"Dearly Departed" is a 'Drop-Dead' Funny Comedy
*** Recommended *** Beatnik Entertainment’s latest production, “Dearly Departed” is a 'drop-dead' funny comedy (excuse the pun there, I couldn’t resist). The story opens at the breakfast table, with Raynelle Turpin (Bonnie Johnson) reading a letter out from her born-again sister-in-law to her husband, Bud (Rip Johnson). As she finishes the letter, Bud falls off his chair, dead. As his crazy family gathers, we learn that the rituals of death are just a little bit different at the Turpin home. “Dearly Departed” had the audience laughing. 3 Spotlights