The Miss Firecracker Contest: Amber Tamblyn to make Broadway debut

Emmy nominated actress Amber Tamblyn ("Joan of Arcadia") is to make her Broadway debut in the Spring of 2013 starring in Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Beth Henley's comedy The Miss Firecracker Contest, bowing on the Great White Way in the Spring of 2013.

The play will be helmed by Tony Award winner Judith Ivey who is making her Broadway debut as a director.

The Miss Firecracker Contest: Carnelle Scott (Amber Tamblyn) is a Southern orphan living in Brookhaven, Mississippi. Carnelle is furiously rehearsing her patriotic tap dance for the Miss Firecracker Contest - hoping that a victory will salvage her tarnished reputation as the town's 'Miss Hot Tamale' and allow her to leave Brookhaven in a 'crimson blaze of glory.'

The unexpected arrival of her cousin Elain, a former Miss Firecracker Queen, (who has walked out on her rich but boring husband and two small children) and Elain's eccentric brother, Delmount (recently released from a mental institution), threatens to derail Carnelle's total makeover.

The Miss Firecracker Contest was first presented to New York audiences in 1984 at the Manhattan Theater Club, starring Holly Hunter as 'Carnelle Scott.' Hunter went on to reprise the role in the 1989 feature film "Miss Firecracker."

Further casting, dates and theatre are still to be announced for the production.

Bios:

Amber Tamblyn (Carnelle Scott) was nominated for an Emmy and a Golden Globe Award her role as "Joan Girardion" in the TV series "Joan of Arcadia." She also starred as "Martha M. Masters" in "House." Tamblyn will be seen in Quentin Tarantino's soon to be released motion picture, "Django Unchained," and in 2013 she will star in the feature film "3 Nights in the Desert." Her film work includes, "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants," "127 Hours" and "Stephanie Daley."

Judith Ivey (Director) directed 'Vanities, The Musical' at the Pasadena Playhouse and Second Stage in NYC. Off-Broadway, she has also directed 'Secrets Of A Soccer Mom,' 'The Butcher Of Baraboo,' 'Fugue,' 'Southern Comforts 'and more. Ivey is currently starring on Broadway in 'The Heiress.' She won the Tony Award her performances in both 'Steaming' and 'Hurlyburly' and the Obie Award for her performance in 'The Moonshot Tape.'

Beth Henley's (Playwright)plays have been produced internationally and translated into over ten languages. 'Crimes Of The Heart' (The Golden Theatre) and 'The Wake Of Jamey Foster' (Eugene O'Neill Theatre) were performed on Broadway. Off-Broadway productions include: 'The Miss Firecracker Contest,' 'Am I Blue,' 'The Lucky Spot,' 'The Debutante Ball,' 'Abundance,' 'Impossible Marriage' and 'Family Week.' Henley was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Drama for 'Crimes Of The Heart.'