
In the 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 Turpins' other problems keep overshadowing the solemn occasion: Firstborn Ray-Bud drinks 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; their sister, Delightful, copes with death as she does life, by devouring junk food; and all the neighbors add more than two cents. 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.
Written by David Bottrell & Jessie Jones
Directed by Mark Tubbs & Meredith Crosby
Production Dates
Sep 19 & 20 at 7:00 pm
Sep 26 at 7:00 pm
Sep 27 at 2:00 pm & 7:00 pm
Cast
- Raynelle Turpin - Meredith Crosby
- Bud Turpin - Houston Starrett
- Marguerite - Daiquiri Maddox
- Royce - Ty King
- Lucille Turpin - Penny Lindsey
- Ray-Bud Turpin - Houston Starrett
- Suzanne Turpin - Makayla Blackstock
- Junior Turpin - Bryce Kelley
- Delightful Turpin - Liberty Knowles
- Reverend Hooker - Mark Tubbs
- Veda - Laura Brasher
- Norval - Marshall Lamberth (Mark Tubbs at select performances)
- Nadine - Liberty Knowles
- Clyde - Marshall Lamberth (Mark Tubbs at select performances)
- Juanita - Laura Brasher
- Joy of Life Singers - Ellie Mae Brasher, Laura Brasher, Liberty Knowles, Penny Lindsey, Makayla Blackstock