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[POPEYE: I'm sorry.] 0000019764 00000 n w !1AQaq"2B #3Rbr 0000012401 00000 n 0 because she is unexpectedly leaving her husband. xM1 0000024848 00000 n 0000021635 00000 n <>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 792 612] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>> The Miss Firecracker Contest by Beth Henley (Carnelle, Tessy) Ruined by Lynn Nottage (Josephine, Sophie, Salima) Maids of Honor by Joan Casademont Anna in the Tropics by Nilo Cruz Doppelganger by Jo J. Adamson (Model) Street Stories by Paula Cizmar (Elise) Epiphany by Heidi Decker (Woman) Tsunami by Christina De Lancie (Dodie) Theatre Arlington's production of The Miss Firecracker Contest was a pleasant way to start my weekend as I attended opening night this past Friday. 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The Miss Firecracker Contest has a lot of fun playing off the conventions of Southern Gothic literature (typified by writers like Tennessee Williams and Carson McCullers). endobj [7Kr gdb[\|$UU3>$q8P !ihw#;`2x!_/n`O|dwTw=yi"M0Mn>np-AMQoi2YqKX/Q1>\[Ios[q6Y8w1Md[xnqs =(cYmU: L'q]r9AKs8ZbS[gytP\!H8Nv1FB5!](TuE (Who has removed a magnifying glass from her pocket. agEj%I3kLzQ33@Oj>oz8UfZTf!v+L@qoF&v[WAt?TZ2c(>}bkFvjSm+Px%N@X f6-XewoE|{FEVBgC.zvOWet8:8=kv7"^nbjkqQHs9v2~z5 0000009580 00000 n Firecracker Contest and gain approval from people in her past that she has not, Carnelle is in the living room of her late aunts house getting measured for her. New York, NY, Accessibility Statement Terms Privacy |StageAgent 2020. yux-lb*J cy}A{4|(jh}6[pNuFO0b SV|pB3T)&cBOA?KM-%>.x qUU#uU . 0000046151 00000 n Why Representative Louis Pooleys gonna be here this very year to put the crown on the winner's head. <> 0000044102 00000 n Ill children: Elain and Delmount. Join StageAgent today and unlock amazing theatre resources and opportunities. endobj Guide written by Shae Fitzgerald It got a production at the Manhattan Theatre Club offBroadway in 1984 directed by Stephen Tobolowsky, who was Henley 0000015443 00000 n New York, NY, Accessibility Statement Terms Privacy |StageAgent 2020. 0000010146 00000 n POPEYE: Well, I guess, I just don't know nothing about it. endobj About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators . The Miss Firecracker Contest will be performed at 7 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday; 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday; and 2 p.m., Sunday, through Sunday . % Well, here're the sketches. DELMOUNT: I don't do it anymore. 0000048673 00000 n Carnelle now realizes how precious life is. A delusional southern beauty surrounded by misfits and mental cases tries to build a road to redemption out of a small-town pageant in ways that are funny but not soul-destroying in "The Miss Firecracker Contest," a Southern Gothic play by Pulitzer Prize-winner Beth Henley, coming Nov. 14 to Fort Hays . Delmount (Mark Linn- Baker), lately a lunatic asylum inmate, has just quit. POPEYE: I would like t'have seen it. hb```f````e``_ B@1V ~},ofk?I I'[j Ny47W" 7kj k18:@AD50v@hf@#H@" ak ]LeAeWO30OP#diF byf+KQ g .|6!8hlfRa_w)[U(pk e|6]wYK CsJ'SI.S_)`" 2hm 'e0trsOT"v#z ^?1clhs;Q a staircase leading to the upstairs rooms. 0000010979 00000 n 0000033864 00000 n 0000036526 00000 n -- there -- Boom! 0000037096 00000 n leave town in a blaze of glory. 0000041477 00000 n 0000038228 00000 n 440 Park Avenue South 0000031886 00000 n away, leaving the only family left in her life to be her Aunt Ronelle, and her two, Her aunt and uncle did show Carnelle love, however. C@9VZC]!gVkeRWu[?5cRV[-g KTi7g!>?q?,8N\g[8]m&nd6*u_c&rK#> Boom! f&.YBWIC3HKcQ45H @IP"fIw3Su%hcH$H&YO`%(2n'*3gA . 0000014492 00000 n Let's see, that was, "And the rockets red, (Then as the imaginary Roman candle goes off. Charmingly eccentric film about a young woman's pursuit of a dream: to win the local Miss Firecracker beauty contest and escape small-town life. I think it will. stream 0000008200 00000 n Dunlap also designed the set, which transforms from the family home to the festive fairgrounds at intermission. 12 0 obj endobj Seeking 2 Actor Team for Spring It was originally produced in Los Angeles in 1980 at the Victory Theater directed by Maria Gobetti. <]>> 2 0 obj Nicole Harris as Carnelle, Devin Arnold as Delmount and Anna Simmons as Popeye watch the fireworks during a performance of "The Miss Firecracker Contest" at Natchez Little Theatre. The Miss Firecracker . They have it in Brookhaven every Fourth of July. Reviewed Performance: 8/5/2011. 