BTCPA holds auditions for ‘Southern Hospitality’
The Bay Tree Council for the Performing Arts in Red Bay will soon host auditions for its third – and final – production of the season.
“Southern Hospitality” features many characters who have graced the Community Spirit Bank’s Weatherford Centre stage before. The Futrelle Sisters – Frankie, Twink, Honey Raye and Rhonda Lynn –are in trouble again. This time, the problem is bigger than ever: Their beloved hometown, Fayro, Texas, is in danger of disappearing, and it’s up to the sisters to save it from extinction.
Auditions will be held March 4 at 2 p.m. and March 5 at 7 p.m. at Weatherford Centre. The play will be directed by Scotty Kennedy, and performance dates will be April 26-29, with rehearsals beginning March 12.
There are roles for five men and eight women, teenage and older. Auditions will consist of cold readings from the book. Those interested in auditioning may contact Kennedy for additional information at scottydk@att.net or 256-356-8758.
Kennedy described the show as “a recipe for total hilarity.” As the story opens, folks in Fayro, Texas are leaving in droves, ever since the Super SmartMart and the rendering plant closed – but Honey Raye, with a major assist from her former nemesis Geneva Musgrave has come up with a possible solution.
It seems a salsa manufacturing factory is looking to relocate, and a company representative is headed to Fayro on a scouting mission. Honey Raye, as the president of the Chamber of Commerce, makes promises that are not to be believed in order to woo the rep to choose Fayro.
In fact, Honey Raye has told them that on the very weekend of the rep’s visit, the town just happens to be having its biggest celebration of the year: “Fayro Days,” which includes a craft show, a pet costume parade, a beauty pageant and a huge Civil War battle reenactment.
So now it’s up to the citizens of Fayro to quickly make her promises a reality. The biggest hurdle to impressing the salsa representative is staging the Civil War battle reenactment with only fifteen participants. Added to this is the dilemma of Twink being so desperate to get married that she’s practically dragging the unwilling groom, Deputy John Curtis Buntner, to the altar. This problem pales in comparison to the financial problems the preacher and his wife are having—unless you don’t consider gambling away your mobile home a problem. Frankie, however, seems to have it worst of all, what with her husband, Dub, going through a major midlife crisis at the same time her 5-year-old twins are literally tearing up the town.
Unfortunately for all of them, the “meanest woman in 12 counties,” Dub’s wicked old Aunt Iney, is on her way for a visit. Iney’s arrival in Fayro is definitely cause for alarm for the sisters, made worse when the old girl drops dead in the Dubberly home just before the salsa rep shows up.
How the Futrelle sisters and the other citizens of Fayro, including sweet, simple Raynerd Chisum, pull together and save their town is a testament to Southern strength and ingenuity
Groups interested in attending the play may contact Beth Hammock, ticket coordinator, in advance at 256-356-9286.
