are currently enjoying the reputation of being three of the most widely-produced comedic playwrights in America.
Their Southern-style laugh-out-loud comedies include
the wildly popular Futrelle Family Texas trilogy: “Dearly
Beloved,” Christmas
Belles" and “Southern
Hospitality." Jones, Hope and Wooten are also authors of the new hit plays “The
Dixie Swim Club,” "The
Hallelujah Girls", “’Til Beth Do Us Part" and "The Red Velvet Cake War".
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Jessie Jones co-authored the award-winning classic, Southern-fried funeral comedy, DEARLY DEPARTED, and
its feature film adaptation, “Kingdom Come,” which was released
by Fox Searchlight Films. Her short stories have been published in literary
journals and she has written for television sitcoms and an animated series
for Walt Disney Productions. As an actor, Jessie has appeared onstage
in New York and in regional theatres as well as in television and film.
Nicholas
Hope won the Southwest Regional Playwrights Competition for his first
play, A FRIEND OF THE FAMILY. He has written episodic television for
Warner Bros. and Walt Disney Studios. As a casting director, Nick was Director of Casting
for Theatre Communications Group in New York, The Goodman Theatre in Chicago
and ABC Television in New York and Los Angeles.
Jamie Wooten wrote or produced
nearly four hundred episodes of network television, won the Writers Guild
of America award and spent many seasons with Dorothy, Blanche, Rose and
Sophia as a writer/producer on the classic television series “The
Golden Girls.”
Having enjoyed long and successful careers in show business, the playwrights’ work has been seen by millions of people across the U.S. and around the world.
Between them, Jones, Hope, and Wooten have lived and worked in New York, Los
Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Atlanta, Austin, Vancouver, Sydney, Australia, Guam
and Cannes, France.
