Lamesa Community Players 214 North Austin (PO Box 1377) Avenue Lamesa, TX 79331
Fall 2024
rex's exes
THE STORY: …And, yes, it’s set in Texas! This deliriously funny Southern-fried farce finds the Verdeen cousins of Sweetgum, Texas—Gaynelle, Peaches and Jimmie Wyvette—teetering on the brink of disaster again. Gaynelle, frustrated and frazzled from working too many two-bit jobs, stubbornly refuses to face the fact she’s turning the Big 5-0. In a misguided effort to lift her cousin’s spirits, Peaches, a sassy, morturarial cosmetologist who’s stuck in a romantic dry gulch, is determined to throw Gaynelle a surprise birthday party she doesn’t even want. Jimmie Wy, riding high on the success of her new wedding gown boutique for big gals—Wide Bride—reluctantly agrees to help Peaches surprise Gaynelle. But it turns out the surprise is on them when, in a startling twist, the party plans shift to a hastily thrown-together family funeral instead. The hilarity escalates when Peaches’ recently declared dead husband unexpectedly returns and his romantic links to each of the cousins is revealed. And the hits just keep on coming as a Cajun bounty hunter who’s tracking Peaches’ husband crashes the funeral and a jilted bride holds the Verdeens hostage with a loaded paintball gun. All the while, the cousins struggle to avoid their bitter Aunt LaMerle who’s hell-bent on cracking the ranks of the elite Daughters of the Nation of Texas and exacting revenge on the Verdeen girls before the dirt hits the casket. As the outrageous complications of this ferociously funny Jones-Hope-Wooten comedy explode into chaos, you’ll find yourself hoping your next family celebration—be it birthday, wedding or funeral—is even half this much fun!
Show Dates:
September 26, 27, and 28 @ 7:00 pm
October 04 and 05 @ 7:00 pm
October 06 @ 2:00 pm
Winter 2024
elf the musical
Buddy, a young orphan, mistakenly crawls into Santa's bag of gifts and is transported to the North Pole. The would-be elf is raised, unaware that he is actually a human until his enormous size and poor toy-making abilities cause him to face the truth. With Santa's permission, Buddy embarks on a journey to New York City to find his birth father and discover his true identity. Faced with the harsh realities that his father is on the naughty list and his half-brother doesn't even believe in Santa, Buddy is determined to win over his new family and help New York remember the true meaning of Christmas.
Auditions:
Sunday, September 15 from 2:00 to 4:00
Tuesday, September 17 from 6:00 to 8:00
Show Dates:
December 05, 06, 07, 13, and 14 @ 7:00 pm
December 08, and 15 @ 2:00 pm
Tickets will go on sale after auditions.
Lamesa Community Players Scholarship
Scholarship Information
Lamesa Community Players (LCP) will award one $500 scholarship to a graduating senior.
The attached application should be neatly printed or typed, and postmarked by March 1st.
Members of the LCP Board of Directors will evaluate the entries, and the winner will be
notified. School Counselors will be contacted by an LCP Board Member for the student who
is awarded the scholarship. LCP will schedule a time to award and take a picture of
recipient and representatives from LCP, either at an awards banquet or at LCP. The check
will be sent to the recipient’s college or university upon enrollment verification in the
fall. The recipient is responsible for submitting verification.
Submission Requirements:
● Participate in high school Fine Arts Course (drama, music, dance, Art)
● Essay (500 - 1000 words) discussing how your involvement in Fine arts has made a
difference in your life.
● Scholarship Application
● Signature by Fine Arts teacher and date(s) course(s) were taken.
● Two (2) Letters of Reference
○ Can not be from a family member or LCP Board Member.
Scholarship Applications can be downloaded here.
