Synopsis
The Last Meeting of the Knights of the White Magnolia
Published by Dramatists Play Service
9 Male 0 Female
Having dwindled steadily in membership, the lodge has unaccountably found a new recruit from a neighboring town, and his appearance gives the remaining members a chance to resurrect their ancient "mystic" initiation rite, an event which, for all its intentional seriousness, becomes one of the wildest, funniest scenes imaginable
However, in the end the inevitable disillusionment sets in - sending the would - be applicant scurrying for home and leaving the others to contemplate the wreckage and loss of still another glory that once was
One of the three independent plays comprising the celebrated A Texas Trilogy. A comic masterpiece - colorful, perceptive and continuously uproarious - which depicts the sad/funny death throes of an outdated southern fraternal order
"Jones' uncanny ear for local idiom and his obvious delight in people's idiosyncratic behavior make this a richly funny play" ~ Cue Magazine
"Jones' characters are hilarious and painfully real " ~ The Hollywood Reporter
"It firmly establishes Preston Jones as one of the most significant playwrights of our time" ~ Bergen Record