LORETTA SWIT In LOVE, LOSS, AND WHAT I WORE

Loretta Swit to join cast of Love, Loss, and What I Wore

M*A*S*H star will appear onstage at Asolo Rep June 22-July 15

Emmy® Award-winning actress Loretta Swit is the first cast member announced for Asolo Repertory Theatre's summer production of Love, Loss, and What I Wore. Swit is known by audiences for her quick-witted and impassioned portrayal of Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan on television's beloved series, M*A*S*H. Swit has been honored with two Emmy® Awards and ten nominations, a People's Choice Award, and eight Golden Globe® nominations.

Asolo Rep is one of the first theatres in the country granted the rights to independently produce Love, Loss, and What I Wore. The show will be directed by Karen Carpenter, who helmed the smash-hit original Off-Broadway production. Time Out New York called it "Best of the year!" Vanity Fair said, "[Love, Loss, and What I Wore] is Witty and Wise!", and The New York Times wrote that Love, Loss, and What I Wore is "funny, compelling… [and] brought down the house." Syndicated Columnist Liz Smith raved, "This is an evening that goes directly to the heart, soul and vanity of every woman, young or old."

Swit joined the Off-Broadway cast in 2011, prior to embarking on the national tour of the production earlier this year. Written by Delia and Nora Ephron, Love, Loss, and What I Wore is an intimate collection of stories based on the best-selling book by Ilene Beckerman, as well as on the recollections of the Ephron's friends. Like the popular book, the show features stories about the clothes and accessories and the memories they trigger. The entire cast of five women will be announced at a later date.

Sponsors for Love, Loss, and What I Wore include the Herald-Tribune Media Group, Tamaya Wine, and Saks Fifth Avenue. Tickets for Love, Loss, and What I Wore can be purchased by calling the Asolo Rep Box Office at 941.351.8000 or online at www.asolorep.org.

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Currently spending his time between New York and Florida, Beau was born to a theatrical family in Brooklyn. He studied drama at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute and at HB Studios. He studied theater singing with Julia Sperratore and Helen Gallagher. Beau later taught drama at the Lincoln Center Square for the Arts. It was at this time Beau began working with the Theater Development Fund and helped found New York's famed HALF PRICE TICKET BOOTH. Early in his career, Beau was screen tested and contracted for Warner Brothers. He co-hosted, an early cable variety series on Manhattan's Teleprompter channel. At this time he directed the Johnny Specca musical, SEX IS..? at the Lincoln Center Library Theater. Beau has performed Off-Broadway in FAT FELL DOWN, The Comic Strip Theater's LITTLE LULU AND THE INVISIBLE INK and WILL THE REAL ZOOPERMAN PLEASE STAND UP. Around the country he has delighted audiences with his performances in ANYTHING GOES, THE APPLE TREE, GUYS & DOLLS, and HELLZAPOPPIN! He sang for New York audiences at such cabarets as The Duplex and Upstairs at the Downstairs. He has had numerous television appearances but is most proud to have been a winning contestant on the game shows JACKPOT and THE $20,000 PYRAMID.

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