Dearly Departed Off-Broadway Original Cast
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 Turpins’ 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. Full synopsis
Original
Original Cast
Junior
Bud Turpin/Ray-Bud
Suzanne
Raynelle
Royce
Rev. Hooker/Clyde/Norval
Lucille
Juanita/Veda
Delightful/Nadine
Margueritte
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Production Team
Mark Bennett Sound Designer
Donald Holder Lighting Designer
Ellen McCartney Costume Designer
Allen Moyer Scenic Designer
Gloria Muzio Director
Antonio Soddu Hair Designer
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