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April 1985 Inside a rundown Woolworth's department store in McCarthy, Texas, a reunion is planned for the members of a local 1950s James Dean Fan Club. Mona is a high-strung asthmatic who has spent the past twenty years clerking in the dime store. Former president of The Disciples Of James Dean, she still carries an obsessive torch for her idol. Sissy, the wise-cracking waitress at the local truck stop, loves to boast about her large bosoms as well as her sexual escapades. Only three other Disciples appear for the reunion, including a mystery guest named Joanne, an old acquaintance who has returned to settle several old scores. The play shifts between 1975 and 1955, flashbacks show the Disciples frenzied over Dean's arrival in a nearby town to shoot the film GIANT. It is revealed that Mona got a job as an extra on the GIANT shoot and nine months later gave birth to a son, who she claims is James Dean's child. By the end of the stormy evening, Joanne has exposed the secrets and self-deceptions with which her friends have been living.
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| THE CAST |
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Mona |
Karen Baker | ||
| Sissy | Toby Tobin | ||
| Joanne | Kelly McDonald | ||
| Juanita | Pat Tweed | ||
| Stella Mae | Doobie Potter | ||
| Edna Louise | Kathryn Huey | ||
| Young Mona | Kelly Riha | ||
| Young Sissy | Dana Shelton | ||
| Joe | Brett
Dotter Andrew Hickman |
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THE CREW |
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| Director | Lyn Adams | ||
| Crew | Unknown | ||
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SPECIAL THANKS TO |
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This play was revived at CST during the 1988 season. |
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