THE MISS FIRECRACKER CONTEST

by Beth Henley

JUNE 19 - JULY 5, 2009

Friday, Saturday at 7:30pm
Sunday at 3:00pm

This story belongs in the group of Southern Gothic comedies for which Henley is best known. Its heroine, Carnelle, is an irrepressible young woman who thinks that winning the local beauty contest will restore her soiled reputation and make her somebody in her small Mississippi community. The general conclusion the characters reach is that, even if the real you is not the fulfillment of your hopes, you will be more at peace if you learn to define and accept your own self.