Fall 2016 – Dearly Beloved
Directed by Greg Geisler
Comedy, Texas style! A wedding, three sisters, and 300 pounds of Texas barbecue. What could possibly go wrong?
Dearly Beloved Synopsis
The Futrelle Sisters, Frankie, Honey Raye and Twink, are throwing a wedding. Frankie has almost made herself sick with elaborate preparations for her daughter Tina Jo’s antebellum-inspired wedding, and the rumor mill in their small town of Fayro, Texas, is working overtime. No surprise there, the Futrelle Sisters have never been strangers to gossip. After all, they did survive the scandalous breakup of their almost-famous gospel singing trio, The Sermonettes. But Twink’s desperate attempts to get her boyfriend of fifteen-and-one-half years down the aisle, Frankie’s ongoing conversations with their dead mother, and Honey Raye’s tendency to race to the altar at every opportunity have kept tongues wagging for years. In spite of her own marital problems, Frankie has held steadfastly to the hope that she can pull off one “final Futrelle occasion” with elegance and style with the help of the cantankerous wedding coordinator, Miss Geneva, who runs the local floral shop/bus depot. But on the day of the nuptials, Frankie’s hope begins to dim when she discovers Twink’s alternative solution to an expensive catered wedding dinner is a potluck supper sponsored by Clovis Sanford’s House of Meat. When the prodigal Honey Raye arrives at the church in skintight gold lamé, consumed by hot flashes and a steely determination to right old family wrongs, Frankie’s hope is shaken. It is lost completely when word reaches the church that Tina Jo and her fiancé have fled Fayro and eloped. The sisters ultimately pull together to find ways to keep the unsuspecting guests in the pews while a highway patrolman races off to track down the runaway bride and groom. As a last resort, and to the delight of the citizenry of Fayro, Texas, The Sermonettes reunite and sing again.
Dearly Beloved was written by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten and was first performed in November, 2005.
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Cast
Miss Geneva MusgravePlayed by Judy Puritt |
Tina Jo / Gina Jo DubberlyPlayed by Dasha Topiygina |
Honey Raye FutrellePlayed by Cathy Dowsett |
Frankie Futrelle DubberlyPlayed by Charlene Gardner |
Twink FutrellePlayed by Tracy Facchin |
Nelda LightfootPlayed by Dee Staigh |
Patsy PricePlayed by Linda Collard |
Dub DubberlyPlayed by Harold Swaffield |
Justin WaverlyPlayed by Connor Graham |
Wiley HinksPlayed by David Brennan |
John Curtis BunterPlayed by Ric O’Dell |
Management Team
DirectorGreg Geisler |
Consulting DirectorHelen Weeden |
Producerlan Glen |
Assistant DirectorBarb O’Dell |