“Dearly Departed”
A Comedy by David Bottrell and Jessie Jones
Directed by Tom Skinner Production dates are:
July 18
July 25
August 1
August 8 This show will be presented as one of Emerald City Players Dessert Theaters in the Grand Ballroom at the Clarion Hotel (formerly the Dublin Wyndham Hotel). The shows will begin at 7:00 PM. Various desserts and beverages will be served. Our Cast & Crew Bud Turpin/Norval ............ Ted Mixer
Raynelle Turpin ................ Lisa Foster
Ray-Bud ............................. Ken Scott
Lucille ............................ Julie Witmer
Junior ....................... Dennis Stapleton
Suzanne ........................... Kaya Pierce
Marguerite ..Kate Charlesworth-Miller
Royce ............................... Alex Foster
Delightful .................... Carolyn Cline
Reverend Hooker .... John Falkenbach
Veda ............................... Laura Miller
Nadine ...................... Kristen Swinton
Clyde ............................. Richard Sorg
Juanita ............................ Hope Wells
Sets ........ Kathy Sturm & Rick Foster
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. 
Advance tickets are also available at: Buy Online Now! The Dublin Arts Council Office, 7125 Riverside Drive The Dublin Convention and Visitors Bureau, 9 South High Street
Tickets will also be available at the door, one hour before each performance.
| 
