Running With Scissors to Present GRENADINE MCGUNKLE'S DOUBLE-WIDE CHRISTMAS, 12/5-21
It's that time of year again - time to pin some mistletoe in your biggest wig, put a six-pack of PBR on ice, and mosey on down to the Everlasting Arms Motor Park for another hilarious installment of Running With Scissors' holiday hit, Grenadine McGunkle's Double-Wide Christmas!
After a long day of shopping at the Piggly Wiggly, Grenadine (Dorian Rush), finds herself alone on Christmas Eve. Most of her neighbors are gone, her husband's in the grave (last she checked), and her son's in jail. Again. Looks like our heroine will have to prepare tomorrow's holiday dinner all by herself. Thankfully, Grenadine's trusty gal-pal, Gladys Finkelstein (Brooklyn Shaffer) is still around to share a little of the work - and a few sips of "merriment".
But just as the two are settling into a nice, quiet evening at the trailer park, here come Grenadine's cousins/stepsisters, China and Crystal (Ashley Ricord Santos and Lisa Picone Love). They've been booted off of their NASCAR concert tour with Ray Stevens, Crystal's third marriage has been annulled - don't ask - and they're in the mood for love, so they've set up a holiday speed-dating party this very night!
Will Grenadine and the gang find romance on such short notice? Will Maillady Joanne Shoemake (Bob Edes Jr.) find a snuggie that fits? Will Helen Highwater (Jack Long) find fame and fortune on reality television before landing in jail on obscenity charges? And who is this mysterious stranger (Kyle Daigrepont) who's found himself in their midst? Find out this December as Running With Scissors brings New Orleans' trashiest, flashiest, all-around sassiest interfaith holiday musical extravaganza to MidCity Theatre.
Grenadine McGunkle's Double-Wide Christmas runs Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from December 5 - 21. Shows are Friday and Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 6pm. All performances are at MidCity Theatre, 3540 Toulouse Street, New Orleans. Tickets are $25 (Friday/Saturday) and $20 (Sunday) and can be reserved at MidCityTheatre.com or 504-488-1460.
Running With Scissors' cast of cut-ups includes Dorian Rush, Brooklyn Shaffer, Ashley Ricord Santos, Lisa Picone Love, Bob Edes Jr., Jack Long, and Kyle Daigrepont. The show was written by Richard Read and the cast.
