Honky Tonk Hissy Fit
by Jones Hope Wooten

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Highlights

120 mins Present Day Role(s) for Senior Actor(s) Unit Set/Multiple Settings Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes Comedy

Synopsis

In this rollicking, hilarious comedy, the Doublewide, Texas gang is back – and life in their tiny town has gotten crazier than ever!

Just when things are looking up – the population has grown to 17 mobile homes and a weekend farmers’ market – the rug is pulled out from under the residents yet again.

It seems their vacation rental trailer has drawn unwanted attention from a mega-corporation in Austin, and the corporation is suddenly interested in Doublewide.

Way too interested .

Mayor Joveeta Crumpler is the only one suspicious enough to sound the alarm, but no one is listening.

Her mother, Caprice, is too self-involved with her “career” as a local celebrity to sense the growing threat or to even realize that grumpy old Haywood Sloggett is increasingly drawn to her – and Sloggett is fighting those romantic feelings tooth and nail.

Caprice is also hell-bent on keeping her neighbor and rival, Big Ethel Satterwhite, from horning in on her domain – the Stagger Inn bar.

Big Ethel has her hands full trying to teach the town’s good-ol‘-boy police chief, “Baby” Crumpler, how to dirty dance for a countywide competition.

But Baby’s got as much chance of winning as Georgia Dean Rudd has of not jinxing her relationship with Nash Sloggett – she’s twisting herself into knots trying to dodge his constant marriage proposals.

And as the danger to the town grows, Joveeta can’t even count on the usually reliable and sweet health fanatic Lark Barken – because she’s currently under the spell of a demon she’s only recently discovered: caffeine.

But as the tentacles of the corporation envelop them all, can the citizens of this little Texas town put aside their problems and unite behind Joveeta to fight “the big guys” and turn the tide in Doublewide?

By the triumphant finale of this ferociously funny Jones Hope Wooten comedy, you’ll be throwing fits, alright – fits of laughter that’ll make your sides ache!

A heap of hilarity with a whole lot of heart – and a standalone play in its own right, Honky Tonk Hissy Fit is the third comedy in the trilogy that begins with Doublewide, Texas and continues with Doublewide, Texas Christmas .

Press Reviews

"The show remains consistently funny with clever dialogue and lots of physical comedy throughout. There’s a later scene that references the classic ‘Old MacDonald Had a Farm’ song and… let’s just say it remains one of the show’s best highlights."

— Navarro County Gazette

"Visit Doublewide, Texas. You’ll drive away giggling."

— Onstage Colorado

"Honky Tonk Hissy Fit is a must see... It's light, fun-filled, and fun-loving, and a perfect pick-me-up for all ages. Go, laugh, enjoy – you will delight in it."

— Talkin Broadway

Characters

Character
Georgia Dean Rudd

40s

Nash Sloggett

40s

Lark Barken

20s

Caprice Crumpler

70s

Haywood Sloggett

70s

Joveeta Crumpler

40s

Norwayne “Baby” Crumpler

40s

Harper Channing

30s

Harley Dobbs

40s (Voiceover Only)

Big Ethel Satterwhite

60s

Publication

ISBN-13 9780822241973
ISBN-10 0822241978

Honky Tonk Hissy Fit is a comedy play written by Jones Hope Wooten and published by Dramatists Play Service .

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Amateur Only
Fee: Minimum Fee: $130 per performance

Restrictions: Major Markets Plus (US) / Standard Plus Add'l Postcodes (UK)

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