Cannons Creek Independent High School is proud to present its annual school play on 11 and 12 May 2023.
Virgil’s Wedding is part of a series of comedic plays about Virgil Sludge and the
town of Lickskillet by Eddie McPherson. Ms. Delanie, a big city wedding planner, wants a promotion… But in order to earn it, she has to do the impossible: Bring elegance to a hillbilly wedding. This will be difficult when the father of the groom catches on fire, the bride has a major bad hair day, and the groom is missing.
You’re invited to the social clash of the century as Ms. Delanie, a high-end wedding
planner, and her assistant, Barbie, are hired to direct a simple ceremony for two of
Lickskillet’s favourite lovebirds. The mayhem begins when the bride doubts the
groom’s love, the in-laws are decorating the church with Christmas garlands, the
reverend arrives late with notes for a funeral service, and the groom ends up
spending the night before the wedding in his best man’s lizard trap. The morning of
the wedding is a coordinator’s nightmare. It starts with a skittish bride who thinks
she’s promised her love to the wrong man (her mama told her to marry “Mr. Right”), a
lost groom and ungracious relatives who refuse to cooperate with fancy city ladies.
Tickets will go on sale soon via Quicket.
CAST:
JESSIE RICE – Ms Delanie (A wedding director from the city).
RENEE FYFER – Barbie (Ms Delanie’s assistant).
KAYTHLIN ARENDSE / REESE RUMBLE – Margaret (A simple country girl who is getting married).
ABIGAIL GOLDSTEIN – Bertha Mae (Margaret’s best friend).
LUCIAN MEDER – Virgil (Margaret’s fiancée).
LOGAN WILKINS – Ellard (Virgil’s best friend).
KAYRA LAITHWAITE – Mama Hooper (Margaret’s mother).
RUBEN CLARK – Papa Hooper (Margaret’s father).
JADE MITCHELL – Mama (Virgil’s mother).
MICHAEL SCHULZE – Papa (Virgil’s father).
OZAYR SHAIKJEE – Mr. Wright (Ms Delanie’s boss).
JYOTHI MAMIDI – Moe Moe (Acts as the wedding hostess).
CHELSEA ALLEN – Grandma (Virgil’s grandmother).
JUAN COETZEE – Mr. Perky (Margaret’s great grandfather).
THANDILE YEKI – Tiny (Margaret’s cousin).
SHAUN KRIEG – Uncle Lester (A deaf relative).
DANICA COETZEE – Aunt Polly (Lester’s deaf wife).
ZAINAB HAMDULAY – Curly Sue (Moe Moe’s sister).
DANIELLE SCHERMAN – Larry Sue (Moe Moe’s other sister).
SCOTT WILKINS – Reverend Davis (An absent-minded minister).
SOPHIA STAMATIADIS, GEORGINA JELLICOE, BELLE LAITHWAITE – Additional wedding guests