Sweet Potato Queens®

Casting

5 female and 3 male featured roles

JILL: our protagonist and, ultimately, the inventor of the Sweet Potato Queens and supreme Queen who reigns on her own parade. Unhappy wife to second husband TYLER, mother to her baby daughter Peep. Her dreams are long-deferred. Loosely based on #1 New York Times best-selling author and SPQ figurehead Jill Conner Browne.

FLOWER TAMMY: an attractive, timid woman whose sunglasses are tinted rose and who carries a secret.

FLOOZIE TAMMY: a brash “good time girl” — and a good time was had by all.

TOO MUCH TAMMY: generously proportioned and unhappy with nature’s generosity.

GEORGE: lady-in-waiting to the Queens, their BFF who dreams of someday joining their ranks; doubles in the role of Chinese restaurateur GEORGE WONG without any change in appearance.

MAMA: Jill’s live-in mom who sets Jill’s sights low.

TYLER: Jill’s “good-looking-and-knows-it” second husband who views Jill as his first wife.

DADDY: Jill’s devoted father, who seems detached from his beloved daughter’s plight. Doubles as REPORTER.

Orchestral Information

6 Musicians

Piano-Conductor

Keyboard 2

Reed

Electric Guitar

Electric Bass

Drums

Credits

SWEET POTATO QUEENS

Book by RUPERT HOLMES

Music by MELISSA MANCHESTER

Lyrics by SHARON VAUGHN

Based on the works of JILL CONNER BROWNE