0000023034 00000 n 0000037096 00000 n hb```f````e``_ B@1V ~},ofk?I I'[j Ny47W" 7kj k18:@AD50v@hf@#H@" ak ]LeAeWO30OP#diF byf+KQ g endobj i? 3xx^*FE~yxPl%0/cAM$J{df0 $4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ? Elain admits that she has left her, The lights go up onstage. CARNELLE: You know you do this very well. New York, NY 10016 She wears a homemade dress with many different size pockets and thick glasses with heavy black rims. <>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 612 792] /Contents 17 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 2>> Carnelle Scott (known locally as "Miss Hot Tamale") is rehearsing furiously for the Miss Firecracker Contesthoping that a victory will salvage her tarnished reputation and allow her to leave town in a blaze of glory. I guess there is a book called: Beth Henley: Monologues for Women, but a) the Borders here doesn't have it and b)my mom won't let me buy it online with Her cousin Elain, who won the contest in 1972, is coming from Atlanta where she now lives with her husband to give a speech entitled "My Life As a Beauty." . she still always felt like an outcast in some way. xref 0000028041 00000 n Who: Carnelle is a charismatic, 24-year-old girl from Brookhaven, a small town in, She has signed up for the Miss Firecracker Contest, a beauty pageant that, She has signed up for the contest for several. The Miss Firecracker . 0000025434 00000 n Their father is away fighting in the Civil War. The Miss Firecracker Contest? endobj What happens when you call miss vickie's chips. Show more 1. The unexpected arrival of her cousin Elain, a former Miss Firecracker winner, complicates matters a bit, as does the repeated threat of Elain's eccentric brother, Delmount, to sell the family homestead and decamp for New Orleans. Dunlap also designed the set, which transforms from the family home to the festive fairgrounds at intermission. endobj She twirls them about. CARNE-LLE: That's right. She begins panting deeply as she goes to open the door for Popeye Jackson. -- through the night, -- Boom! {ZL'>,MMklGg,M8x-:rs{}UR; }Zcgj3+m3B!/#VE)~)RN-irjm`oJM'\c$x%;Mb!^P7v2 @APX6&%UG%)I?fDX+$q'$2 You need that thing to s, Goodness gracious. The Miss Firecracker Contest Character Popeye Jackson Gender Female Age Range Young Adult, Adult Style Comedic Act/Scene Act Two, Scene 2 Time & Place A dressing room, fairgrounds, Brookhaven, Mississippi, 1980s. TESSY: This is strictly confidential, but the word is out that the only real contenders for the Miss Firecracker crown are you and Car- oline Jeffers. % When, the record comes to "And the rockets red glare. endobj Qg~1|9 g~__CD/_4RH =I%2Pc*>$qGG!Hi5/B%AL yQ!>z| E(J[B1WX(llxS2HL([F YP vm }AUZN:5@|GEcKumS2x.6g)'?lQ~jG'CGK;A;Awr Oh, well, I reckon what it was was when I was sewing up there in the front at the big store. 0000026286 00000 n 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 0000012401 00000 n Why, Representative Louis Pooley's gonna be here this very year to put the crown on the winner's head. J17N57ynK&HMEoF. stream The relative abundances of the M to the M+1 peak were in the ratio of about 100 to 5. 8 0 obj New York, NY, Stage Manager at The Democracy Project endobj [12] It's the beauty contest. 15 0 obj =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 Upgrade to PRO 10/30/13 bdb. Above is a contemporary monologue from the Miss Firecracker Contest written by Beth Henley ! 0000014198 00000 n 0000013295 00000 n They're incredible, those two. New York, NY, Stage Manager at The Democracy Project Anyway, it was way back that first year when I came to live with them. The remaining performances in Princeton are on Saturday at 8 P.M. and next Sunday at 7:30. The following monologue is taken from the first scene in the play. June and July, 1980s, Brookhaven, Mississippi Tags 2f scenes monologue for woman seamstress drifter partially blind oddball quirky outcast misfit weird traumatic childhood poor charming optimistic worshipful enthusiastic romantic matter-of-fact eccentric endearing smitten unique full of wonder Analysis 16 0 obj 11 0 obj Carnelle experienced an emotionally tough childhood. 