Packing Up Polly
by Leslie Kimbell

Name: Packing Up Polly
Brand: Leslie Kimbell
SKU: 9780573711114
Rating: 3 (1 reviews)

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Highlights

Female

90 mins Present Day All Women Interior Set Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes Comedy

Synopsis

Polly Porter, famous 1970s gospel singer of the group Polly Porter & the Praise His Name Singers, has gone on up to heaven.

Her daughter, Caroline, has come home to Savannah, Georgia, to pack up Miss Polly’s house, but there is just one little problem (or two or three): Miss Polly was an extreme hoarder of epic proportions, Caroline’s useless siblings are totally MIA, and her three best friends from high school, former co-cheerleaders, have all shown up... unannounced!

Lizzy now owns the Miss Georgia Belle Pageantry system, Donna Jo is the local community theatre diva, and Becca is having a late-in-life geriatric pregnancy with baby girl number five.

The gospel music plays and the margaritas pour as the four ladies laugh, cry, scream and come together to pack up Miss Polly’s house, heal old wounds, and make new plans for their future.

With humor, wit and vulnerability, Packing Up Polly delves into themes of forgiveness, acceptance and the transformative power of letting go... unpacking the layers of our own lives to find healing and redemption.

Press Reviews

"Leslie Kimbell, who penned the Four Old Broads play, now has turned our attention to some younger broads who come together in some weird circumstances at the home of the late Polly Porter in Savannah... each of the ladies has her own agenda and history to deal with."
— Atlanta Arts Scene

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Elizabeth “Lizzy” Jennings 40s, Caroline’s high school best “frenemy.” Owner of the Miss Georgia Belle pageantry system.	female	40s	40s, Caroline’s high school best “frenemy.” Owner of the Miss Georgia Belle pageantry system.
Donna Jo Martin 40s, drama queen, local theatre diva and one-time off-off-Broadway actor. Married eight times.	female	40s	40s, drama queen, local theatre diva and one-time off-off-Broadway actor. Married eight times.
Rebecca “Becca” Bailey 40s, frumpy mother of four… currently expecting number five any minute… and soon to be single.	female	40s	40s, frumpy mother of four… currently expecting number five any minute… and soon to be single.
Caroline Porter Cook 40s, Polly’s daughter, former head cheerleader, homecoming queen, prom queen and all that goes with it.	female	40s	40s, Polly’s daughter, former head cheerleader, homecoming queen, prom queen and all that goes with it.