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Join StageAgent today and unlock amazing theatre resources and opportunities. 3 0 obj <>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 612 792] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>> there is a story, with suspense and conflictbut where it shines is in the imagination of the playwright, in the characters she has created, in the strangeness and depth of their emotions, in the lines written for them to speak, and in her own astonishing, humorous vision. 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But, aided by a touchingly awkward seamstress named Popeye and several other nutty An orphan taken in by her genteel relatives, she idolizes her older cousin, Elain Rutledge, a former Fourth of July "Miss Firecracker" contest winner who is taking time out from her life as a pampered wife in Atlanta to give a speech on "My Life as a Beauty" at this year's pageant. $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ? New York, NY, Accessibility Statement Terms Privacy |StageAgent 2020. 0000047328 00000 n (\+,m4Qb9hlf ))Fk@qyb|F?Du58ouviYHK6dU9x= |)o_!J.| qBMGU) Mg53B)iYJTN!,3\aMZ9w)mL She begins panting deeply as she goes to open the door for Popeye Jackson. 0000038228 00000 n I dont know where he is now. (Popeye shakes her head. ) 0000023034 00000 n "The Miss Firecracker . YKIluA\YGU_B-~P]3FeieYHuQ+) o* k4-gLw.Rk1Lf{xh1? Sign up today to unlock amazing theatre resources and opportunities. 0000014198 00000 n Vf uf?B0` 14 0 obj 0000032174 00000 n Length Medium Time Period Contemporary Show Type Play Tags 0000035648 00000 n New York, NY, Stage Manager at The Democracy Project Performances run February 24-25, March 3-4 at 730pm, and March 5 at 2pm. 0000012995 00000 n 0000021635 00000 n endobj 0000017129 00000 n a |{r@aGO p( Who: Carnelle is a charismatic, 24-year-old girl from Brookhaven, a small town in Mississippi. Popeye is the timid, nearsighted seamstress helping to create Carnelle's pageant costumes. 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 . As The Miss Firecracker Contest opens, Carnelle Scott is practicing her talent routine for the upcoming Fourth of July beauty pageant in Brookhaven, Mississippi. Guide written by Shae Fitzgerald 0000036825 00000 n Allison Dixon performs a comedic monologue for her senior recital at Western Carolina University. A seamstress, Popeye Jackson, arrives and Carnelle hires her to make a pageant costume. Well, here're the sketches. Henley, Beth, The Miss Firecracker Contest, Dramatists Play Service, 1985, pp. A dressing room, fairgrounds, Brookhaven, Mississippi, 1980s. MISS FIRECRACKER CONTEST - The miss schweiz laetitia loctite 08641 msds rvtl anti aging cream uk agus rohmat setiawan sotgiu marco pham ngoc thien an petr stupka kapr processor intel core 2 extreme. 0000009309 00000 n costume for the Miss Firecracker Contest by her tailor Popeye. I can't figure out how exactly to cut one from the play. The only real disappointment in the cast is Mary Steenburgen. After all, she wants that crown. Popeye, whose brother threw gravel in her eyes when she was a child and then tried to ease the pain with eardrops, hears through her eyes and sees beyond the surface of things in life. TheMiss Firecracker Beth Henley's Contest JULY 9 through JULY 25 2021 423-622-6461 1700 McCallie Ave Chattanooga, Tennessee 37404 Debt Collection, Business Law, Personal Injury, Family Law, Criminal Defense, and Contract Lawyers in Tennessee and Georgia Robert Jeffrey (Jeff) Wolford Samuel F. Robinson, III Headshots by Brad Cansler Stage Manager The place is the small Mississippi town of Brookhaven, the time a few days before the Fourth of July. MISS FIRECRACKER CONTEST by Beth Henley CARNELLE Popeye's going to be using this red material to make my costume for the Miss Firecracker Contest. [ 11 0 R] "Miss Firecracker Contest" shows at New Stage Theatre April 15-27. 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. 0000018052 00000 n I think that'll work. 0000019221 00000 n 10/30/13 bdb. (9:'8 ]I|%1IwLn\Xjri=iO.-9v Women's Audition Monologues. 0000005762 00000 n [Qpa0t[iY5M il_[6UGo63Rqv5bJi7#xD Zm. Popeye may be a calmer,. 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) Beth Henley, The Miss Firecracker Contest is underway, with Carnelle barely making. 0000033592 00000 n 7-14. Both charming and irreverent, The Miss Firecracker Contest is a wistful take on Southern beauty culture and the real-life facades it so eloquently symbolizes. %PDF-1.5 % 0000037938 00000 n 0000013295 00000 n Delmount Williams, 28, Carnelles first cousin; Tessy Mahoney, 23, the beauty contest coordinator. ), A magnifying lens? 0000029830 00000 n 0000027747 00000 n Carnelle lives in a crumbling rococo house filled with antique furniture and lace . Boom! Delmount (Mark Linn- Baker), lately a lunatic asylum inmate, has just quit. 0000005219 00000 n 1187 132 DELMOUNT: What are you saying? These are obviously the kinds of roles actors can happily chomp on Time Magazine. 3 0 obj Popeye, a 23-year-old quirky seamstress, arrives to take her measurements for the contest. POPEYE: I would like t'have seen it. 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Why Representative Louis Pooleys gonna be here this very year to put the crown on the winner's head. 0000033008 00000 n For full extended monologue, please refer to the script edition cited here: Henley, Beth, The Miss Firecracker Contest, Dramatists Play Service, 1985, pp. See more ideas about popeye, firecracker, jackson. 