POPEYE: Alright. <> Among her solid supporters are Popeye, a bug-eyed seamstress who designed . She leaps into her talent routine that requires tap dancing, marching, and baton twirling, none of which she is extremely adept at. FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR TICKETS ONLINE or call 707-266-6305. We're all agreed. Click on the title below to read monologue. Ill children: Elain and Delmount. 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. The New Yorker. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators . New York, NY, Shakespeare in the Woods 2023 Season Yes, here they are. and is determined to make hers more fulfilling. 0000035648 00000 n It got a production at the Manhattan Theatre Club offBroadway in 1984 directed by Stephen Tobolowsky, who was Henley 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. DELMOUNT: It's an old trick. Sign up today to unlock amazing theatre resources and opportunities. Miss Firecracker (1989) Posted on June 22, 2020 . C@9VZC]!gVkeRWu[?5cRV[-g KTi7g!>?q?,8N\g[8]m&nd6*u_c&rK#> It's the beauty contest. %PDF-1.5 0000038772 00000 n . mother passed away at a young age and not long after, her father abandoned her. 0000009043 00000 n Join StageAgent today and unlock amazing theatre resources and opportunities. . 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). The following monologue is taken from the first scene in the play. POPEYE: What d'ya dream about at night? <>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 612 792] /Contents 15 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 1>> C l" . Show more 1. 0000034695 00000 n JGs@ JsM &|xI%$7m25\. 0000038228 00000 n r#?Li,R;q_N~"eMWw*,PzPc~ * =VZ1Kn(1_yhRq+7S\?2IM `ZuT6 nZyo&yGmOz IT9'IFP9\~$^x]11vR22Ac,! Popeye Jackson: Kristi Ramos Toler. <>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 612 792] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>> 0000011266 00000 n A sung version of "The Star Spangled Banner" begins playing loudly. 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. She, says, "Pow," each time she imagines it goes off. Sign up today to unlock amazing theatre resources and opportunities. For the final "Oh, say does that. Kinda traditional. !,aY&(]XVqJ/R=K,0B-` 0000036825 00000 n their mother. 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 because she is unexpectedly leaving her husband. } !1AQa"q2#BR$3br She pushes the rolled up rug back even f. needle back on the record spinning on the record player. q gkfgpJk>I4 T!4h(ld|+AB` to learn more about this scene from The Miss Firecracker Contest and unlock other amazing theatre resources! I can't figure out how exactly to cut one from the play. 0000018935 00000 n A dressing room, fairgrounds, Brookhaven, Mississippi, 1980s. endobj Beth Henley strikes again. Research Playwrights, Librettists, Composers and Lyricists, See more monologues from 0000002936 00000 n xYmOH0dg&7bUrv9VhhziAg&L!Ib&c?]W38 {I7 XEnn~ .. G^;o7c|zKAhL'^X=7yEF9. ijK).X#a#h>OaH+23K&# 5 0 obj 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. 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. reading of The Miss Firecracker Contest. reasons, but the root of it all is to bring some positive meaning to her life. <> Popeye may be a calmer,. 0000028041 00000 n Miss firecracker contest popeye monologue. When the record is over Carnelle goes to remove the needle, as. Carnelle looked up to and admired, but she only felt genuine love from Delmount. 94 0 obj <>stream drive, and attending church every Sunday. 1 0 obj Hope you enjoy The Miss Firecracker Contest. Carnelle checks a notebook, then rushes madly back to the kitchen. 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 . It's a big event. 0000008200 00000 n endobj 0000029527 00000 n Don't be a slacker! %PDF-1.5 xref 0000012701 00000 n The excitement and anticipation of the show's . Z.Gr-p)a*V 9~ieG@je@T3'] 0000018358 00000 n <> Popeye Jackson The Miss Firecracker Contest 2 All monologues are property and copyright of their owners. %%EOF Historically black colleges and universities. 7-14. Boom! 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." . Carnelle experienced an emotionally tough childhood. 