AUDITION PACKET Dearly Departed By David Bottrell and Jessie Jones Directed by Jodi Hodgson INFORMATION: 218-878-0071 theater [email protected] AUDITIONS: Sunday, March 13 at 6:00 pm (with possible call backs) **Please note casting may take 1-2 weeks, a cast list will be posted to the County Seat Theater Facebook page. Those not cast - may or may not receive an individual phone call. Feel free to contact the theater for cast list or further questions. WHAT DO I NEED FOR AUDITIONS?: Auditions will consist of a cold read from the script. Sample pages are attached, and full scripts can be loaned from the theater. Actors should think about a Southern or Redneck Accent. Bring your completed audition form and a calendar with you. REHEARSAL & PERFORMANCE INFORMATION: Rehearsals will run from April 11 - June 1 Local Performances will be held: June 2 - 12 ABOUT THE SHOW: 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 fa- ther'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 situa- tion 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. CHARACTER BREAKDOWN: 4 men, 6 women (double casting) Bud Turpin - an elderly man Raynelle - Bud’s wife Ray-Bud - Bud & Raynelles son Lucille Turpin - Ray-Bud’s wife Junior - Ray-Bud & Lucille’s son Suzane - Junior’s wife Junior - Ray-Bud & Lucille’s son Marguerite - Bud’s sister Royce - Marguerite’s son Delightful - Bud & Raynelle’s only daughter Reverend Hooker - Veda - an elderly woman Norval - a young woman Clyde - a friend Juanita - a cousin by marriage The Joy of Life Singers