HONEY SUGAR LADY DOLL

Comedy

by Jones Hope Wooten

Women in bodacious shorts! This sparkling and raucous comedy offers fast-paced tales about—and starring—strong and sassy females. Women who are intelligent, eccentric, mysterious, baffling, bullheaded and brilliant. As these short plays unfold, you’ll meet Vivacia, a Southern social media star, on a quest to elevate the mediocre standard of American funeral foods. Drop by a Christmas shop where the overworked proprietress unravels as she attempts to train a new crew of “elves” for the holiday tsunami. Spend an afternoon with theatre royalty on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, where three theatre legends vie for “best friend” status in the hospital room of their lifelong colleague...and rival. And these are just a few of the unforgettable women you’ll meet in these joyous short plays.

Casting:

4F

This play is written for four (versatile!) actresses. However, theatres may choose to produce the show with a cast of as large as eighteen actresses or any number in between.

CHARACTERS (in order of appearance): ASTERID DELACROIX, VIVACIA PITTS, ARNELLE DUNCAN, CORA SPURLOCK, MARY CHRISTMAS, EULA FUTRELLE, TREEVA BLAYLOCK, DELIA DUPREE, TEENIE WHITEHORN, LULU STEWART, BONNIE PRATT, ENNIS PUCKETT, DELLA CROWDER, RAMONA CLAXTON, AGNES CROUCH, MAVOURNEEN MAGUIRE, RAVELLE COVENTRY, PEGGITY SHAW

ON DOUBLING: If a theatre chooses a cast of four actresses, we recommend this pattern of doubling roles:

ACTRESS 1: Asterid, Mary, Asterid, Lulu, Mavourneen

ACTRESS 2: Vivacia, Treeva, Bonnie, Ramona, Agnes

ACTRESS 3: Arnelle, Eula, Teenie, Della, Ravelle

ACTRESS 4: Cora, Delia, Ennis, Peggity

Authors

Jones Hope Wooten

Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten, collectively known as JONES HOPE WOOTEN, enjoy the reputation of being three of the most popular and widely-produced playwrights in the United States. They specialize in writing laugh-out-loud comedies and creating vivid strong roles for women. Because of their commitment to and support of local theatres across the nation, they've built a following with legions of loyal fans and have been dubbed "America's Playwrights." Between them, they've written classic television, hit movies and off Broadway comedy. Thousands of productions of their comedies - including their perennially-popular THE SAVANNAH SIPPING SOCIETY, DEARLY BELOVED, CHRISTMAS BELLES, THE RED VELVET CAKE WAR, ALWAYS A BRIDESMAID and many more - have entertained millions of theatre-goers across America, as well as in Canada, ... [FULL BIO]

Photo: Theatre Tallahassee, 2022

HONEY SUGAR LADY DOLL received its World Premiere at Theatre Tallahassee in Tallahassee, Florida on March 25, 2022. It was directed by Marlene DuBois; the assistant director was Shirley Beaupied; the costume design was by Theresa Davis; the lighting design was by Patrick Campbell; the set and sound design was by Brian Davis. The original Jones Hope Wooten show logo was designed by Joe Conner and Luis Morales.