Raleigh Little Theatre Preview
Triangle Arts & Entertainment
Robert W. McDowell
February 10, 2012
See Beth Henley’s Splendid Southern Gothic Comedy
“The Miss Firecracker Contest” on Feb. 10-26 at RLT
Kirsten Ehlert stars as Carnelle Scott of Brookhaven, MS, who will do anything to win the town's annual Fourth of July Miss Firecracker contest, including tap dance and somersault to ''The Star-Spangled Banner,'' while clenching a sparkler in her teeth (photo by Stuart Wagner)
Raleigh Little Theatre will present The Miss Firecracker Contest, another splendid Southern Gothic comedy by prize-winning Mississippi playwright, screenwriter, and occasional actress Beth Henley, on Feb. 10-12, 16-19, and 23-26 in its Cantey V. Sutton Theatre.
Henley won the 1981 New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best New American Play and the 1981 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Crimes of the Heart, which was also nominated for the 1981 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play and the 1982 Tony Award® for Best Play.
“I first read the play several years ago when I was considering it for production at the university in which I taught theater,” recalls RLT guest director Shawn Smith. “However, I have never done or seen a previous production of The Miss Firecracker Contest. [But] I have been a great fan of Beth Henley, having directed her Crimes of the Heart on two occasions.
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