Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten, collectively known as JONES HOPE WOOTEN, enjoy the reputation of being three of the most popular and widely-produced playwrights in the United States. They specialize in writing laugh-out-loud comedies and creating vivid strong roles for women. Because of their commitment to and support of local theatres across the nation, they've built a following with legions of loyal fans and have been dubbed "America's Playwrights." Between them, they've written classic television, hit movies and Off Broadway comedy. Thousands of productions of their comedies - including their perennially-popular THE SAVANNAH SIPPING SOCIETY, DEARLY BELOVED, CHRISTMAS BELLES, THE RED VELVET CAKE WAR, ALWAYS A BRIDESMAID, THE SWEET DELILAH SWIM CLUB and many more - have entertained millions of theatre-goers across America, as well as in Canada, Denmark, Japan, Netherlands, Australia, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, the Virgin Islands, England, Taiwan, France, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Scotland, Belgium, Panama, New Zealand, Bulgaria, Ecuador and Kenya. Jessie Jones co-authored the classic, Southern-fried funeral comedy, DEARLY DEPARTED, and its feature film adaptation, Kingdom Come, which was released by Fox Searchlight Pictures. Nicholas Hope, an award-winning playwright, served as Director of Casting at Theatre Communications Group in New York City and The Goodman Theatre in Chicago, and ABC Television. Jamie Wooten was a writer/producer on the much-loved television series “The Golden Girls.”
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