DAMES AT SEA Sails into Gulf Shores June 3rd to July 1st…
"Dames at Sea"
SummerTide Theatre, the professional summer theatre of The University of Alabama, returns for its eighth year to the George C. Meyer Performing Arts Center (home of the South Baldwin Community Theatre) with a country girl, trying to make it in the world, finding stardom and love aboard a battleship in the award-winning musical Dames at Sea! Running Friday, June 3 through Friday, July 1, 2011, performances are Tuesday to Sunday evenings at 8:00PM.
With book and lyrics by George Haimsohn and Robin Miller, and music by Jim Wise, SummerTide Theatre will take audiences back to the 1930s, to the days of the flashy, glitzy Busby Berkeley-style musicals when a simple chorus girl can find fame and marriage. Dames at Sea centers around Ruby, a talented tap-dancer from the country who longs for Broadway success…and finds it aboard a battleship. In rehearsals for the next big Broadway hit (because the theatre is being torn down), Ruby falls in love with a sailor, Dick, who is also the show’s songwriter. But problems arise when Mona, the show’s diva star, and the ship’s Captain try to stop their plans. With help from their friends Joan and Lucky, everything ends happily ever after for Ruby and Dick…the show is a hit and their wedding is planned.
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Dames at Sea, produced through special arrangement with Samuel French, will run Friday, June 3 to Friday, July 1, 2011, with performances every Tuesday through Sunday evening at 8:00PM. Tickets may be purchased now by calling The University of Alabama Box Office at 205/348-3400 or by visiting our 24/7 online ticketing system. Tickets prices are $18.00 for adults and $12.00 for anyone 12 and under. More information on group rates, theatre location and on-site theatre box office hours can be found under our Tickets section.
SummerTide Theatre is made possible by the Herbert Clark West Endowed Support Fund at The University of Alabama, The University of Alabama National Alumni Association, The University of Alabama Office of the Provost, The University of Alabama College of Arts and Sciences, The George Meyer Foundation, and the Alabama Credit Union. Additional support is provided by the Alabama Gulf Coast Convention and Visitors Bureau, South Baldwin Community Theatre, and Sunset Properties. The UA Department of Theatre and Dance is part of the College of Arts and Sciences, UA’s largest division with 6,600 students and 360 faculty members. It is the largest liberal arts college in Alabama.
