Southern Fried Funeral

​Whether you're a stage veteran or you've never been in a play before, we'd love to have you join our theatre family.

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Genre: Comedy

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Director: Jeanne Edwards

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Audition Dates: Sunday, January 19 at 2pm & Monday, January 20 at 6pm

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Location: The Fly Arts Center, 204 S. Main St, Shelbyville, TN 37160

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Performance Dates: March 21, 22, 23, 28, 29 & 30

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Summary: Dewey Frye is dead and the rest of his family is left to pick up the pieces -- that is if they don't kill each other first. Not only does matriarch Dorothy have to contend with sudden widowhood, but she's also faced with church-committee harpy Ozella Meeks sticking her nose in the family business, Dewey's snake-in-the-grass brother making a grab for her house, and two grown daughters reliving their childhood rivalry. Funerals bring out the worst, the best, and the funniest in people, and the Fryes are no exception. A big-hearted comedy about family... Southern-style.

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Roles: 6 Women and 5 Men

• Dorothy Frye, Dewey Frye's widow and matriarch of the family

• Sammy Jo Frye-Lefette, middle child and future president of the Junior League
 

• Harlene Frye, oldest child and prodigal daughter
 

• Dewey Frye Jr., youngest child and not the brightest bulb
 

• Dub Frye, Dorothy's brother-in-law
 

• Atticus "Attie" Van Leer, family lawyer and on-again-off-again love interest of Harlene
 

• Beecham Lefette, Sammy Jo's husband
 

• Martha Ann Fox, Dorothy's best friend, pronounced "Marthann"​
 

• Fairy June Cooper, contemporary of Dorothy & Martha Ann. Been friends since high school
 

• Benny Charles Greenwood, best friend of Dewey Frye Sr.
 

• Ozella Meeks, chairwoman of the SonShine committee at church, a position not taken lightly

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Audition Prep: Auditions will consist of cold reads from the script.

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In addition to actors, we're looking for talented and creative people to assist with set design, costumes, lighting, sound and stage management.

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