When: January 16, 17, 23, 24, 30, 31 at 7:00pm; January 18, 25, February 1 at 2:00pm
Where: Studio Theater; The Performing Arts Center of Rapid City
Tickets: From $18-$28; Available at the Performing Arts Center Box Office, by phone at 605-394-1786 or by ordering online at www.bhct.org

Black Hills Community Theatre starts the New Year with love and laughs in the frisky comedy for adults Calendar Girls by Tim Firth. After spending time at the local hospital, Annie and her best friend Chris resolve to raise money for a new settee for the waiting room. With the help of four fellow Women's Institute members, they decide to be bold and pose nude for an "alternative calendar". The news of the women's charitable venture spreads like wildfire, and hordes of press soon descend on the small village of Knapeley in the Yorkshire Dales. This humorous, yet poignant, story is based on the 2003 movie of the same name.

The cast of local actors is led by Paula Kennison and Shannon Truax as best friends Chris and Annie, who are joined by fellow “Calendar Girls” Carmen Rosendahl, Connie Hubbard, Cierra Melum and Tina Samuelsen Bauer. The rest of the cast includes Lynne Mazzone, Paul Wishard, Bart Pfankuch, Tyler Mathieson, Dillon Burton, Rachel Lindsay, Mary Stein, Lucille Breksy and Heidi Dehn. This production contains mild language and adult content.