Auditions Monday April 7 6:00-8:30pm

Directed by Glenn Parker

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Synopsis-

The place is the small Mississippi town of Brookhaven, the time a few days before the Fourth of July. Carnelle Scott (known locally as “Miss Hot Tamale") is rehearsing furiously for the Miss Firecracker Contest—hoping that a victory will salvage her tarnished reputation and allow her to leave town in a blaze of glory. The unexpected arrival of her cousin Elain, a former Miss Firecracker winner, (who has walked out on her rich but boring husband and her two small children) complicates matters a bit, as does the repeated threat of Elain’s eccentric brother, Delmount, (recently released from a mental institution) to sell the family homestead and decamp for New Orleans. But, aided by a touchingly awkward seamstress named Popeye (who is hopelessly smitten by Delmount) and several other cheerfully nutty characters, Carnelle perseveres—leading to a denouement of unparalleled hilarity, compassion and moving lyricism as all concerned finally escape their unhappy pasts and turn hopefully toward what must surely be a better future.

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Tickets are $30.00 Reserved Seating

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Please Prepare a 1 Minute Monologue

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Performances

Friday July 11 7:00pm

Saturday July 12 2:00pm

Saturday July 12 7:00pm

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Thursday July 17 7:00pm

Friday July 18 7:00pm

Saturday July 19 7:00pm

Sunday July 20 2:00pm

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Friday July 25 7:00pm

Saturday July 26 2:00pm

Saturday July 26 7:00pm

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Thursday July 31 7:00pm

Friday August 1 7:00pm

Saturday August 2 7:00pm

Sunday August 3 2:00pm