Independence Community
Theatre is pleased to announce auditions for “Southern Fried Funeral”.
Auditions will be held:
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Friday,
December 9 from 7 to 9 pm
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Saturday,
December 10 from 8 to 9 pm
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Sunday,
December 11 from 1 to 3 pm
Location: Independence Old Town Hall, 6652 Brecksville Rd, Independence OH
(upstairs).
All auditions are a cold reading from the script.
Performance Dates: Friday and
Saturday, March 3, 4,
10, 11, 17, 18 with Sunday matinee on March 12.
Rehearsals: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
from 7 - 9 pm starting on January 9. Tech
Week will be February 22 through March 2.
Show
Synopsis: Dewey Frye is dead and his wife Dorothy is left behind to
pick up the pieces and hold her family together. Her daughters are at each
other’s throats, Ozella Meeks from the SonShine committee is trying to take
over the funeral, and Dewey’s brother is trying to take away her house.
Funerals bring out the worst, the best, and the funniest in people, and the
Frye family is no exception. A big-hearted comedy about family- Southern Style.
The cast consists of 6
women and 5 men.
Character Descriptions
DOROTHY FRYE (50s/60s): Dewey Frye’s widow and the matriarch of
the family.
SAMMY JO LeFETTE (30s): The middle child and future president
of the Junior League.
HARLENE FRYE (30s/40s): The oldest child and prodigal daughter.
DEWEY FRYE JR (20s): The youngest child and not the
brightest bulb.
DUB FRYE (50s/60s): Dorothy’s brother-in-law.
ATTICUS VAN LEER (30s/40s): Family lawyer and on-again-off-again
love interest of Harlene.
BEECHAM LeFETTE (30s): Sammy Jo’s husband.
MARTHA ANN FOX (50s/60s): Dorothy’s best friend; first name
pronounced “Marthann”.
FAIRY JUNE COOPER: Contemporary of Dorothy and Martha Ann.
All friends since high school.
BENNY CHARLES GREENWOOD
(50s/60s): Best friend of Dewey Frye
Sr.
OZELLA MEEKS: Chairwoman of the SonShine committee at
the church, a position she does not take lightly.