• Runtime: 120 minutes

• Theatre

Although she is in her late 30's, Mona still has a teenager’s almost religious infatuation with James Dean. She maintains a shrine for him at the local five and dime store in McArthur, Texas, a dried up little town that has seen better days. She makes annual pilgrimages to nearby Marfa, the town where James Dean made his last movie, Giant. Mona claims James Dean made love to her one night, leaving her pregnant with his only child.

A few old members of Mona’s high school social club, the 'Disciples of James Dean' have gathered to commemorate the 20th anniversary of his death: Sissy, Stella May, Edna Louise and Joanne, who seems familiar although no-one can quite remember her.

The plot switches back and forth between 1975 and 1955 as the truth about Joanne and 'little Jimmy Dean' is gradually revealed. The comedy is in the characterisation but the drama is the daily tragedy of what the 'Disciples' have become.

This amateur production is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French Ltd.