Christmas Belles: Play Analysis

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A. The event I went to was the play Christmas Belles, which was shown at Dalton State College. I went on November 18, 2016. The aspect of culture that it represented was plays and also stereotypical Texas/southern culture.

B. The main story of the play is about a group of people all involved in the Christmas production in the small fictional town of Fayro, Texas. The characters were all connected in some way. Geneva was a lady who owned the BooKoo Bokay and had been the director of the Tabernacle of the Lamb's Christmas play for the past 27 years, but had been replaced this year by Honey Raye Futrelle. Honey Raye was one of the three Futrelle sisters and she was directing the Christmas play to redeem herself from her flirtatious past much to Geneva's dismay. She had two other sisters named Twink, who was in jail for accidently burning down some of a trailer park, and Frankie, who was very pregnant with twins even though she had grown children. Frankie also had …show more content…

The Christmas Belles play was written by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, and Jamie Wooten, and was published by Dramatists Play Service in 2007. (Dramatists Play Service) The part of the world that this play represents is Texas. The town of Fayro where the play is set is a fictional town, but during the play they mention being near Waco, which is a real town in Texas. This means that Fayro would be situated somewhere between Dallas and Austin. ("Texas Georgraphy") The time period that this play most represents is sometime around present day, most likely sometime in the past ten years. The part of culuture that this play represents is stereotypical Texan culture. Some of the Texan stereotypes that are shown are the women being very southern belle and being "Jesus Freaks". ("Texas Stereotypes") The ideas that were important to the culture were Jesus, good food and family, Christmas, and the competition with a rival. The event embodies those ideals because they are all some major points in the plot of the

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