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The Community Theater of Jacksonville will present Doublewide, Texas, by Jesse Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten, on April 6-8 in partnership with the Jacksonville Community Center.Showtimes are at 7 p.m. April 6 and 7 and at 2 p.m. April 8 at the Jacksonville Community Center, 5 Municipal Drive.Tickets are $15 for adults; $13 for senior citizens 60 and older and active-duty military personnel; and $10 for children younger than 12. Admission includes dessert, which is Southern Style Dump Cake in a Jar, prepared and donated by chef Trace Munday, guest chef on Good Afternoon Arkansas on KATV Channel 7, and a beverage.For reservations, call (501) 286-3638.Shann Nobles of Cabot, president of the Community Theater of Jacksonville Board of Directors, said this comedy “follows the inhabitants of one of the smallest trailer parks in Texas, who get thrown for a loop when the nearby town of Tugaloo tries to annex them and threatens their way of life.”Chip McAfee of Little Rock directs the play.“This is a fun show with lots of laughs for everyone,” McAfee said. “It’s a crazy farce about a small community in Texas trying to save their home, but it’s also a story about coming together and learning to help each other, no matter what your differences are.”McAfee also directed the July 2017 production of A Farce of Nature, written by these same authors. McAfee is assistant director of communications for the Arkansas Department of Career Education in Little Rock and has been involved in theater since he was in high school.“This has been such a fun cast to work with,” McAfee said. “These shows are a lot of work, but we have a lot of fun while we do it. It’s so rewarding to have new people in the community come be a part of our productions and watch our group grow with each show we do.”The cast for Doublewide, Texas, features several new faces and includes five members from the same family.Eddie Pennington of Lonoke is joined on stage by his wife, Angelia Cunningham, and her daughter, Jay-Lyn Cunningham, both of Lonoke; his... (Arkansas Online)