Murder in the Magnolias
by Tim Kelly
Directed by Lela Ray
October 27-30, 2005
A Lampoon of "Southern" Plays.What happens when you parody characters and plots from almost every Southern play imaginable, and sprinkle them with the flavor of Gone With the Wind? You get the hilarious Murder in the Magnolias. Colonel Rance Chickenwing has kicked the bucket, leaving the secret of his buried treasure for a houseful of demented relatives to discover. There's Bubba Kamrowski, who juggles bowling balls in a luncheonette; the delicate Blanche De Blank, whose fiancé drowned in the quarry behind the Veronica Lake Casino; Thornbird, the flaky poet, whose personality is split so many ways, he's fractured; the cartoonish Lawyer Possum whose only paying client is an alligator. There's the movie queen, Princess Lotta Kargo, who claims she's the Colonel's wife. And Amanda Chickenwing, who attempts to sell subscriptions to the Tudball Tattler. Soon, there's another death and the mystery at Belle Acres must be solved by Sheriff Billy Jerk. Toss in a prehistoric garden complete with murderous honeysuckle vines, yapping hound dogs, a Voodoo Woman, a menacing hurricane, a suspicious state engineer and a series of devastatingly hilarious "monologues," and you've got a pretty good idea of the fun in this off-the-wall spoof.
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Cast
Colonel Rance Chickenwing - Oscar Glover Amanda Chickenwing - Bethany Fuller Jezabel - Dora Wallace Voodoo Woman - Becky Clark Pete Bogg - Jason Brewer Thornbird Chickenwing III - Jim Alverson Bubba Kamrowski - Jeff Kemp Lorraine Carruthers - Rebecca Wilson Lawyer Possum - Brente Jeffreys Princess Lotta Kargo - Tina Smith Sheriff Billy Jerk - Mark Richardson Blanche Du Blank - Judy Fancher Crew Lela Ray - Director Mary Dyer - Stage Manager Darrell Underwood - Lighting and Sound Scotty Kennedy - Set Design/Construction Judy Malone - Set Design/Construction Rita Jeffreys - Hair and Makeup Jane Williams - Hair and Makeup Judy Malone - Hair and Makeup Clyniece Ledbetter - Hair and Makeup Mark Richardson - Props and Costumes Beth Hammock - Ticket Coordinator |
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