CHRISTMAS BELLES
By Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, Jamie Wooten
- December 4 - December 20
- Wednesday - Saturday 7:30pm
- Sunday Matinee 2:00pm
- Auditions: October 26 & 27, 7:00pm
- Cast Requirements: 4 men, 7 women
JESSIE JONES co-authored the play "Dearly Departed" as well as its screen adaptation, "Kingdom Come,"
which was released by Fox Searchlight Films in 2002. Since then she has had several short stories
published and has written for television sitcoms and an animated series for Walt Disney Productions. Jessie
was also a character actor for many years. NICHOLAS HOPE won the Texas New Playwright's Festival for
his first play, "A Friend Of The Family". He has written for the television series "For Your Love" and
"Teachers' Pet." For many years, Nick was Director of Casting for Theatre Communications Group in New York
and ABC Television in Los Angeles and numerous regional theatres and also on television and in film. JAMIE
WOOTEN has written and produced nearly four hundred episodes of network television, including "For Your
Love," "Half And Half" and four seasons on the classic series "The Golden Girls." He was a recipient
of The Writers Guild of America Award for "The Earth Day Special." Jamie is also an award-winning
BMI songwriter. "Dearly Beloved", performed at CTC in the fall of 2007, was his first play.
A church Christmas program spins hilariously out of control in this Southern farce about squabbling
sisters, family secrets, a surly Santa, a vengeful sheep and a reluctant Elvis impersonator. In the
small town of Fayro, Texas, the Futrelle Sisters-Frankie, Twink and Honey
Raye-are not exactly in a festive mood, when Frankie lets slip a family
secret that has been carefully guarded for decades. All hope for a
successful Christmas program seems lost, but the sisters manage
to present a show Fayro and the audience will never forget.