Dearly Departed to Arrive in September

The Hardeman County Arts Council will open the box office for their production of  Dearly Departed on August 29 for Arts Council members and for the general public on September 6.
Show dates are Friday, September 9 and Saturday, September 10 at 7:00 p.m. each evening with a Sunday matinee scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on September 11. Doors open 30 minutes prior to show.
In the Baptist backwoods of the Bible Belt, the beleaguered Turpin family proves that living and dying in the South are seldom tidy and always hilarious. Despite their earnest efforts to pull themselves together for their father's funeral, the Turpin's other problems keep overshadowing the solemn occasion: Firstborn Ray-Bud drinks himself silly as the funeral bills mount; Junior, the younger son, is juggling financial ruin, a pack of no-neck monster kids, and a wife who suspects him of infidelity in the family car; their spinster sister, Delightful, copes with death as she does life, by devouring junk food; and all the neighbors add more than two cents. As the situation becomes fraught with mishap, Ray-Bud says to his long-suffering wife, "When I die, don't tell nobody. Just bury me in the backyard and tell everybody I left you." Amidst the chaos, the Turpins turn for comfort to their friends and neighbors, an eccentric community of misfits who just manage to pull together and help each other through their hours of need, and finally, the funeral.
Ticket prices are $10 per person and the box office hours are 10:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. weekdays at 1580 W. Market Street in Bolivar. Tickets may be purchased over the phone by calling 731 658-ARTS during box office hours.
The Hardeman County Arts Council (HCAC) provides artistic forums in a wide range of venues to educate, entertain, and enrich the community.
In so doing, amateur artists are facilitated to develop their artistic talents to levels that satisfy their own artistic objectives and goals, as well as benefiting the public.