0000030132 00000 n 0000033324 00000 n 0000015147 00000 n <>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 612 792] /Contents 15 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 1>> r#?Li,R;q_N~"eMWw*,PzPc~ * =VZ1Kn(1_yhRq+7S\?2IM `ZuT6 nZyo&yGmOz IT9'IFP9\~$^x]11vR22Ac,! ," she picks up a wooden spoon that she uses as an imaginary roman candle. Historically black colleges and universities. }7\'JC MiQfJ+54iWMR*Wyq.6!#.5*Qf3_[Y(l"4zD5=!%.WPf6z9OOh[" 0000048673 00000 n <>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 612 792] /Contents 17 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 2>> 0000028041 00000 n 0000006781 00000 n 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. endstream endobj startxref %PDF-1.5 4 0 obj What happens when you call miss vickie's chips. J17N57ynK&HMEoF. reasons, but the root of it all is to bring some positive meaning to her life. <> 73 0 obj <>/Filter/FlateDecode/ID[<741AAC26E7ED1CBBE149E22E6F7C1D5B>]/Index[46 49]/Info 45 0 R/Length 119/Prev 212112/Root 47 0 R/Size 95/Type/XRef/W[1 3 1]>>stream Amazon.com: Miss Firecracker [VHS] : Holly Hunter, Mary Steenburgen, Tim Robbins, Alfre Woodard, Scott Glenn, Veanne Cox, Ann Wedgeworth, Trey Wilson, Amy Wright, Kathleen Chalfant, Robert Fieldsteel, Greg Germann, Arthur Albert, Thomas Schlamme, Fred Berner, Helen Pollak, Lewis M. 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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. stream . in FHSU Felten-Start Theatre. 0 It's a famous contest. <>>> Popeye: I hope hes alright. ," she puts down the spoons and picks up two, knives that she uses as imaginary sparklers. 0000020058 00000 n POPEYE: I don't know, your face looks tired. The reaction is very slow at 25C. 0000023712 00000 n Wandering into the chaos as Carnelles seamstress is sweet and strange Popeye, who falls in, love with Delmount. 0000030402 00000 n stream I was a student at the FIU Theatre Department over a decade ago and I am thrilled to be back (even if on Zoom) I'm especially honored to be working with fantastic students who have given so much and risen to the challenging occasion. %PDF-1.5 If you just hit "print" every single monologue will print!!! Ill children: Elain and Delmount. . Carnelle turns away from the mirror with a glint in her eyes. DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd, 100% found this document useful (21 votes), 100% found this document useful, Mark this document as useful, 0% found this document not useful, Mark this document as not useful, Electronic Edition by Alexander Street Press, L.L.C., 2012 . New York, NY, Shakespeare in the Woods 2023 Season endobj . It's the beauty contest. Research Playwrights, Librettists, Composers and Lyricists, See more monologues from The Miss Firecracker Contest? But it's coming a. Click on the title below to read monologue. 0000034997 00000 n 0000025132 00000 n 4 0 obj Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like CARNELLE first line, CARNELLE first line cnt'd, POPEYE After "Come in. 0000018935 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? 0000022746 00000 n 0000010979 00000 n Above is a contemporary monologue from the Miss Firecracker Contest written by Beth Henley ! Brookhaven, but she wants to leave with a bang! 0000016280 00000 n Carnelle realizes that she will have to vacate the family home, but not before she leaves town in a blaze of glory as Miss Firecracker, a title won some years before by her beautiful cousin. She twirls them about. %t "J57TM_:.h&L'SgQ._>.{P%PTZ,B#j-N~hj^t(&n}s6YEyBN@W 9tJW) '%B\;5k.ukMfPW-F_q6j}&'vg|7"sfk9E)Sk+6 LUXcu{:`JfR-c{Eq;c*5]|(to OiHz[ll The author of ``Crimes of the Heart' puts another group of Southern characters on a small stage in ``The Miss Firecracker Contest' to wrestle with life 0000053075 00000 n xref <> Its, Carnelle, is an irrepressible young woman who thinks that winning the local beauty contest will restore her, soiled reputation and make her somebody in her, her along the way are a dysfunctional bunch who tackle life in, beauty queen cousin, Elain, who comes to offer advice and to run away, brother, Delmount, has come home from the mental institution to, another way out. %%EOF The other main peaks appeared. endobj Boom!. Gain full access to show guides, character breakdowns, auditions, monologues and more! 0000032732 00000 n DELMOUNT: It's an old trick. 0000011266 00000 n Expertly, in fact. Carnelles promiscuity was a result of her need for true love and companionship, however; she looked for it in the wrong types of men and in turn ended up contracting, Carnelles Aunt Ronelle has just passed away, and, now with a more mature sensibility, she is choosing to cope with this death in a more, She has been volunteering, working a cancer. New York, NY, Stage Manager at The Democracy Project , Carnelle Scott, 24, the beauty contestant, Elain Rutledge, 32, Carnelles first cousin; a beauty. End: Carnelle: He was released this spring, but he hasnt been home since. 0000020625 00000 n THE MISS FIRECRACKER CONTEST comes to Laurel Little Theatre next year. I thought maybe you was having bad dreams. the need to clear up her tarnished reputation throughout the town due to her. She quickly returns with wooden spoons and stainless steel knives.
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