production:
THE MISS FIRECRACKER CONTEST
By BETH HENLEY
dates:
MAY 11 - JUNE 2, 2012
Thursday, Friday, Saturday @ 8pm
Sunday, MAY 20 @ 2:30pm
Tickets: $27, $22 Seniors & Students
synopsis & information:
Carnelle Scott believes winning the local beauty pageant is her only opportunity to leave her small, Southern hometown of Brookhaven, Mississippi in a ‘blaze of glory.’ Unfortunately, her efforts to secure the crown of Miss Firecracker are complicated by the facts that she isn’t cut from the beauty pageant mold, and she has to overcome her reputation as Miss Hot Tamale. And then her cousins arrive, one a former pageant winner and the other a recently released mental patient.
Carnelle’s quest for a better life provide lots of laughs in Island ETC’s production of The Miss Firecracker Contest by Beth Henley. Performances are May 11 - June 2, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings at 8:00pm. There will be one Sunday matinee at 2:30pm on May 20th.
Carnelle (Jemma Evans) dreams of winning the pageant and leaving behind Brookhaven. Her cousin Elain Rutledge (Catrin Glynn) is a former Miss Firecracker whose life hasn’t turned out like she hoped. Elain’s brother, Demount Williams (Edwin Robinson) has recently been released from a mental institution and suddenly becomes the object of affection by Popeye Jackson (Daniela Hart), a socially awkward seamstress who makes costumes for bullfrogs. Throw into the mix Tessy Mahoney (Lindsy Greig), the tarnished southern belle with a penchant for gossip, and Mac Sam (Jeffrey Johnston) the local bad boy with charms, and you get a taste of the small-town Southern humor that Pulitzer-winning playwright, Beth Henley creates so well.
Director of ETC’s production of The Miss Firecracker Contest is Kim Mytelka. Her production team includes Matt Poole (Stage Manager), Tom Boone (Scenic Design), Root Choyce (Light Design), Jutta ‘Charlie’ Franklin (Costumes), Patty Talley (Props), Jennifer Daugherty (Sound Design), and Kevin Daugherty (Set Construction).
Tickets to The Miss Firecracker Contest are $27.00 for adults and $22.00. To purchase tickets, call the theatre at (409) 762-3556 or toll-free (888) 762-3556. Special rates are available for groups of ten or more.