Synopsis
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Beth Henley spins one of her most colorful tales, as she follows a hilarious band of ne er-do-wells trying to scratch dreams from the Louisiana mud.
It is Christmas Eve, 1938, and 15-year-old Cassidy Smith is very pregnant with the child of 40ish Reed Hooker.
Cassidy is desperate to marry Reed, Reed is desperate to open the hottest new taxi-dancing emporium in Louisiana and neither are prepared for the arrival of Reed s wife, Sue Jack Hooker, a dangerous beauty who has just been let out of the penitentiary.
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Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring: Jean Smart, Jack Black, Brandon Maggart, Jim McLure, Laurel Moglen, Elizabeth Ruscio, and Kurtwood Smith.
Performance
Cast
A small cast size of 7 total roles, 3 female and 4 male roles.