South City Theatre announces auditions for A Doublewide, Texas Christmas by Jones Hope Wooten. This production is directed by Mary Anne Garrett.
- Auditions will be held at South City Theatre on Saturday, October 19, 2024, from 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM, and Tuesday, October 22, 2024, from 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM. Auditions will consist of cold reading from the script.
- Show dates are December 13-14, 2024, and December 20-21, 2024, at 7:30 PM, with a matinee on December 15, 2024 at 2:00 PM.
In this outrageously funny comedy, it’s Christmas-time in the newest—and tiniest—town in Texas. And it’s beginning to look a lot like trouble in Doublewide. Not only are the trailer park residents dealing with the stress of the holiday season, but they’ve just discovered that Doublewide is being double-crossed by the County. With their official incorporation papers in jeopardy, this band of eccentric Texans throw themselves into taking on the “Big Guys.” Determined to bolster their legitimacy, they first set their sights on the County-wide “Battle of The Mangers” competition. They conspire to win this smackdown with their “Nativity At The Alamo” entry…by any means possible.
In addition to that shaky undertaking and trying almost single-handedly to keep the new town afloat, Mayor Joveeta Crumpler has to wrangle her celebrity-obsessed mother, her beleaguered brother who’s being bullied by a pack of vengeful raccoons, and her demoralized best friend who’s at the end of her rope from dating every loser this side of the Rio Grande. To make matters worse, Joveeta finds herself increasingly wary of the newest resident, Patsy Price. Patsy, fresh out of the local mental institution, clearly has her own devious agenda and the County competition over in Fayro is just the place for her to settle an old score.
By the time this full-tilt rocket ride of lunacy climaxes in a what-else-can-go-wrong live television presentation, you’ll have doubled your Christmas spirit. So spend the Yuletide in Doublewide and let this hilarious Jones Hope Wooten Comedy make your Christmas merry and bright…because there’s no place like a good ol’ Texas-sized mobile home for the holidays!
Character Descriptions
Big Ethel Satterwhite – 60s. Not related to anybody. Starts Act 1 with a monologue. Starts Act 2. Will need to command the stage.
Georgia Dean Rudd – 40s. Mother of Lark. Works at the local restaurant. One reference to her being fat. Will kiss Nash.
Lark Barken – 20s. Daughter of Georgia Dean and mother to Arden Rose, which is portrayed using a doll. Granddaughter of Sloggett. Works at the same restaurant as her mother.
Haywood Sloggett (Sloggett in the script) – 70s. Lark’s grandfather and Patsy’s brother. His character gets a bit physical.
Patsy Sloggett Price – 60s. Sloggett’s younger sister. Nash’s aunt. Lark’s great aunt. Snooty. Goes a bit psycho. Gets physical.
Norwayne “Baby” Crumpler – 40s. Physical role. Gets into fights with raccoons. Will have his butt slapped.
Joveeta Crumpler – 40s. Town’s Mayor. She has a bad back and does some things to emphasize that. A little singing.
Caprice Crumpler – 70s. Barfly. Casket model and local celebrity—at least she thinks so. FLIRT. Must sing a bit. Will slap Baby’s butt.
Nash Sloggett – 40s. Georgia’s Ex, Lark’s father, Haywood’s son and Patsy’s nephew. Will kiss Georgia.
Harley Dobbs – Voiceover Only.
