Dearly Departed presented by Gadsden State Theatre Department

In the Baptist backwoods of the Bible Belt, the beleaguered Turpin family proves that living and dying in the South is 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; while their spinster sister, Delightful, copes with death as she does with life – by devouring junk food; and all the neighbors add more than two cents. Amidst the chaos, the family turns 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. Cast List Ray-Bud - Eli Dorning Junior - Kirby Rogerson Raynelle - Atherine Marguerite - Shyanne Freeman Suzanne - Salem Motes Lucille - Ashley Boatwright Royce - Dale Layton Reverend Hooker - Connor Thomas Delightful - Katie Peavy Veda - Sam Gidley Norval - Ian Johnson Nadine - Amelia St. John Clyde - Josh Long Juanita - Sara Price