Huntsville to host free public screening of ‘Redneck Housewives of Alabama’ Nov. 10
HUNTSVILLE — Get ready to say “howdy” to a fresh, country take on the “Real Housewives” television trend with a local screening of the pilot episode of “Redneck Housewives of Alabama.”
The show, produced by Huntsville-based Helen Evans, LLC, will offer a glimpse into the lives of eight Alabama women as they experience various adventures and misadventures in the Deep South.
“They will show you what real southern living is like,” the show’s website declares. “From mud bogs to overcoming addiction and divorces, these ladies are just the beginning of what life in Sweet Home Alabama is like.”
The redneck housewives include Amanda Keller, Beth Hurt, Emily Smotherman, Kelly Wilson, Leah Seawright, Rhonda Randolph, Phyllis Neighbors and Yolanda Banks.
Several of the women hail from northern Alabama: Keller is from Double Springs, Wilson is from Battleground and Seawright is from Fort Payne. Two more are from Madison County: Smotherman is from Toney and attended Hazel Green High School, and Neighbors was born and raised in Huntsville before moving to New Market with her husband in 2016.
Helen Osborne created “Redneck Housewives of Alabama,” and Birmingham actor and filmmaker Kevin Wayne hopped onboard as the director and executive producer in April of this year, according to the show’s website.
Before Wayne joined the crew, 50 candidates for the starring housewives were invited to a casting call that was held in August 2017. The cast was set just a few days later, and then it was time for the fun to begin.
Wayne began filming the show in May, and since then, the cast has been having a blast hanging out at Alabama’s Smith Lake and going out on the town in Nashville, Tennessee, as well as getting down and dirty in the Alabama country.
A trailer for the show’s pilot episode premiered on YouTube in August. The women are shown participating in various activities such as farming, playing outside, getting a tattoo, shooting guns and getting real about what it’s like to walk in their shoes.
“The things that we just think’s normal life is, like, ‘redneck,’” Seawright said in the trailer.
The screening is free and open to the public. It will be part of a larger event held from 5-7 p.m. at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center, located at 1 Tranquility Base in Huntsville. The redneck housewives themselves will be present at the event for meet and greets.
To learn more about the cast, find out more information on the show or stay up to date on its progress, visit redneckhousewivesofalabama.com or follow their social media pages.
