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The Morristown Theatre Guild presents its next production, The Last Round-Up of The Guacamole Queens, a deliciously funny Southern-fried comedy.

The show will be held at the Rose Center in Morristown and will be shown March 10-12 and March 17-19.

A brief sneak peek of the show can be seen at the Citizen Tribune Home Show at College Square Mall March 11 at 1p.m..

The stage play tells the story of the Verdeen cousins of Sweetgum, Texas who are up against the clock as they frantically attempt to produce the ultimate high school reunion before the old building is demolished.

However, the three have a bushel of obstacles to overcome before they can pull off this miracle: Gaynelle is reeling from the humiliating demise of her loathed ex-husband; Peaches’ romantic life has tanked because the older her dates get, the more horrified they are by her job as a mortuarial cosmetologist; and Jimmie Wyvette is trying to live down her on-camera catfight with a local televangelist.

To make matters worse the cousins have got to impress a governor’s aide with their party-planning capabilities, so that they can nab the plum job of throwing the governor’s birthday bash, and keep their business afloat.

Their scramble to prepare the perfect event is interrupted by the exploits of their beloved Uncle Aubrey, who is in danger of getting throttled by the two octogenarian sisters he’s simultaneously romancing, and by threats from their self-righteous Aunt LaMerle, who is determined to be crowned the final and forever Guacamole Queen of Sweetgum High.

Last Round-Up of the Guacamole Queens is the third and final comedy in the Verdeen Cousins Texas Trilogy by Jones Hope Wooten. The trilogy begins with The Red Velvet Cake War and continues with Rex’s Exes.

Director Tee Ridgeway and Assistant Director Brittany Brooks lead a veteran cast.

The production stars: Sharon Seals, Kellie Ward, Sherri Jacobs, Keela Henson, Bob Trinklein, Allen Drinnon, Cathy Lambert, Jessica Greene, Nick Andrew, Toni Gutierrez, Ellen Simek and Patty Dockins.

For tickets and more information visit the guild’s website or call 423-586-9260.