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"Set in an idyllic Catskills lake retreat... in the early 1960s," show notes state, "The American Plan tells the tale of an elegant and imperious German-Jewish refugee mother, her eccentric daughter straining against her mother's tight leash, and the mysterious young man who enters their lives."

Kate Arrington (Hold Please) will lead a cast that also features Pat Bowie (The Song of Jacob Zulu), Michael Kirby, Sandra Shipley (Pygmalion) and Patrick Zeller.

The design team includes Wilson Chin (scenic), Emily Pepper (costume), Chris Rynne (lighting) and Paul Peterson (sound). Leila Knox serves as stage manager. More>>

The stops announced Wednesday are the Tri-Cities, Tenn.; Rockford, Ill.; Akron/Canton and Dayton, Ohio; and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Pa.

Southern Skyways started flying to Charleston, W.Va., last year and will continue to do so. Last week, the company also said it would fly to Bridgeport, W.Va., from Myrtle Beach.

Flights will cost between $59 and $139 each way. They will begin the week of May 21 and run through Labor Day.

The company plans to use one airplane, a Boeing jet with up to 198 seats, to service all of the cities except Bridgeport, Evans said.

In 2007, its inaugural year, Southern Skyways initially announced it would fly from Cincinnati to Allentown, Pa., and onto Myrtle Beach, and eventually direct between the beach and Cincinnati. More>>