Miss williams pageant returns this may williamsgrand. Carnelle holly hunter enters the miss firecracker beauty pageant which her hometown of yazoo. Miss williams, miss firecracker and miss rockaroute 66 pageants open to women of all ages. Carnelle scott known locally as miss hot tamale is rehearsing furiously for the miss firecracker contesthoping that a victory will salvage her tarnished reputation. The miss firecracker contest by beth henley july 911, 1987. 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. Carnelle isnt happy with her life, so in order to improve herself she enters a local beauty contest. The longrunning offbroadway comedy, the miss firecracker contest, by the bay street players in eustis, is on stage until sunday. The miss firecracker contest was a wonderful production, produced by a.
Soon to arrive on the scene are delmount williams and elain rutledge, carnelles first cousins, raised alongside her by the aunt who took carnelle in as an older. Character description, analysis and casting breakdown for carnelle scott from the miss firecracker contest. Miss firecracker is a 1989 american comedy film directed by thomas schlamme. From pulitzer prize winner beth henley crimes of the heart, this dark southern comedy tells the story of a small town beauty queen trying to save her tarnished reputation and leave town in a blaze of glory by winning the miss firecracker contest. Miss firecracker holly hunter reprises her stage role in beth henleys play the miss firecracker contest as carnelle, a former goodtime girl whose dream is to win the local miss firecracker. The miss firecracker contest, the wake of jamey foster, control freaks or the lucky spot.
There are two packages that participants can choose between when entering the contest. The town of yazoo city, mississippi, is agog over the annual fourth of july miss firecracker contest, and no one is more obsessed with winning this honor than carnelle scott holly hunter. After he has spent time in a mental institution and worked at a job scraping dead animals off the road, carnelles cousin and. It stars holly hunter, mary steenburgen, tim robbins, alfre woodard, and scott glenn. Delmount williams has never had any trouble finding women who will. Beth henleys sly comedy about a gawky gal trying to shed her reputation as the town tramp by winning the miss firecracker contest bursts with eccentric characters that define southern gothic.
In the miss firecracker contest, her comedy at the manhattan theater club, this. The miss firecracker contest is written by beth henley and is produced by special arrangement with. When her beautiful cousin, elain, and elains estranged brother return to town, situations become more complicated. The miss fire cracker contest ramona hillside players. Holly hunter plays a mississippi girl whose sole reason for being is to enter. Theatre off the square in weatherford presents the next production of the 2017 season of shows. I suppose that talent part of the contest will count quite a bit. Carnell scott known locally as miss hot tamale is rehearsing furiously for the miss. With holly hunter, mary steenburgen, tim robbins, alfre woodard. A small town beauty pageant sets the scene for the miss firecracker contest, a southern comedy by jacksons own beth henley. Shes a former miss firecracker, version 1972, who now lives in atlanta. The miss firecracker contest by beth henley, presented by the boston post road stage company at the fairfield arts center on mill hill road in fairfield.
The miss firecracker contest wins with laughs and drama encore. You can look at beth henleys the miss firecracker contest now. It follows the story of carnell scott as she prepares for the miss firecracker contest in a small southern town, hoping that a victory will salvage her reputation and allow her to leave town in a. Both charming and irreverent, the miss firecracker contest is a wistful take on southern beauty culture and the reallife facades it so eloquently symbolizes. She has everything she wants yet still returns home to deliver the keynote address for this years miss firecracker contest because. As the miss firecracker contest opens, carnelle scott is practicing her talent routine for the upcoming fourth of july beauty pageant in brookhaven, mississippi. This is strictly confidential, but the word is out that the only real contenders for the miss firecracker crown are you and caroline jeffers. Miss firecracker not a dud, but it misses key sad notes. Characters, carnelle scott popeye jackson elain rutledge delmount williams mac sam tessy mahoney. Mac sams lines the miss firecracker contest study guide by maddicuesta includes 68 questions covering vocabulary, terms and more. Isnt it too lighthearted to be considered with the works of williams and. Carnelle scott from the miss firecracker contest summary.
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