Beth Henley's MISS FIRECRACKER CONTEST Next Up at Lakewood Theatre Company

Beth Henley’s poignant Southern comedy—The Miss Firecracker Contest—takes the stage of the Lakewood Theatre Company, voted “Best Community Theatre Company” in BroadwayWorld.com’s 2012 Nashville Theatre Awards, beginning Friday, July 20, 2012 and running through Sunday, August 5.

The Miss Firecracker Contest centers on Carnelle Scott (played by Lauren Moore), a Southern girl trying to salvage her tarnished reputation as “Miss Hot Tamale” by winning the annual Miss Firecracker contest and leaving sleepy Brookhaven, Mississippi, in a red-hot blaze of glory.

Directed by John Carpenter, board president of Lakewood Theatre, in addition to Moore the cast includes Heather Alexander as odd seamstress Popeye Jackson, Jill Braddock-Watson as former Miss Firecracker Elain Rutledge, Michael Welch as the troubled and charming Delmount Williams, Daniel DeVault and Asa Ambrister sharing the role of Mac Sam, and Laura Lindsey as pageant coordinator Tessy Mahoney.

Showtimes are Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday matinees at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are available at www.TicketsNashville.com, or a limited number of reservations are available through the Lakewood box office at (615) 847-0934. Lakewood Theatre is located at 2211 Old Hickory Boulevard in Old Hickory.

An American Sign Language-interpreted show during the run of The Miss Firecracker Contest is set for Sunday, July 29. For more information on this production and all of Lakewood's 2012 & 2013 season offerings, to to www.lakewoodtheatre.com.

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Jeffrey Ellis is a Nashville-based writer, editor and critic, who's been covering the performing arts in Tennessee for more than 25 years. He is the recipient of the Tennessee Theatre Association's Distinguished Service Award for his coverage of theatre in the Volunteer State and was the founding editor/publisher of Stages, the Tennessee Onstage Monthly. He is a past fellow of the National Critics Institute at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center and is the founder/executive producer of The First Night Honors, held during Labor Day Weekend, which honor oustanding theater artists in Tennessee in recognition of their lifetime achievements and includes The First Night Star Awards and the Most Promising Actors. Midwinter's First Night, held the first Sunday in January after New Year's Day, honors outstanding productions and performances throughout the state. Further, Ellis directed the Nashville premiere of La Cage Aux Folles, The Last Night of Ballyhoo and An American Daughter, as well as award-winning productions of Damn Yankees, Company, Gypsy and The Rocky Horror Show, with Ellis honored by The Tennessean as best director of a musical for both Company and Rocky Horror.

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