The Red Velvet Cake Wars
Characters :
Ee Cee Windham – (F) (Late 40s – 50s any ethnicity) The sassy and stylish host of “Hospitality House”
Gaynell Verdeen Bodeen-- (F) (40s any ethnicity) a walking nervous breakdown
LaMerle Verdeen Minshew-- (F) (60s – 70s, any ethnicity) – the sharp tongued matriarch of the Verden clan.
Aubrey Verdeen – (M) (80s) a good natured oxygen dependent patriarch of the verden clan.
Jimmie Wyvette Verdeen – (F) (30s-40s) a hearty (overweight) good ol’ girl with and unfortunate uni-brow.
Peaches Verdeen Belrose – (F) (30s – 40s) the saucy #1 mortuarial cosmetologist in the tricounty area.
Bitsy Hargis – (F) (30s – 40s) Gaynell’s priss pot neighbor.
Newt Blaylock – (M) (40s – 50s) a true Texas eccentric with a patch over one eye.
Sherriff Grover – (M) (50s) stereotypical Texas sheriff with mirrored sunglasses and a bad attitude.
Elsa Dowdall—(F) (20s – 40s) the skeptical court appointed psychologist.
Mama Doll Hargis – (F) (80s -120s) Bitsy’s mother.
Purvis Verdeen – (M) (40s – 60s) his favorite past time is taking pictures of dead relatives.
Auditions will be August 2nd and 3rd. ( Monday and Tuesday). Auditions will consist of cold reading from the script.
Directed by Bruce Leister and Mike Polo.
Synopsis:
In this riotously funny Southern-fried comedy, the three Verdeen cousins – Gaynelle, Peaches, and Jimmie Wyvette – could not have picked a worse time to throw their family reunion. Their outrageous antics have set tongues wagging in the small town of Sweetgum (just down the road from Fayro) and the eyes of Texas are upon them, as their self-righteous Aunt LaMerle is quick to point out. Having “accidentally” crashed her minivan through the bedroom wall of her husband’s girlfriend’s doublewide, Gaynelle is one frazzled nerve away from a spectacular meltdown. Peaches, the saucy number one mortuarial cosmetologist in the tri-county area, is struggling to decide if it’s time to have her long-absent trucker husband declared dead. And Jimmie Wyvette, the roughhewn store manager of Whatley’s Western Wear, is resorting to extreme measures to outmaneuver a priss-pot neighbor for the affections of Sweetgum’s newest widower. But the cousins can’t back out of the reunion now. It’s on and Gaynelle’s hosting it; Peaches and Jimmie Wyvette have decided its success is the perfect way to prove Gaynelle’s sanity to a skeptical court-appointed psychologist. Unfortunately, they face an uphill battle as a parade of wildly eccentric Verdeens gathers on the hottest day of July, smack-dab in the middle of Texas tornado season. Things spin hilariously out of control when a neighbor’s pet devours everything edible, a one-eyed suitor shows up to declare his love and a shocking high-stakes wager is made on who bakes the best red velvet cake. As this fast-paced uproarious romp barrels toward its surprising climax, you’ll wish your own family reunion was this much fun!