0000016837 00000 n 0000010426 00000 n 0000035920 00000 n 0000020058 00000 n ] S)A#DDSD_ A funny character with a hard life, Popeye got her nickname from a childhood prank that caused her eyes to bulge, but left her with the ability to hear through her eyes. A certain second order reaction is found to have an activation energy of 80.3 kJ mol 1 . New York, NY, Stage Manager at The Democracy Project !,aY&(]XVqJ/R=K,0B-` See, Elaine was Miss Firecracker way back when she was just eighteen. %%EOF Carnelle is tallish with. 0000019221 00000 n <>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 612 792] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>> 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. yux-lb*J cy}A{4|(jh}6[pNuFO0b SV|pB3T)&cBOA?KM-%>.x qUU#uU POPEYE: Well, I'm that for . Just fine. DELMOUNT: It's an old trick. Sign up today to unlock amazing theatre resources and opportunities. I don't know. 0000002936 00000 n Z.Gr-p)a*V 9~ieG@je@T3'] Carnelle Scott (known locally as "Miss Hot Tamale") is rehearsing furiously for the Miss Firecracker Contesthoping that a victory will salvage her . The other main peaks appeared. 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. Guide written by Shae Fitzgerald I can't figure out how exactly to cut one from the play. Everyone's saying it. For the final "Oh, say does that. 0000005427 00000 n Join the StageAgent community 0000037668 00000 n *3-b]-Qd-KP\Fp9@'/F!Bz8meQ2 QP5N"x!mQ02a\o0`hO;t?~+S &S(Dk @*1m)3X4V&}eu]*vDw;aB]c`[V #.d@2>c"L6@)ITOphv$z(Ad{ P@ySQ#gKy7(&=%jAIb*|{C}Gr`l PjlPsLCDTV?j-yUezt5>/?rYr m/yCXTF@OGfBdnQ;:Opx1e #A@Iu[VjhHV-d:3Ez"2}kL`4\@Ek]+nnYo^DD*tJ'~w&5*=P9[*uvWUUMbDn/j*BfLPv!?mG49>[6RypaKn.8"9*6 *pr -am Seeking 2 Actor Team for Spring Boom!. <>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 792 612] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>> endstream She has signed up for the Miss Firecracker Contest, a beauty pageant that takes place in the town every 4thof July. 46 0 obj <> endobj After all, she wants that crown. Vf uf?B0` It was originally produced in Los Angeles in 1980 at the Victory Theater directed by Maria Gobetti. 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 . 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 . 0000028316 00000 n "Miss Firecracker Contest" shows at New Stage Theatre April 15-27. 0000047571 00000 n 0000053075 00000 n Kathleen Chalfant as Miss Lily Trey Wilson as Benjamin Drapper Amy Wright as Missy Mahoney Alfre Woodard as Popeye Jackson Ann Wedgeworth as Miss Blue Mary Steenburgen as Elain Rutledge Sam Scott Glenn as Mac Veanne Cox as Tessy Mahoney Tim Robbins as Delmount Williams Directed by Thomas Schlamme Edited by Peter C. Frank Photographed by DAILY SIKESTON STANDARD 10c PER COPY Published Doily Except Sunday OUR 53rd YEAR SIKESTON, SCOTT COUNTY, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1962 NUMBER 31 Halloween Costume Contest Winners Castro Rejects Inspection Of Soviet Missile Removal FUNNIEST COSTUMES: Sandra Eaton, first; Mike Hodges, - e md' nd JoAnne Graff, third. Oct 22, 2011 - a gaggle of images that remind me of Popeye. Their father is away fighting in the Civil War. 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 . 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.When her beautiful cousin, Elain, and Elain's estranged brother return to town, situations become more complicated. 0000009043 00000 n 0000017129 00000 n axtf kp7TOUhbM"3D+C D!zz$FK(q0Bo=;vR`~MLWbZ #yhyh13HA^ZzwC .AE>^C\!Q}o Women's Audition Monologues. 0000035304 00000 n 13 0 obj They're just my ideal. mother passed away at a young age and not long after, her father abandoned her. 