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"Witty repartee is a hallmark of Jones, Hope and Wooten as much as sparkle is a part of De Beers."
"Neil Simon is going to have to work overtime to stay ahead of Jones, Hope and Wooten, who bring a terrific ear for dialogue, a keen but not profane sense of humor and a sociologist's eye for cultural oddities to their scripts."
Wilson Daily Times
jessie jones
nicholas hope
jamie wootenare quickly becoming some of America’s most widely-produced comedic playwrights. Their Southern-style laugh-out-loud comedies include the wildly popular Futrelle Family Texas trilogy: “Dearly Beloved” and “Christmas Belles,” that have played to sold-out houses across the United States, and “Southern Hospitality" which received its world premiere November, 2007, in Asheville, NC. Jones, Hope and Wooten are also authors of the brand new play “The Dixie Swim Club,” a comedy about the everlasting power of female friendship.
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Jessie Jones co-authored the award-winning play, 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 television sitcoms, 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.”
