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AUDITIONS: Chicken Fried Fabulous Spa-Dee-Dah Sisterhood

Name: AUDITIONS: Chicken Fried Fabulous Spa-Dee-Dah Sisterhood
Start: 2026-07-13T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-07-14T20:00:00-04:00
Location: Gilmer Arts Playhouse

July 13 @ 6:00 pm - July 14 @ 8:00 pm

AUDITIONS JULY 13TH 6PM

This Play has been postponed to the Fall Timeslot.

We were two cast members short and hope to pick them up in July.

The Chicken Fried Fabulous Spa-Dee-Dah Sisterhood is a comedy play and a sequel to “The Hallelujah Girls”, featuring characters who transform an abandoned church into a spa called “Spa-Dee-Dah”. Written by the playwright trio Jones Hope Wooten (known for The Golden Girls style comedy), it centers on friendship and southern humor.

Key Details:

Auditions are Monday, July 13th 6:00 pm, at the George Link Jr Gilmer Arts Playhouse, downtown Ellijay, GA, (use the Sand Street entrance). Auditions will include selected scenes from the script. Perusal scripts may be borrowed from Gilmer Arts; contact the main office at 207 Dalton Street

Ellijay, GA or 706-635-5605. If auditioning for Crystal, be prepared to sing Joy to the World (or the Spa-Dee-Dah jingle to the tune of Joy to the World).

Performance dates are September 24 through October 11th, with Thursday and Friday curtains at 7:00 pm and Saturday and Sunday curtains at 2:30 pm. Rehearsals will begin Monday, July 20th, and depending on cast availability, may include day, evening, and/or weekend rehearsals. Please be prepared to list ALL CONFLICTS on your audition form. Not every character will need to attend every rehearsal, but most characters will rehearse three to four days most weeks. No conflicts after Wednesday, September 2nd.

The Chicken-Fried-Fabulous Spa-Dee-Dah Sisterhood takes place in Eden Falls, GA. All characters should have southern or neutral accents. Bobby Dwayne, Sugar Lee, and Glorietta must have Georgia accents. Character ages are relative. Crystal is the youngest (could be 20’s to 50’s, depending on ages of other actors). Mavis is the oldest (60+). All others are in-between those ages.

Characters – in order of appearance

Bobby Dwayne Dillahunt – gregarious, rugged good looks, wears cutoff shorts year-round, can fix anything, has his own radio show, in love with Sugar Lee

Crystal Hart – daffy, lovable, bakes amazing cookies and wears the secret recipe around her neck, wears a series of weird costumes, Carlene’s sister. *Crystal must be able to sing*

Nita Mooney – sweet, uncomplicated, has worked in the Mayor’s office for years, organized, but a little unsure of herself, reads trashy novels, and has a deadbeat adult son

Mavis Flowers – brusk, but likable, married forty-two years to Delmar, who is an absolute jerk

Sugar Lee – vivacious, spunky, owns the spa (and should look like it – hair, nails, makeup, outfits must be fabulous), but refers to herself as a little chunky (thanks to Crystal’s cookies)

Carlene Travis – no-nonsense, dry wit, works at Spa-Dee-Dah, Crystal’s sister, beauty pageant contestant, also refers to herself as a little chunky (thanks to Crystal’s cookies)

Glorietta Dewitt – wealthy, un-kind, know-it-all, from Millidgeville, GA, Sugar Lee’s ex Mother-in-Law —think Cruella Deville, with a southern accent

Hardy Womble – genuinely nice man from somewhere outside Eden Falls, GA, makes goofy jokes, smart, well-educated, dedicated to his wife

There are also multiple off-stage opportunities – stage manager, lights/sound in the tech booth, set construction, paint crew, props and costumes, ushering, concessions help, and marketing/poster distribution crew. Contact Pam Burns [email protected] for more information.