0000021905 00000 n Boom! ," she picks up a wooden spoon that she uses as an imaginary roman candle. <> 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. 0000041477 00000 n 0000043110 00000 n Carnelles living room, Brookhaven, Mississippi, 1980s. Oh, well, I reckon what it was was when I was sewing up there in the front at the big store. endstream endobj startxref She twirls them about. v.1. 0000022469 00000 n ), Boom! The only real disappointment in the cast is Mary Steenburgen. 56-57. 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. Gain full access to show guides, character breakdowns, auditions, monologues and more! endobj Through specific local color, Miss Henley has touched upon truths that reach us all. Oct 22, 2011 - a gaggle of images that remind me of Popeye. 0000020625 00000 n 0000024572 00000 n <>>> 11 0 obj 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. 0000017425 00000 n These are obviously the kinds of roles actors can happily chomp on Time Magazine. <>>> 1 0 obj miss-firecracker-contest.doc (22k) Luke Longacre, May 4, 2013, 4:05 PM. Who: Carnelle is a charismatic, 24-year-old girl from Brookhaven, a small town in Mississippi. 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. 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 All the actors are playing caricatures, but the others have discovered the truth behind the. Carnelle lives in a crumbling rococo house filled with antique furniture and lace . . 0000008469 00000 n <>>> endobj Oh, and, It's something, I tell you, hard work. zMpV5[(+"7H3>zS-'4.X rs?,+T)+_f.2|m#m4KEgJJ@glV:]!effW<1cw((z \a r^7mA And by golly, she is going to succeed. hmO8_NgiTZ"-{h;N",Dj* |K*lcj&b01L)`1#=99p|l99mgN3 You see, I registered today. ?tRVB:'/;_|x34A`q22uq\2fm;`3=22qXvHefq#BK,uZ2K*p[f:{dA'tIn$/7m63D&&Pv;T.J.!&*v4Lo}zgd-hmsg2.8mjn)&_Z $ c\r\b)U!T43V;CMX! You know, noble, in a, Do not sell or share my personal information. It's a famous contest. Miss Firecracker - YouTube Carnelle Scott is best-known in her hometown of Yazoo City, MS, for her unrepentant promiscuity. This is a spectacular young actor. 0000028916 00000 n New York, NY, Accessibility Statement Terms Privacy |StageAgent 2020. fH+"e~h:= |:a\V1IV?%)%yN6? endstream axtf kp7TOUhbM"3D+C D!zz$FK(q0Bo=;vR`~MLWbZ #yhyh13HA^ZzwC .AE>^C\!Q}o O2FYaD)ac2G&k:|=|gA\A7n 9_oe8 Popeye comments that the house, her recently deceased Aunt Ronelle. See more ideas about popeye, firecracker, jackson. Humorous All Kiding Aside Bums--Evelyn Bums--Mary Bus Stop Coupla Chicks the evenings torrential downpour of humoralternately Southern-Gothic absurdist, melancholy and broadalmost never subsides. NY Times. 0000008751 00000 n 0000022746 00000 n "Miss Firecracker Contest" shows at New Stage Theatre April 15-27. Carnelle Scott (known locally as "Miss Hot Tamale") is rehearsing furiously for the Miss Firecracker Contesthoping that a victory will salvage her . Anyway, it was way back that first year when I came to live with them. 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. endobj Come on in." and more. 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. Synopsis Carnelle (Hunter), an oversexed hellion who was orphaned as a young child, has always played second fiddle to her beautiful, older, Southern belle cousin -- a past Miss Firecracker contest winner. 0000011828 00000 n stream 0 0000010146 00000 n 0000048673 00000 n endobj -- there -- Boom! Why, Representative Louis Pooley's gonna be here this very year to put the crown on the winner's head. 0000015728 00000 n 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. She says you seem really experienced to her. 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. "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. Course Hero is not sponsored or endorsed by any college or university. JFIF ,, C 0000044102 00000 n 0000034128 00000 n %PDF-1.5 % New York, NY 10016 0000040499 00000 n 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. Carnelle turns away from the mirror with a glint in her eyes. 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. 0000026881 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. 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