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Delmount Williams, 28, Carnelles first cousin; Tessy Mahoney, 23, the beauty contest coordinator. The Miss Firecracker Contest is a Southern literature play written by Beth Henley. Among her solid supporters are Popeye, a bug-eyed seamstress who designed . DELMOUNT: Why do you ask? End: Carnelle: He was released this spring, but he hasnt been home since. <> A seamstress, Popeye Jackson, arrives and Carnelle hires her to make a pageant costume. DELMOUNT: What are you saying? B;zPctxu>uCq|xm^iVI9jzjzZ/UzH1 endobj Popeye earned her nickname by accidentally putting ear drops in her eyes as a child which caused them to swell. Seeking 2 Actor Team for Spring <> endobj It's famous! a staircase leading to the upstairs rooms. 0000008751 00000 n Brookhaven, but she wants to leave with a bang! ), A magnifying lens? endobj 9 0 obj -- that our flag was -- Boom! 0000011828 00000 n And by golly, she is going to succeed. JGs@ JsM &|xI%$7m25\. 0000033592 00000 n and is determined to make hers more fulfilling. "The Miss Firecracker . (9:'8 ]I|%1IwLn\Xjri=iO.-9v Reviewed Performance: 8/5/2011. Beth Henley, The Miss Firecracker Contest opens in the living room of Carnelle. dpsinfo@broadwaylicensing.com. . 0000023712 00000 n 0000047328 00000 n 3 0 obj 0000007067 00000 n It's a famous contest. endobj Miss Firecracker - YouTube Carnelle Scott is best-known in her hometown of Yazoo City, MS, for her unrepentant promiscuity. about five oclock Monday afternoon on a hot day at the end of June. 0000050641 00000 n [POPEYE: I'm sorry.] Gain full access to show guides, character breakdowns, auditions, monologues and more! <>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 612 792] /Contents 15 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 1>> 0000024848 00000 n 0000027457 00000 n 0000024003 00000 n 1 0 obj .]7R)ku#^q%hQ? 0000038228 00000 n CARNELLE: What? 0000017771 00000 n Upgrade to PRO 0000031552 00000 n Hmm. POPEYE. She says you've done some really fine work in her shop. 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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Just make yourself at home. ), Well, I wanted to go with something really patriotic. Henley, Beth, The Miss Firecracker Contest, Dramatists Play Service, 1985, pp. 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. }7\'JC MiQfJ+54iWMR*Wyq.6!#.5*Qf3_[Y(l"4zD5=!%.WPf6z9OOh[" Popeye Jackson Popeye is the seamstress who makes Carnelle's costume; she becomes involved in the pageant madness while adding further strange elements to the story. 4 0 obj CARNELLE (Overcome): Oh, gosh, I don't know TESSY: It's the truth. 0000030703 00000 n POPEYE: Yes. 0000021291 00000 n %PDF-1.5 % <]>> 0000012995 00000 n Anyhow, we're happy up until the time when Uncle George falls to his death trying to pull this bird's nest out from the chimney. leave town in a blaze of glory. Why Representative Louis Pooleys gonna be here this very year to put the crown on the winner's head. She, says, "Pow," each time she imagines it goes off. 0000023325 00000 n endobj xZ[o}@"axI&]bZ:va; w-3$3G!Kw\g-#,"OPHaJO2y !WV,;(r=|y`(m0 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. Research Playwrights, Librettists, Composers and Lyricists, See more monologues from an oddly attractive face, a nice figure, and very bright dyed red hair. 0000010146 00000 n (Before going to the door Carnelle shakes her head of red hair back and forth, takes a towel from a chair and slings it carelessly around, her neck. New York, NY, Accessibility Statement Terms Privacy |StageAgent 2020. It got a production at the Manhattan Theatre Club offBroadway in 1984 directed by Stephen Tobolowsky, who was Henley Expertly, in fact. the need to clear up her tarnished reputation throughout the town due to her. Popeye, a 23-year-old quirky seamstress, arrives to take her measurements for the contest. Come on in." and more. 0000036229 00000 n to learn more about this scene from The Miss Firecracker Contest and unlock other amazing theatre resources! 0000019490 00000 n 0000039076 00000 n 0000044102 00000 n Hope you enjoy The Miss Firecracker Contest. 