Dearly Departed
by David Bottrell and Jesse Jones
Directed by Richard Twilley
February 11-13, 2000
In the Baptist backwoods of the Bible Belt, the beleaguered Turpin family proves that living and dying in the South are seldom tidy and always hilarious. Despite their earnest efforts to pull themselves together for their father’s funeral, the Turpins’ other problems keep overshadowing the solemn occasion: Firstborn Ray-Bud drinks himself silly as the funeral bills mount; Junior, the younger son, is juggling financial ruin, a pack of no-neck monster kids, and a wife who suspects him of infidelity in the family car; their spinster sister, Delightful, copes with death as she does life, by devouring junk food; and all the neighbors add more than two cents. As the situation becomes fraught with mishap, Ray-Bud says to his long-suffering wife, “When I die, don’t tell nobody. Just bury me in the backyard and tell everybody I left you.” Amidst the chaos, the Turpins turn for comfort to their friends and neighbors, an eccentric community of misfits who just manage to pull together and help each other through their hours of need, and finally, the funeral.
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Cast
Bud - Richard Twilley Ray-Bud - Scotty Kennedy Raynelle - Mary Mills Marguerite - Anne Vinson Royce - Tracy Elliot Lucille - Tammy McCalpin Suzanne - Linda K. Gray Junior - Michael Martin Preacher Hooker - David Tiffin Clyde - Todd Jacobson Norval - Billy Moore Delightful - Nancy McCalpin Nadine - Jeanette Jacobson Veda - Katrine Moore Juanita - Margaret Fuller The Kids - Nathan & Lauren Gray Crew Richard Twilley - Director Mary Dyer - Assistant to the Director Tim Miller - Stage Manager Oscar Glover - Stage Manager JC Weeks - Lighting and Sound Mark Richardson - Set Design/Construction Tim Miller - Set Design/Construction Scotty Kennedy - Set Design/Construction Bo Dyer - Set Design/Construction Jane Williams - Set Design/Construction Karen Duncan - Hair and Makeup Teresa Fears - Hair and Makeup Vicki Self - Hair and Makeup Jane Williams - Hair and Makeup Linda Jackson - Hair and Makeup Eugenia Nixon - Props Anne Vinson - Props Denise Pierce - Props Nancy Frame - Box Office |
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