Dearly Departed
by David Bottrell and Jesse Jones
Directed by Mark Richardson
April 24-27, 2014
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
Ray-Bud - Jerry Self Raynelle - Carol Murphree Bud - Jim Lichtenthaler Marguerite - Anne Vinson Royce - Nathan Strickland Lucille - Lisa Massey Suzanne - Emily Patterson Junior - Dustin Edmonson Reverend Hooker - Rhett Jackson Delightful - Dora Wallace Nadine - Mary-Elizabeth Moore Veda - Marge Lichtenthaler Norval - Jim Lichtenthaler Clyde - Randy Mink Juanita - Chloe Brown The Kids - Nate Moore, Jean Marie Moore, Calleigh Stacy Crew Mark Richardson - Director Mary Dyer - Stage Manager Todd Hardin - Set Design/Construction Scotty Kennedy - Set Design/Construction Jim Lichtenthaler - Set Design/Construction Marge Lichtenthaler - Set Design/Construction Judy Malone - Set Design/Construction Mark Richardson - Lighting and Sound JC Weeks - Lighting and Sound Judy Malone - Hair and Makeup Rita Jeffreys - Hair and Makeup Georgia Jeffreys - Hair and Makeup Beth Hammock - Ticket Coordinator |
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