0000005762 00000 n 3+d+oW&LV?3,Dz+u;'R^gG^R:?}&H39z^\fy4^f#&E~DU?QfwtqD[cL Jv%7Og%,234nF+h3I>#`VCJq)S/)\gtrW~jEJ&'c 94 0 obj <>stream <> fH+"e~h:= |:a\V1IV?%)%yN6? 0000014492 00000 n <> "Miss Firecracker Contest" by Beth Henley Character: Popeye Monologue: "Oh well, I reckon what it was when I was sewing up there in front at the big store'Popeye, you're fired.'" Young. In order to improve her lot in life she decides to enter into The Miss Firecracker Contest, which is held annually in her town every 4th of July. 0000038496 00000 n 9c_+a@5T_^oqFj`!psJ/:E]>^ Popeye Jackson The Miss Firecracker Contest 2 All monologues are property and copyright of their owners. Popeye may be a calmer,. Women's monologues! Are you going to help me? 0000033324 00000 n } !1AQa"q2#BR$3br 0000022469 00000 n 0000037381 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. From inside the. As always.read the entire script before performing your monologue. Boom! miss-firecracker-contest.doc (22k) Luke Longacre, May 4, 2013, 4:05 PM. costume for the Miss Firecracker Contest by her tailor Popeye. O2FYaD)ac2G&k:|=|gA\A7n 9_oe8 0000007591 00000 n xM1 0000005219 00000 n The reaction is very slow at 25C. stream 1 0 obj reading of The Miss Firecracker Contest. ), Boom! She wears purple leotards, tights, and tap shoes. A dressing room, fairgrounds, Brookhaven, Mississippi, 1980s. 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). In the small town of Brookhaven, Mississippi, Carnelle Scott is furiously rehearsing for the Miss Firecracker Contest - hoping that a victory will salvage her tarnished reputation as "Miss Hot . C@9VZC]!gVkeRWu[?5cRV[-g KTi7g!>?q?,8N\g[8]m&nd6*u_c&rK#> 2 0 obj FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR TICKETS ONLINE or call 707-266-6305. 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! 0000000016 00000 n All the actors are playing caricatures, but the others have discovered the truth behind the. You see, I registered today. Jo, a spirited and tomboyish girl in her early midteens, laments the fact that she cannot live the way she chooses because it is not proper for a girl. 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 0000009580 00000 n The following monologue is taken from the first scene in the play. 0000046151 00000 n Join StageAgent today and unlock amazing theatre resources and opportunities. Monologue Analysis - Monologue Analysis THEA 2100 Laine Teramo 11/15/13 Miss Firecracker Contest By: Beth Henley 1. Who what where when why? 0000010979 00000 n @QHzP\ ykvjB\| o pNkqUM;TI:RCV ( }W&reapbTb#8'hfHEJKy8#V3Je8@shizcu 1Fu^[_Q- X2N. Carnelle Scott, twenty-four, stands with her back to the audience looking into a mirror. 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. 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I think that'll work. %PDF-1.5 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 . <> Course Hero is not sponsored or endorsed by any college or university. .|6!8hlfRa_w)[U(pk e|6]wYK CsJ'SI.S_)`" 2hm 'e0trsOT"v#z ^?1clhs;Q 2 0 obj I think it will. Beth Henley strikes again. 0000009309 00000 n As The Miss Firecracker Contest opens, Carnelle Scott is practicing her talent routine for the upcoming Fourth of July beauty pageant in Brookhaven, Mississippi. A seamstress, Popeye Jackson, arrives and Carnelle hires her to make a pageant costume. -- gave proof -- Boom! 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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 0000005363 00000 n 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. POPEYE: I don't know, your face looks tired. 0000021635 00000 n , Carnelle Scott, 24, the beauty contestant, Elain Rutledge, 32, Carnelles first cousin; a beauty. Carnelle (Phylicia Mason), who has been living in her late aunt's house, has developed the wrong kind of reputation among the community's blue-nosed gossips after catching syphilis and passing it. 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