Anytime you get 10 women together at one time, there's bound to be fun. And the Lionheart Theatre Company's new show, "Radio TBS - Trailer Park Broadcasting Scandals," is most definitely fun.

The play, written by Mark L. Smith and directed by Michael Carroll, was performed by 10 women of the Lionheart Theatre Company. The set grabs you first, with pictures of Elvis and Loni Anderson, a stained-glass "On the Air" radio sign and one trailer park item after another.

The show is about a group of 10 women and their tumultuous lives in Luna Del Mar Trailer Park, "Manufactured Home Living at its Finest." The story weaves through each woman's personal life and their opinions about the lives of those around them.

Two residents, Dixie Mandrell (Lionheart's artistic director, Tanya Carroll) and Vesta Poteet (Pam Fox) own and operate the Luna Del Mar radio station and are able to take the audience cleverly through the local beauty pageant, one woman's sojourn to Graceland, the anticipation of a drive-by nativity scene and the attempted removal of one of the park's most scandalous residents by announcing every detail to the radio listeners.

Carroll and Fox had such a natural flow between them on stage, you could close your eyes and believe they were broadcasting live from a radio station. They conduct an interview with the prim Alveeta McClay, played by Diane Hallen. Alveeta is recruiting young trailer park girls to be in the Miss Manatee beauty pageant and also offers classes in poise, posture, personality, French and baton twirling for the young ladies. ;Her only stipulation is, "Please, nobody come pregnant this year." I have no idea what Hallen looks like off the stage, because she fit so perfectly into her role as Alveeta McClay. Her interview with Mayola Felts (played by the talented Kayla Green) is one of the funniest scenes in the play.

Then, there's the pious Mary Eunice Wheaton, played by Debbie McLaughlin. Of all the roles in the play, I would imagine hers was the most difficult to portray, as she pretends to be the most holy and is probably the most flawed. McLaughlin played Mary Eunice with hilarious haughtiness as she passes around a petition to get rid of the exotic and free-spirited Imogene Hurst (played by Joanie McElroy), who just so happens to live in trailer No. 666 and teaches belly dancing.

As Mary Eunice blazes around the trailer park convincing almost everyone to sign the petition, including her long-time friend, Pauline Felts (played by Dot Hamilton-Reilley), one resident refuses to sign.

Harlene Ackers (performed by Christianne Pritts) seems to be the park's most amiable, naive sister, but she not only doesn't sign the petition against Imogene, she also convinces Imogene to play the shepherd in the drive-by nativity scene. To the indignation of the rest of the women, Imogene shows up in a slinky shepherd's costume, and the stage erupts, drawing the audience toward a delightful, heartening, comedic conclusion.

Katy Clark, whose wry, deliberate voice adds the perfect flavor to the play, and Denny Wood, with her ridiculous Elvis display, make up the rest of the cast onstage, and both of them are just as talented and spirited as the rest.

"Radio TBS" will be performed today through Sunday and May 4-6 at the Norcross Community and Cultural Arts Center. Go for a great Southern experience, and enjoy the mini moon pies at intermission