<div>GREENVILLE, Miss. — Those in and around the Delta Center Stage community will tell you that outgoing executive director Tim Bixler and his wife Sonya, together, are a hallmark of community theater.“It's something you have to work at. The average lifetime of a community theater nationwide taken on average is eight years. We're on our 45th year,” said Tim.This 45th and final year marks the last time the two will take the stage in their official capacities as they ready for retirement at the end of this month.And, they’re doing it in what some may say is befitting fashion in DCS’ production of On Golden Pond.“This is a couple who spent 48 years together. We've spent 52,” Sonya shared.“The character I play is a retired professor of English from the University of Pennsylvania, had immense respect from the world of academia, but now he’s almost 80 and he's beginning to lose his memory,” Tim said of his character Norman Thayer. “It’s painful to him, but his method of dealing with it is humor and wisecracks.”Sonya said further of her portrayal of Ethel Thayer, “My character is very tolerant, but she appreciates him, loves him to death and she finds him funny..”Funny, the Bixler’s say, is exactly what the play is meant to be. The sentimental feeling, however, may be near the final curtain call.“The retirement thing is good for us to step back and for other people to do a lot of the jobs that we've done over the years,” Sonya highlighted.The Bixler’s pointed to incoming executive director Wade Chambers who is also featured in the play, telling the Delta News, “We don't take credit for starting Delta Center Stage, but we were right there in the middle of it. A lot of other people were there, too.”And even though retirement is on the horizon along with all that comes with it, the Bixler’s say they’re staying put.Tim added, “We’ve had the joy of doing what we love to do. And it's the job too and that's priceless.”</div>

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GREENVILLE, Miss. — Those in and around the Delta Center Stage community will tell you that outgoing executive director Tim Bixler and his wife Sonya, together, are a hallmark of community theater. “It's something you have to work at. The average lifetime of a community theater nationwide taken on...

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DCS brass take final bow in On Golden Pond

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