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"This year VCT is providing a new treat in the form of a dinner theatre showing of the play," said Sandy Dickenson, who is in charge of publicity for the company. "The production consists of a series of monologues written by Nora and Delia Ephram based on the best-selling book by Ilene Beckerman."

This production will take place at the Vermillion Event Center on Saturday, Feb. 28, at 6:30 p.m. and Sunday, March 1, at 2 p.m.

Tickets are available at Nook 'n Cranny in Vermillion for $30 in advance and $40 at the door if there are still open seats.

Guests will also receive a roast beef dinner or a vegetarian option.

The show is filled with humorous and inspiring stories, and the clothing in the stories reflects what is going on in the lives of the characters.

"This poignant production views life’s triumphs and tragedies through the lens of a woman’s wardrobe," said Dickenson. "The show has mature content but is for every woman that ever agonized over what to wear and every man that did not understand it."

Future endeavors for VCT will include a production of Mary Poppins in July and a children's theatre show in June.

Erin Burrow is the director of Love, Loss and What I Wore. The cast features Paige Kuhn, Sara Lampert, Wess Pravecek, Jill Tyler and Christina Wells.

"One of the characters in the play remembers the coat that her mother made her wear outside in the snow, and she starts drawing these outfits because she realizes that each one is a memory of a different time in her life," said Burrow. "Eventually these drawings and stories were turned into a book. One of the things I really like about this show is that every woman's story in the show is true."

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After ten years of workshops, the play opened and enjoyed a successful run off-Broadway.

All five female actors play multiple characters in the show, with the exception of Pravecek, who narrates the story.

"These women play everything from sisters to mothers," said Burrow. "They all have to really stretch themselves and become all of these different women."

Burrow explained that while not all of the situations the show's characters go through are familiar, the thoughts and emotions the characters experience certainly are.

"There is a person in the show who is a gang member, which is more difficult to relate to, but I can relate when she talks about how cool she felt in the outfit that she wore as part of the gang," said Burrow.

Pravecek described this play as a learning opportunity for both male and female theatergoers.

"Audiences will learn that mothers weren't always authority figures," said Pravecek. "They were silly girls once too."

Men who attend the production will be able to learn why clothes are so important to women and the true significance of a women's wardrobe.

"This show is for every woman who's ever been a woman and every man who's ever loved one," said Jill Tyler.

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