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Award Winning QNEK Productions closes out its 15th Anniversary Season with the hysterical comedy, Christmas Belles. The show is the second installment of a trilogy written by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten. The opening of the 15th Season, Dearly Beloved, was Part I of the saga of the zany Futrelle sisters, friends and neighbors of Fayro, Texas. But even if you missed Part I, you definitely DON’T want to miss Part II of this laugh-a-minute performance. Just wait until you meet our friends from the Tabernacle of the Lamb!
The three playwrights have impressive backgrounds: Jessie Jones co-authored the play, Dearly Departed, as well as its screen adaptation, Kingdom Come; Nicholas Hope won the Texas New Playwright's Festival for his first play, A Friend Of The Family and was Director of Casting for ABC Television in Los Angeles; and North Carolina native Jamie Wooten has written and produced nearly four hundred episodes of network television, including four seasons on the classic series, The Golden Girls. All three playwrights were born and raised in the pre-Wal-Mart South and cherish their heritage. They write about the South they know best—the South of their childhoods before the great homogenization of American culture had taken hold. In Christmas Belles, a church Christmas pageant spins wildly out of control as three squabbling sisters try to reign in the mayhem. Amidst an ailing Santa, a vengeful sheep, and a reluctant Elvis impersonator, a family secret emerges that just might derail the entire production. And on top of everything else, the pageant will be shown live on cable access television for the first time ever. Christmas Belles will bring joy to your world! This hilarious Christmas program gone wrong is sure to keep you in stitches!!! Well, if not, the biting sheep will! Christmas Belles is directed by Susan-Lynn Johns, whose talents encompass set design, and sound and lighting design as well. Reprising their roles from Dearly Beloved as Frankie and Dub Dubberly are Rosemary Claassen and Jim Cross, Ruth-Ann Fletcher as Honey Ray Futrelle , Lisa Foster as Twink Futrelle, Shannon Harkey as G.J. Dubberly, Dennis Ziegler as Deputy John Curtis Buntner, Judy Castonguay as Geneva Musgrove, and Susan Bourgeois as Patsy Price. New to the cast are John Young as Reynerd Chisum; and Veteran QNEK actors Josef Bourgeois as Rev. Justin Waverly, and Carol Woodard as Rhonda Lampley. Tickets are $15.00, which includes the show, dessert and beverage. Canadian at par. There will be no discounts. Tickets are available at Wider Than the Sky, Haskell Free Library, or by calling the QNEK Box Office at 802-334-2216. RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED for food preparation. Seating is limited and last season all performances were SOLD OUT, so don’t wait until the last minute or you might find coal in your stocking. The shows run November 6th thru 8th at 7:30 p.m., and November 9th at 2 p.m. Performances at the First Universalist Church, Derby Line. Evenings at 7:30pm, Sunday Matinee at 2 pm. To view the 2007 Season CLICK HERE |