Doublewide, Texas
by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, Jamie Wooten

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Synopsis

THE STORY: In this hilarious, fast-paced comedy, the inhabitants of one of the smallest trailer parks in Texas—four doublewides and a shed—are thrown for a loop when they realize the nearby town of Tugaloo is determined to annex them.

And it’s not as if they don’t already have enough to deal with.

Joveeta Crumpler has had it up to here, having been passed over again for a promotion at work.

On top of this, she has an ongoing battle to keep her feisty mother, Caprice, out of the local bar and worries that her good-ol’-boy brother, Baby Crumpler, is taking his participation in a womanless beauty pageant way too seriously.

Joveeta’s big-hearted best friend, Georgia Dean Rudd, is struggling to keep her diner and finances afloat, but she just can’t curb her impulse to take in every stray cat, possum, and armadillo that wanders by.

Then there’s Big Ethel Satterwhite, who’s nobody’s fool.

But tough as she is, she’s continually frustrated by her clients at Stairway To Heaven Retirement Village as well as her mule-headed husband, O.C., who shows far more affection for his BarcaLounger than he does for Big Ethel.

And all the residents are plagued by Haywood Sloggett, the curmudgeon from across the road, who loathes their “trailer-trash” ways, especially their keeping a life-size illuminated nativity scene up year ’round.

But these friends, enemies, and neighbors realize they’ll have to work together to defeat the encroaching annexation if they—and their way of life—have a snowball’s chance to survive being swallowed up by “the big guys.”

The rollicking mayhem of this flat-out funny Jones Hope Wooten comedy escalates as the residents attempt to secede from Texas, discover a traitor in their midst, and turn the tables in a surprising and side-splitting finale.

So grab your Stetson and come on over to Doublewide, Texas, where life is double the fun, double the joy, and where audiences double over with laughter!

Performance

Cast

A medium cast size of 9 total roles, 6 female and 3 male roles.

Publication

Year Published
2016
ISBN 10
0822233630
ISBN 13
9780822233633
Binding
Paperback
Print Length
52 pages
Place Published
New York
Language
English
LCC
PS3560.O4927 D68 2016
DCC
812/.54
Print
Doublewide, Texas is a American comedy / farce play written by and published by Dramatists Play Service in New York, 2016. The print edition has an ISBN-13 of 9780822233633 and an ISBN-10 of 0822233630.

Rating

3.56 out of 5

from 17 ratings and 5 reviews

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