Marjorie Lyons Playhouse Presents Five Women Wearing the Same Dress

SHREVEPORT, LA — The Marjorie Lyons Playhouse will open the production Five Women Wearing the Same Dress on November 10. Co-directed by Centenary seniors Lauren Morrison and Emily Slazer, Five Women is a fast-paced, southern style comedy of manners.

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What: Five Women Wearing the Same Dress
When: November 10-12 at 8:00 p.m.; November 13 at 2:00 p.m.
Where: Marjorie Lyons Playhouse
Prices: $15 for adults; $12 seniors and active military; $10 students and children under 12; Centenary students, faculty, and staff receive one free ticket

Written by Alan Ball, the award winning screenwriter of American Beauty, Six Feet Under, and True Blood, this incredibly witty and surprisingly moving comedy follows five women as they attempt to endure the social and emotional rollercoaster of an over-the-top, bourgeois southern wedding. Sequestered in the bedroom of the bride's sister, these women vainly attempt to escape the gauntlet of awkward encounters with crazy family members, ex-boyfriends, and a pill-popping mother of the bride.

The motley crew of bridesmaids consists of Frances (Sandy Rather), a bright-eyed, ultra-conservative Christian girl; Meredith (Emma Foreman), the youthful, rebellious sister of the bride; Trisha (Chelsea David), a seemingly untamable cougar who gets any man she wants and leaves them just as fast; an unhappily married romantic named Georgeanne (Maddison Gilcrease) who's prowling to reignite an old flame; and Mindy (Colleen Watts), the openly gay black sheep of the family with a laundry list of neuroses. Rounding out the cast is the play's lone hope for male redemption in the good hearted usher, Tripp (Marion Paton).

Tickets can be reserved by leaving a message on the box office voicemail at 318.869.5242.

For more information on the rest of the Marjorie Lyons Playhouse season, visit www.centenary.edu/playhouse.

About Centenary College of Louisiana

Centenary College is a private, four-year arts and sciences college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Founded in 1825, it is the oldest chartered liberal arts college west of the Mississippi River and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Centenary is one of 16 colleges and universities constituting the Associated Colleges of the South and has been recognized as "One of the Best 371 Colleges" by the Princeton Review and one of "America's Best Colleges" and one of "America's Best Private Colleges" by Forbes.com. In 2008 Centenary College celebrated 100 years in Shreveport and Bossier City.