Dearly Departed
By David Bottrell and Jessie Jones
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 Turpin's 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.Auditions will still be on May 29 & 30 at George Daily Auditorium at 7PM.
We hope to see you there!
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