The Miss Firecracker Contest
By Beth Henley
February 10 – 26, 2012
Carnelle Scott of Brookhaven, Mississippi, wants nothing more than to be crowned Miss Firecracker in the beauty pageant at the town’s annual Independence Day celebration. To this end, she has whipped up a talent-show act in which she tap dances and somersaults to ”The Star-Spangled Banner” while clenching a sparkler in her teeth. Welcome to an evening of humor, alternately Southern-Gothic absurdist, a bittersweet study of Southern characters and a slapstick send-up to Miss America ideals. From Beth Henley, author of Crimes of the Heart.
View the photos by Stuart Wagner.
Cast
- Carnelle Scott: Kirsten Ehlert
- Popeye Jackson: Laurell Bell
- Elain Rutledge: Sharon Galluzzo
- DelmountWilliams: Aaron Young
- Mac Sam: Larry Evans
- Tessy Mahoney: Becca Easley
Production staff
- Director: Shawn Smith
- Choreographer: Laurell Bell
- Scenic Designer: Thomas Mauney
- Costume Designer: Jenny Mitchell
- Lighting Designer: Jim Zervas
- Sound Designer: Becca Easley
- Props Master: Ann Marie Crosmun
- Props Assistant: Gloria Rich
- Technical Director: Jim Zervas
- Sound Engineer: Todd Houseknecht
- Production Assistant: Jennifer O’Connor
- Stage Manager: Dan Eckert
- Assistant Stage Manager: Tam Matthews
- Assistant to Director: Jennifer O’Connor
- Audition Coordinator: Marie Berry
- House Manager Coordinator: Leon Sabarsky
- Usher Coordinator: Adrienne Dyson
- Concession Coordinator: G. Paul Slovensky
- Original Art Work: V. Cullum Rogers
- Advertising and Graphic Design: Mary Sox
- Playbill Design: Heidi M Dragon
- Poster Printing: PIP Printing
- Photographer: Stuart Wagner
Production crews
- Costume Shop Crew: Mary Ali, Marie Berry, Barbara Biggs, Ann Haigler, Susan Kimmel, Catherine Lambe, Vicki Olson, Tana Shehan, Jean Wilkinson & Judy Wray
- Costume Running Crew: Marie Berry (Crew Chief), Victoria Coleman, Catherine Lambe, Emily Richbourg, Gabriele Topp, Natalie Turgeon, Amy Ward & Katheen Watts
- Deck/Props Running Crew: Jim Zervas (Crew Chief), Jim Bates, Kristen Cooper, Amy Keyworth, Michael Teleoglou and David Wilk
- House Managers: Carol Friedlander, Lynn Freeman, Lilo Miles, Mike Rumble & Judi Wilkinson
- Light Crew: Tommy Tallis (Crew Chief), Bonnie Holder, Karen Spencer, Joe Wolozyn & Erin Zanders
- Light Hang/Focus: Ward Bowen, Keith Bugner, Becca Easley, Mike McGee, Elaine Petrone, Alyssa Petrone & Scott Wray
- Public Relation Crew: Catherine Lambe, Carolyn Le Rue, Dee Dee Preston, Stuart Wagner, David Watts & Judi Wilkinson
- Sound Crew: Joe D’Angelo (Crew Chief), Dewana Murrey, Nancy Schweikert, Sylvi Hartman, & John Maruca
- Set Construction Crew: Ward Bowen, Noel Butzke, Dave Davis, Mike Gorman, Todd Houseknecht, David Langmeyer, Russ Owen, Jeff Miles & Dave Wray