By DAVE DOMESCIK | Staff Writer<\/p>\n
PELHAM \u2013 South City Theatre is bringing holiday humor, hometown drama and a touch of mystery to the stage this December as it presents the Alabama premiere of \u201cChristmas Queens,\u201d a new comedy by Alabama native Alicia Lane Dutton.<\/p>\n
The show, which runs Dec. 12\u201320 at SCT\u2019s black box theatre on Pelham Parkway, follows the chaotic Catoosa County Christmas Queen Pageant, a small-town reunion competition where former winners return to reclaim the crown. What begins as a festive gathering quickly unravels as tensions bubble, rivalries reignite and mysterious acts of sabotage threaten to derail the event.<\/p>\n
Donna Williamson, South City Theatre\u2019s artistic director and the production\u2019s director, said the play hilariously captures the quirks, conflicts and heart of Southern community life.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2018Christmas Queens\u2019 is about six former winners of The Catoosa County Christmas Pageant,\u201d Williamson said. \u201cJolene, the most recent winner, is 19 and Belva, who was the first ever winner, is not telling her age. Buck Jackson\u2019s Catoosa County Catfish Farms is the sponsor of the pageant, and it\u2019s his idea to stage the pageant as a reunion event and bring back former winners to compete.\u201d<\/p>\n
Central to the show is Louise, owner of The Limelight Theatre, who agrees to host the pageant despite her venue\u2019s financial struggles. What follows is a playful, irreverent look at pageant culture, holiday stress and the personalities that define small-town communities.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis show is a perfect escape from the holiday madness we all experience,\u201d Williamson said. \u201cIt\u2019s a funny and irreverent look at small towns, beauty pageants and women in the community. The characters give a glimpse into family dynamics during the holidays.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By DAVE DOMESCIK | Staff Writer PELHAM \u2013 South City Theatre is bringing holiday humor, hometown drama and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64864,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,33914,33915,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-64863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-pelham","tag-pelham-reporter","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64863\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}