7 Women, 4 Men
1 Set
The Futrelle Sisters, Frankie,
Honey Raye and Twink, are throwing a wedding. Frankie has almost made herself sick with elaborate preparations for her daughter Tina
Jo’s antebellum-inspired wedding, and the
rumor mill in their small town of Fayro, Texas, is working overtime.
No surprise there, the Futrelle Sisters have never been strangers to
gossip. After all, they did survive the scandalous breakup of their almost-famous
gospel singing trio, The Sermonettes. 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. In spite of her own marital problems, Frankie has
held steadfastly to the hope that she can pull off one “final Futrelle
occasion” with elegance and style with the help of the cantankerous
wedding coordinator, Miss Geneva, who runs the local floral shop/bus
depot. But on the day of the nuptials, Frankie’s hope begins to
dim when she discovers Twink’s alternative solution to an expensive
catered wedding dinner is a potluck supper sponsored by Clovis Sanford’s
House of Meat. When the prodigal Honey Raye arrives at the church in
skintight gold lamé, consumed by hot flashes and a steely determination
to right old family wrongs, Frankie’s hope is shaken. It is lost
completely when word reaches the church that Tina Jo and her fiancé have
fled Fayro and eloped. The sisters ultimately pull together to find ways
to keep the unsuspecting guests in the pews while a highway patrolman
races off to track down the runaway bride and groom. As a last resort,
and to the delight of the citizenry of Fayro, Texas, The Sermonettes
reunite and sing again.
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