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Sarasota News Leader October 25, 2013 Page 119 PRIMA DONNETTES OPENING THE CABARET SEASON AT FST Kicking off the Cabaret season at Florida Studio Theatre is The Prima Donnettes, developed by FST Artistic Director Richard Hopkins and Jim Prosser, the theatre has announced. The Prima Donnettes is "a fun, loving nod to the strides women have made in the past decades, from silly, sexy girl groups of the '50s to the hard-hitting, tell-it-like-it-is styles of the '60s and beyond," he adds. It opened in FST's John C. Court Cabaret on That show will be followed "with a form we have perfected called Guitar Theatre, this Oct. 23 and will continue through Feb. 1. year featuring the songs of great American Hopkins says in a news release, "This year's songwriters such as John Denver, Simon & Cabaret season provides a gracious spread of Garfunkel, Harry Chapin and Paul Simon style and substance, in other words, variety." under the title Poems, Prayers and Promises," The Prima Donnettes — (from left) Jannie Jones, Susan Haefner, Erin McGrath and Liz Power — will be performing at Florida Studio Theatre through Feb. 1. Photo by Maria Lyle.