Dearly Departed
Auditions for Dearly Departed
Producer Shirley Bolstad and director C. Evans Kirk
announce auditions for ACCT's (Aldersgate Church Community Theater) fall
production of Dearly Departed. This comedy by David Bottrell and Jessie
Jones follows the Turpin family's grief after the patriarch drops dead in the
kitchen. Can the family hold itself
together long enough to get Big Daddy into the ground? As funeral bills mount and the family,
friends, and neighbors gather for the big event, there just maybe another
funeral in the making!
Auditions will be held at
Bud
Turpin: The "dearly departed." (Will be played by the same actor
playing either Ray-Bud or Junior)
Raynelle:
His wife.
Ray-Bud: Their oldest son who has a drinking problem.
Lucille: Ray-Bud's wife who is trying very hard to have
a baby.
Junior: The
middle child who is very unlucky in business.
Suzanne: Junior's wife who has discovered her husband's
infidelity.
Delightful:
The only daughter...a mistake with an "eating"
disorder.
Marguerite:
Bud's sister...The most religious woman below the
Royce:
Marguerite's welfare son, but at least he's not in jail like his
brother!
Reverend Hooker:
The local minister.
Juanita: A
cousin by marriage who only things she's happy!
Other roles that may be cast separately or may be played
by one of the above characters:
Norval: A
very, very old man.
Veda: His
wife.
Nadine: An
unwed mother of too many kids to count!
The
Joy of Life Singers: The local
church chorus
Auditions will be cold readings from the script. A monologue will be given to all
auditinees to demonstrate the required southern accent. Come
dressed to move for a simple line dance audition. The production will run weekends from
October 17 to November 1. Please
bring a list of all conflicts from August 26 to November 2 to the
auditions. For more information,
please contact the director at: c__evans_kirk@hotmail.com.