SHEFFIELD-The Ritz Theatre is pleased to present our CenterStage at the Ritz
production of The Wild Women of Winedale, running from Thursday, August 15th through
Saturday, August 17th at 7:30PM and Sunday, August 18th at 2PM.
The Wild Women of Winedale, a Jones, Hope, Wooten comedy directed by Laura Connolly and
Andrew Maples, This joyful and exuberant, yet ultimately touching, comedy focuses on three
women at crossroads in their lives—the Wild sisters of Winedale, Virginia—Fanny and Willa
and their frustratingly quirky sister-in-law Johnnie Faye. This feisty and fun-loving trio has
supported and cheered one another through life’s highs and lows through the years, including
the early demise of two of their husbands. And they really need each other now, as Fanny
experiences a hilariously inappropriate reaction to her 60th birthday, while Willa is so stressed
out from her nursing job she resorts to vodka and speed-knitting to cope, and Johnnie Faye,
determined to put her year of fraught widowhood behind her, desperately tries to find a
man—preferably a man with a house, since hers is somewhere at the bottom of a Florida
sinkhole. These women’s lives are further upended by the responsibility of caring for their
free-spirited, ailing aunt and the realization that they are drowning under loads of family
keepsakes and possessions nobody wants—especially them! With equal doses of hilarity and
heart, these extraordinary women come up with delightful and surprisingly unorthodox ways to
clear the clutter from their lives, their homes and their relationships so they can move their
lives forward. Together they prove it’s never too late to take another one of life’s paths for a
grand new adventure. This Jones Hope Wooten comedy is guaranteed to drive you wild with
laughter—and motivate you to keep hounding the kids to please take that stack of quilts and
Granny’s Christmas china!
Tickets for The Wild Women of Winedale can be purchased at tennesseevalleyarts.org, or by
calling 256.383.0533. Tickets are $15 each, assigned seating.
CAST
Doreen Whitman – Katie Flannagan Dalrymple
Fanny Wild Cantrelle – Gail Allen
Willa Wild – Tori Helms
Johnnie Faye “JEF” Wild – Mary Mary Baschab Haslacker
Betty Dunlap – Tennille Thompson Sullivan
Glenda Bates – Connie Clayton
Flo Hudson – Sandra Betterton
Nora Griffin -Haley Crowell
Edith Macklin – Danielle McCann
The creative team for The Wild Women of Winedale includes the following:
Directors – Laura Connolly and Andrew Maples
Stage Manager – Marley Sullivan
Lighting – Gracie Mestas
Media Release/Christi Britten
Executive Director
Tennessee Valley Art Association
