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The cast of Rex’s Exes will have the audience rolling in the aisles. The show can be seen April 20, 21 and 22. For more information contact the Watonga Community Theater Box Office April 19 or about one and a half hours before each show. -
The queens of the screams - of laughter- in a dress rehersal for Rex’s Exes. The show will hit the boards on Saturday, April 2022.
Get ready to laugh and have fun with Watonga Community Theatre in its upcoming show Rex’s Exes.
Under the direction of Patt Ward Curtin, this deliriously funny Southern- fried farce finds the Verdeen cousins Gaynelle, Peaches and Jimmie Wyvette, played by Amy Adams, Kim Coney and Arianna Parkinson, teetering on the brink of disaster again.
Adams’ character, Gaynelle, frazzled from working too many jobs, refuses to face the fact she’s turning 50. In a misguided effort to lift her cousin’s spirits, Coney’s character, Peaches, a cosmetologist for the local mortuary, is determined to throw Gaynelle a surprise birthday party.
Jimmie Wy, played by Arianna Parkinson, has opened her new business, Wide Bride, a wedding gown boutique for big gals. She reluctantly agrees to help Peaches surprise Gaynelle.
It turns out the surprise is on them when 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.
The hits just keep on coming as a bounty hunter, played by Quinton Wray, crashes the funeral. “This play will keep you laughing from beginning to end,” Curtin said. “I just love the comedy from these playwrights.”
WCT has performed several plays by Jones-Hope-Wooten, including Double Wide, Texas, Christmas Belles, Hallelujah Girls and Dixie Swim Club.
“I’m very happy with this cast,” Curtin explained. “We have two newcomers, Jeremiah Rogers and Alexa Roane, and they are wonderful!”
The cast has been working tirelessly to make this an outstanding spring show for our community. Familiar faces include Alaya Keierleber, Karrie Beth Little, Joshua Cox, Sondra Burch, Corry Rogers, Kristen Lockhart, Mary Ann Teply and Chelsey Gassen. T hese actors perform well together, providing an unforgettable comedy. Rex’s Exes will debut at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 20, 2:30 p.m. April 21, and 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 22.
The box office will be open to members only 47 p.m. April 18. The public can purchase tickets 4-7 p.m. Friday, April 19 and an hour and a half before each performance. You won’t want to miss this!