An outrageously hilarious race against the clock begins when Savannah Sprunt Fairchild Honeycutt agrees to get her feisty mother all the way across the country for her brother’s wedding. Savannah’s problem: Mama won’t fly. With only four days to make it to the ceremony, this determined daughter has no choice but to drive cross-country with her equally willful mother, Norleen Sprunt. Rising above their age-old mother-daughter issues, Norleen and Savannah work together to get the nuptials back on track. In a surprising and heart warming resolution, they forge an exciting new path for their own relationship and welcome the new bride into their delightfully wacky family.This family-friendly Jones-Hope-Wooten comedy will have you laughing your way across the country and all the way down the aisle!
Auditions will be held: September 25 and 26, 7-9pm
- Directed by Diana Marshall-Shoaf
- Performances will be held November 17-19 and December 1-3
Audition Location: 130 E. Mountain St, Kernersville (basement of the Salvation Army/old library)
Please bring the completed audition form, in triplicate, with you to the audition. Nothing to prepare; there will be cold readings directly from the script.
MAMA WON’T FLY—JONES, HOPE, WOOTEN
CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS
• SAVANNAH HONEYCUTT…40’S-50’s, Southern Businesswoman, from Birmingham/Alabama, smart dresser, Norleen’s divorcee daughter
• NORLEEN SPRUNT…60’s-70’s, Southern, from Birmingham/Alabama, interfering mother to Savannah
• TANYA DUDLEY…40’s-60’s, Southern, from Birmingham/Alabama, friend of Norleen, community theatre actor by night/realtor by day
• DENTON CRAWFORD…70’s, Southern, from Birmingham/Alabama, mechanic, friend of Norleen’s
• HAYLEY QUINN…40’s, high energy, lovable, nervous, not Southern, Walker’s fiancée, has bad luck
• ESSIE…80’s, from Louisiana, walks with a cane, mentally challenged, operates a bra museum
• AUNT REMA JEAN…50’s-60’s, from Texas, related to Norleen and Savannah, countryfolk
• AUNT ARDALE…50’s-60’s, from Texas, related to Norleen and Savannah, countryfolk, likes to eat
• COUSIN CHICKEN…60’s, from Texas, carries his deceased wife around in a mayo jar, eccentric, countryfolk
• UNCLE FERD…70’s, from Texas, dancing fool (can’t dance), eccentric, countryfolk
• GREAT-AUNT PAWNEE…90’s, from Texas, very frail, no teeth, in a wheelchair
• JULIETTE…50’s, from Texas, a little tipsy, spends a lot of time in the local bar
• MICKEY…40’s-50’s, from Ireland, a little off balance, acts like a leprechaun
• MITCH…40’s-50’s, from Ireland but talks like a cowboy, Mickey’s brother and partner in a bar in the middle of nowhere Texas
• EDWEENA/FANNY…40’s-60’s, from west Texas, church ladies
• OFFICER DUGGER…60’s, from New Mexico, world weary, skeptical
• RED…50’s-60’s, over caffeinated, truck driver, drives like a manic
• KIKI…40’s, bimbo, dresses “sexy”, in Vegas *RONALD…60’s, has a little money, in Vegas
• TEETA…50’s-60’s, former Vegas show girl, runs a Vegas wedding chapel, tough as nails
• SYBIL…60’s, well dressed, married to Ronald
• SPUD FARLEY…40’s-50’s, Vegas entertainer, Savannah’s former boyfriend, does drag
• KELVIN…40’s-50’s, concierge at upscale Santa Monica Hotel, very stuck up and snooty
