The Sparkley Clean Funeral Singers

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The Sparkley Clean Funeral Singers

Full-Length Musical, Comedy  /  2w, 2m

This hilarious and compelling musical – a 2012 Richard Rodgers Award finalist – is about family, loss, and the ways life gives you exactly what you need.

The Sparkley Clean Funeral Singers

  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 2m
  • Duration
    Duration
    105 Minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Not Applicable
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Senior
Accolades
Accolades
  • Finalist! 2012 Richard Rodgers Award
    Semi-Finalist: 2012 Eugene O’Neill Musical Theatre Conference

Details

Summary

Along with the family dry cleaning business, Junie has also inherited the responsibility of taking care of her aging father and her sister who has just come back from rehab. When all Junie wants is to achieve her dream of becoming a country star, a small opportunity comes her way via the local church. She has been offered the opportunity to sing parting songs that are tailor-made for the recently deceased. A hilarious and compelling musical about family, loss, and the ways life gives you exactly what you need.

History
The Sparkley Clean Funeral Singers premiered at Capital Repertory Theater in Albany, NY in July 2013 under the direction of Martha Banta.
JUNIE LASHLEY – Optimistic, yet curiously obsessed with/afraid of death, very funny, kind, ambitious, loves to sing, but petrified to sing alone, strong actress, comedienne and singer, 40s
LASHLEY LEE LASHLEY – Funny, attractive, sexy, alcoholic, feels a constant inner ache from having been abandoned by her mom, strong singer and actress, 40s
LYLE E. LASHLEY – Junie and Lashley’s father, deeply in love with his estranged wife, has Alzheimer’s, loves his daughters and loves to sing, late 60s/early 70s
PASTOR PHIL – Gambling addict, very funny, sincere, singer and compulsive hugger, big-time Lashley Sisters fan, 35–40
  • Time Period 1990s
  • Setting Ashland City, Tennessee. Spring 2008.
  • Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
  • Additional Features Not Applicable
  • Duration 105 Minutes
  • Cautions
    • Alcohol

Media

“A wildly delightful new musical comedy.” – Crossville Chronicle

“Where Fischer’s new musical succeeds so impressively is in its refreshing storytelling structure.” – Broadway World

“Gales of laughter, moments of tenderness and poignant stories are being served up in… a wildly delightful new musical comedy.” – Crossville Chronicle

“Sparkley Clean is not only a fun and unique musical, it’s also bold and daring.” – Discover Albany

“Fischer’s writing excels in its homespun, country-fried charm....Yet it’s the show’s relationships, to which Fischer gives a more-than-loving touch, that give the piece its most endearing quality.” – Cabaret Scenes

Videos

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    Sparkley Clean Funeral Singers trailer

Music

Song Samples

Honky Without the Tonky
Back at the Sparkley
Death Is Everywhere
Big Time Plans
Bindy, Take a Seat at the Banquet Table (’Cause There’s No Need for Food Drives in Heaven)
No Impulse Control
Sweet Macaroon
Love Hangs On
Humdinger Sing Along
Jimmy Boy Brown and His Toy Poodle, Puddin’
Begin and End with You
St. Peter, If You’re Listening, Tell Arthur Reid Hello
A Little Bitty Bug Bit A Little Bitty Bear
All You Can Eat Liver and Onions
Alcoholic Bungee Jumper
Hello to Another Goodbye
Lay Your Burden Down
To Build a Beautiful Life (A Poem for My Daughters)
  • Musical Style Country/Western, Folk
  • Vocal DemandsModerate
  • Orchestra Size Small/Combo
  • Chorus Size No Chorus

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: £55 per performance plus VAT when applicable.

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Authors

Lori Fischer

Lori Fischer is the 2008 New York University Harry Kondoleon Graduate Award in Playwriting recipient and a 2008-09 Dramatists Guild Fellow. Lori received her M.F.A. from the N.Y.U. Dramatic Writing Department in 2008 and she received her B.A. degree from Belmont University. ...

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Don Chaffer

Don Chaffer is a composer/lyricist who has had a parallel career in the music business as a producer, engineer, musician, songwriter and recording artist (when solo as Don Chaffer, and when with a band he shares with his wife, Lori Coscia Chaffer, as Waterdeep).

The musical Th ...

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