By David Bottrell and Jessie Jones

Directed by Karen Locher

Not since STEEL MAGNOLIAS has a more colorful and dysfunctional group of Southern eccentrics gathered below the Mason-Dixon line. When the patriarch of the Turpin family keels over dead, the struggle to get him buried involves the whole clan, including the not-so-grieving widow who wants to put "Mean and Surly" on the tombstone. "Dearly Departed is drop dead funny." —NY Daily News.

Cast or Characters

Bud Turpin, an elderly man . . . . . . . .PATRICK McLAUGHLIN
Raynelle, his wife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MARGIE PUGH
Ray-Bud, their son . . . . . . . . . . . . . PATRICK McLAUGHLIN
Lucille, his wife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JENNIFER RAYBURN
Junior, their other son . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RUSSELL FOWLER
Suzanne, his wife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GAYLE GAINER
Marguerite, Bud’s sister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RUTH STOCK
Royce, her son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BRETT JONES
Delightful, Bud & Raynelle’s daughter . JENNIFER ECKROTH
Reverend Hooker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .JAMES REINHARDT
Nadine, a young woman . . . . . . . . . AMANDA McLAUGHLIN
Clyde, a friend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TERRY NANCE
Juanita, a cousin by marriage . . . . . . . . . PAULINE RIVERA
Merline, the organist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .JULIE MAPLES

Performance Dates

• September 22, evening
• September 23, evening
• September 24, matinee
• September 28, evening
• September 29, evening
• September 30, evening

Evening performances begin at 7:30 p.m.
Matinee performances begin at 2:00 p.m.