The Ottumwa High School Broadway Bulldogs will perform the comedy, “Dearly Beloved,” on Thursday and Friday, October 6 and 7 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, October 9 at 3 p.m. in the OHS auditorium. Doors open 30 minutes prior to each performance. Tickets are $8.
The story revolves around a wedding. The Futrelle sisters, Frankie, Honey Raye and Twink, are throwing a wedding for Frankie’s daughter. The rumor mill in their small town is working overtime. The sisters have never been strangers to gossip. But Twink's desperate attempts to get her boyfriend of fifteen-and-one-half years down the aisle, Frankie's ongoing conversations with their dead mother, and Honey Raye's tendency to race to the altar at every opportunity have kept tongues wagging for years.
The cast includes: Jenna Post*, Erica Mamlock, Caitlin James, Gennifer Jones, Megan Leonard, Isabella O’Brien*, Savannah Ford*, Jennifer Culver**, Dylan Paulk*, David Halverson, Philip Shrimplin*, and Alex Halverson*.
Understudies include: Isabella O’Brien*, Riley Albertson*, Erica Mamlock, Esther Emberton*, Mataya McClish, Andrea Warner, Kalina Eskew*, Melanie Forcier, Jacob McDowell, Nick Kirchner, Alec Martsching, and Kele Allison.
The play is directed by Natalie (Saunders) Dommer. Stage manager is Kalina Eskew* and assistant stage managers are Erica Mamlock and Jacob McDowell.
* denotes membership in Troupe #615 of the International Thespian Society
** denotes Honor Thespian Membership
