Christmas Belles

by Jessie Jones, Nicholas C. Hope, Jamie Wooten

Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, Jamie Wooten

Genres: Plays, Comedy

60 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2007

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Reviews

[Roy Pierce III · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wrapped our production today. Audience responded well for every performance. Great piece, but if your southern accent isn’t genuine, don’t over do it or your characters become caricatures. This is the third play in the series. I kinda wish we had realized that before we added it to our season, we may have started with one of the others. At any rate, the Futrelle family was a great closer for our 2019 season.

[Barbara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Too many visual laughs for a readers theater. Only 57 pp but includes an overdue pregnancy, kidney stones, arson, food poisoning, drug use, a previously unknown sister, the worst Christmas pageant ever, a proposal and an engagement ring that gets swallowed. Lots of small sets and complicated costuming. Not sure it's worth the trouble for only 1 act, but maybe an out-of-season goofball show.

[Liz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun & different take on a holiday play. I think the cart would absolutely adore playing the roles…

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute and funny. Seems very performable.

[Lindsay · Rating 1 out of 5]

Yeesh. I'm working on this show later in the year, and I have to say that now that I've read it, I'm not exactly looking forward to it. Maybe it'll play better on stage than on paper, but I found most of the jokes to be forced, and there are too many characters for a play that is less than 60 pages long. It resulted in all the characters either explicitly explaining their own traits or having other people explain them, so the dialogue feels very stilted.

Also, the dramatic climax of the play is exactly the same as in "A Charlie Brown Christmas" (that Linus moment). And then they sing "Hark the Herald Angels Sing" at the end. I'm pretty sure that was in Charlie Brown too. Sigh.

[Nicole Neal · Rating 3 out of 5]

Would not have read this play except for it was on my 2015 book challenge.
As a play I think it would be fun to watch, did not enjoy reading it.

[Tiffany Day · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute show by the writers of HALLELUJAH GIRLS with some LOLs and a lot of potential 4+ stars that I'm rounding up to a Goodreads 5