Seeking: Women ages 30 to 60. Please see character breakdown below.

*** Please be sure to read the bold items under some of the characters.***

Dede Cooper- (age 40 to 60) Gutsy, honest and striking Texas original. A true one-of-a-kind individual who delights in being charming and amusing and yet can be devastatingly intense and passionate if the occasion demands. If the spirit of the America pioneer is alive and well anywhere, it is in the heart of Dede Cooper. And what makes her even more attractive is that she can enjoy her own theatricality. Dramatic, big, extravagant. She is a bold, strong woman. Everything is about her or she makes it about her.

 Bella Gardner- (age 40 to 60) An attractive drinker, the kind of woman who always stars in the local musical of a small town- with the exception that she seems conscious of her destiny, dresses with expensive comment, and is wickedly calculating no matter how much she’s had to drink. Big, loud, unafraid to say or do anything. Loves her alcohol and is always “acting.” Excellent comedic timing. Sarcastic and witty like Karen on Will & Grace. She is the town tramp. She married for money but is adulterous.

***Bella gets kissed by another woman.***

 Suits- (age 30 to 50) A fat younger woman who seems rather jolly and naïve. She’s got a good cover on whatever neurotic impulses cause her to gorge herself, as she obviously does. Although she tries her best to be obsequious at all, there is a reservoir of power underneath it all. Joanne’s sidekick. Tends to be the puppy dog that follows around those in power. Sheis insecure with every aspect about herself. She really has no friends and does not know how to make them. So when someone shows her the least bit of attention, she tends to “serve” them. Serving them is the only way Suits knows how to be or make a friend.

***Suits  kisses another woman***

 Joanne Remington- (age 40 to 60) Looks like what she is: rich and powerful, a presence to be reckoned with. She’s a bit like a pacing animal whose primitive instincts are imprisoned by bars made of generations of social steel. Enemy to Dede Cooper. Is trying to take back control of the Alamo Theatre. She thinks she is in a higher class than everyone else, especially Dede. She has no true friends because of her money.

 Shirley Fuller- (40 to 50) Everthing about her appearance is dramatic, twitching in motion. She is always “on.” She smiles broadly, smokes grandly and it is obvious her primary philosophy is that “a thing in motion would sooner catch the eye.” She attempts to compensate for her clothes and accessories by doing double time with her facial muscles. She is well spoken, her voice resonant, but a fair judge of character would sense there is much tension underneath. An ex-academy award nominee who had a nervous breakdown and was committed for some time. She is held together by pins and needles. Is always on some form of medication or tranquilization to help her get thru life.

***Shirley is topless for a moment. However, her back will be facing the audience.***