“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.
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