The Village Players of Fort Thomas invites you to their winter production:
Dearly Departed
Written by David Bottrell and Jessie Jones
The story
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.
Nathan Henegar, Director
Peggy Kenney, Producer
Kate Brockmeier, Stage Manager
Cast:
Raynelle – Betty Coulter
Ray-Bud, Bud – Patrick Downey
Suzanne – Melissa Keller
Marguerite – Judy Littlefield
Junior – Chris Payne
Delightful, etc. – Laura Petracco
Lucille – Richelle Roth
Veda – Judy Sceifres
Reverend Hooker, etc. – Doug Tumeo
Royce – Dustin Wagner
Juanita – Ginny Busch
Performance Dates
Friday, Feb. 12th, 8 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 13th, 8 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 14th, 3 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 18th, 8 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 19th, 8 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 20th, 8 p.m.
Where
The Village Players of Fort Thomas
8 North Fort Thomas Avenue
Fort Thomas, KY 41075
Ticket prices
$17
Reserve tickets
Website: http://www.villageplayers.biz/
Ticket phone line: (859) 392-0500