dresser and Christine Rowan. Bethel Caram also starred in the Des Moines engagement of GIRLS ONLY and writes and performs sketch comedy in NYC. Her comedy credits include Legs Wide Shut at the Bank Street Theatre, NYC; Insomnia at the West Bank Theatre, NYC and Faking it, again at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, which then moved to the HBO Workspace in LA. Theatre credits include Browntown (NYC Fringe Festival/ Arab American Festival) and both national and European tours of A Chorus Line (playing Val and Kristine.)

Diana Dresser is currently in the Denver cast of the GIRLS ONLY. She has been a company member at Creede Repertory Theatre for thirteen seasons and has performed in, directed or choreographed over 25 productions there, including Kimberly Akimbo, The Memory of Water, Forever Plaid, Crazy for You, and the late night improv show Boomtown. She has also appeared with Curious Theatre Company, Arvada Center, Theatre Aspen, Theatre de la Jeune Lune and Modern Muse Theatre Company.

Christine Rowan is a regular on the Denver Center Theatre Company stage, most recently appearing in Quilters, A Christmas Carol and White Christmas. Other credits include Reluctant Pilgrim--the Lesser Known Songs of Stephen Schwartz (New York Musical Theater Festival), FLOPZ (Joe's Pub), Embrace! (Westside Theatre), Sacramento Music Circus, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Barter Theatre, Sierra Rep, Seaside Music Theatre and the Ryman Auditorium.

GIRLS ONLY plays the Stage Door Theater at the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center May 7-August 1, 2010. Tickets start at $34.50. To purchase, call 704.372.1000 or buy online at www.blumenthalcenter.org.

GIRLS ONLY is now playing in Denver at the Garner Galleria Theatre at the Denver Performing Arts Complex. To charge by phone, call Denver Center Ticket Services at 303.893.4100. TTY (for Deaf and hard-of-hearing patrons): 303.893.9582. Groups of 15 or more, call 303.446.4829. Tickets may also be purchased at the Denver Center Ticket Office, located at the Helen Bonfils Theatre Complex Lobby, or at TicketsWest outlets, located in all King Soopers stores. Buy and print online at www.denvercenter.org.

Denver Center Attractions, the Broadway show division of The Denver Center for the Performing Arts, presents touring productions at The Buell Theatre and The Ellie Caulkins Opera House. A top market for touring shows, DCA presented the 2007 pre-Broadway engagement of Disney's The Little Mermaid and launched the national tours of Sunset Boulevard, Barrymore, the revivals of Hello, Dolly! and A Chorus Line, and Disney's The Lion King. DCA also produces cabaret shows at The Garner Galleria Theatre, including Denver's two longest-running musicals, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, which ran for over four years. GIRLS ONLY is generously sponsored in Denver by MillerCoors. Denver Center Attractions is supported in part by the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District. Please visit our website at www.denvercenter.org.

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