0000026006 00000 n 0000036229 00000 n Carnelle turns away from the mirror with a glint in her eyes. about five oclock Monday afternoon on a hot day at the end of June. She wears a homemade dress with many different size pockets and thick glasses with heavy black rims. 0000030703 00000 n -- gave proof -- Boom! This is a spectacular young actor. 0000016837 00000 n 0000028916 00000 n She has signed up for the contest for several reasons, but the root of it all is to bring some positive meaning to her life. {2~_Q&Bl].:Xa&`j8q)G-xJE1,L)cSJ)lPPF0I]6\5Mh;ce5x2&l^FQ|k{QP.TwHlRIvr!0h^9Ql|. 0000047328 00000 n 16 0 obj 5 0 obj The reaction is very slow at 25C. endobj Anyway, it was way back that first year when I came to live with them. hmO8_NgiTZ"-{h;N",Dj* |K*lcj&b01L)`1#=99p|l99mgN3 POPEYE. . New York, NY 10016 0000022746 00000 n Monologue Analysis - Monologue Analysis THEA 2100 Laine Teramo 11/15/13 Miss Firecracker Contest By: Beth Henley 1. Who what where when why? =vk{ :o #~=;QIq,;{kdw@T5Y )C.COiiqS=9DtF&5z&xr v2Qlqclus=A;F^w6u+GT L#Jnu/pd^rphk}ie:RaMe{TVd{w6 l lMXn LVk[PSL'Ym-Ha_z,4FKmAe5kJJ 0000035304 00000 n It's famous! This boisterous and bold dark comedy, a true Beth Henley play, explores human nature through the slightly larger-than-life, and finds earnest humor and satire in many of the same places. 11 0 obj When you are ready to print, please highlight, copy, and paste into a document. POPEYE: What d'ya dream about at night? who normally plays in dramatic parts, shows great comic skill as the bug-eyed character named Popeye and yet both of these actresses screen time . For full extended monologue, please refer to the script edition cited here: Henley, Beth, The Miss Firecracker Contest, Dramatists Play Service, 1985, pp. 2 0 obj And the rockets red glare-- Boom!-- The bombs bursting in air-- Boom!-- gave proof-- Boom!-- through the night-- Boom!-- that our flag was-- Boom!-- there-- Boom! endobj %PDF-1.5 endstream endobj startxref 0000007591 00000 n she repeats part of her routine to herself. 0000022195 00000 n 0000019490 00000 n 0000017129 00000 n You know, noble, in a, Do not sell or share my personal information. 256 THE MISS FIRER CRACKER CONTEST CARNELLE: What a shame. stream endobj An orphan taken in by her genteel relatives, she idolizes he.. Speeches for women from The Lucky Spot, Abundance, The Wake of Jamey Foster, The Miss Firecracker Contest, Crimes of the Heart, Am I Blue, The Debutante Ball and Signature. It's the beauty contest. New York, NY, Stage Manager at The Democracy Project <> The unexpected arrival of her cousin Elain, a former Miss Firecracker winner, complicates matters a bit, as does the repeated threat of Elain's eccentric brother, Delmount, to sell the family homestead and decamp for New Orleans. The Miss Firecracker Contest? Popeye is the seamstress who makes Carnelle's costume; she becomes involved in the pageant madness while adding further strange elements to the story. 0000028316 00000 n Henley, Beth, The Miss Firecracker Contest, Dramatists Play Service, 1985, pp. O2FYaD)ac2G&k:|=|gA\A7n 9_oe8 ), A magnifying lens? Carnelle Scott (known locally as "Miss Hot Tamale") is rehearsing furiously for the Miss Firecracker Contesthoping that a victory will salvage her tarnished reputation and allow her to leave town in a blaze of glory. A long-run Off-Broadway success, this explosively funny play again demonstrates the authors unique gift for finding rich lodes of humorand simple wisdomin the zany activities of small-town life. Carnelle adds that, transplant from a monkey that resulted in, continues to reveal how Carnelle was orphaned and grew up with her aunt, uncle, and, that Delmount has recently been released from a, In discussions of the pageant, it is revealed that Carnelle has a promiscuous past that might keep her from, winning. 0000037668 00000 n A knock at the door introduces us to Popeye, played by Rebecca Ann Rodriguez in her Desert Rose debutshe is a student at UC Irvine, though no stranger to the desert and its world of theater. For the final "Oh, say does that. 0000042275 00000 n 0000020625 00000 n 0000012701 00000 n Gain full access to show guides, character breakdowns, auditions, monologues and more! Delmount ( Mark Linn- Baker ), lately a lunatic asylum inmate has... 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