Love, Loss & What I Wore Coming to the Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County
September 29, 2014
Thursday, October 23 at 8:00 p.m. ~
CAMDEN, SC – The Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County (FAC) and Trustus Theatre will present Nora and Delia Ephron’s production of Love, Loss, and What I Wore to the Jim & Pat Watts Performing Arts Wing for one performance only, Thursday, October 23 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are $20 per person. Larry Hembree, well-known by Camden audiences is the director. Subject matter is intended for mature audiences only.
About the play
Love, Loss and What I Wore was awarded the 2010 Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience. The play, which made its Columbia premiere in the Richard and Debbie Cohn Trustus Side Door Theatre last January, features five actresses exploring women’s clothing as well as the heart, soul, and recollections that are sewn into the clothes we wear throughout our lives. Proving that a great show is always in fashion, Love, Loss, and What I Wore has become an international hit. With its compulsively entertaining subject matter, this intimate collection of stories by Nora and Delia Ephron celebrated an accomplished two-and-a-half year run in New York’s Westside Theatre. Love, Loss, and What I Wore is based on the best-seller by Ilene Beckerman as well as the recollections of the Ephrons’ friends. The show uses clothing and accessories and the memories they trigger to tell funny and often poignant stories that all women can relate to.
“Funny, powerful, sweet and saucy! Goes directly to the heart, soul and vanity of every woman, young and old.” – Variety
The show is performed with five women, and director Larry Hembree has maintained that initial casting with five very talented performers from Columbia. “As someone who loves to see new faces on the stage, I was lucky enough to be able to blend some new and some familiar folks into the show,” said Hembree. The one consistent role, Gingy, is being played by Caroline Weidner who has been seen in many musicals (even as the original Patsy Cline at Trustus in Always Patsy Cline). Tiffany James was recently seen in Ragtime and now dives into humor. Amy Brower was last seen at Trustus in Larry McMullen’s production of Amazons and Their Men. Other cast member include Emily Harrell and Jodie Cain Smith.
The performance will be performed in an intimate setting in the Jim and Pat Watts Performing Arts Wing (behind the Wood Auditorium) where audiences will be seated at tables with other audience members. Refreshments will be available for purchase.
Tickets are available now for purchase both online at www.fineartscenter.org or by phone through the FAC office at 803-425-7676. The FAC Campus is located at 810 Lyttleton Street in Camden, with office hours Monday through Wednesday and Friday, 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., and Thursday 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
The Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County is a 501c3 non-profit organization which serves as a county-wide center for the arts. It is funded in part by the Frederick S. Upton Foundation and the South Carolina Arts Commission, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional funding provided by the City of Camden, Kershaw County, and BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina along with donations from businesses and individuals.
