February 16 & 17 at 6:30pm

Packing Up Polly

By Leslie Kimbell

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.

Packing Up Polly made its world premiere on April 9, 2021. 

PERFORMANCE DATES: April 4-6 & 10-13, 2025

Directed by Declan Rice

Casting 4 adult women

CAROLINE PORTER COOK – 40s, Polly’s daughter, former head cheerleader, homecoming queen, prom queen and all that goes with it.

ELIZABETH “LIZZY” JENNINGS – 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.

REBECCA “BECCA” BAILEY – 40s, frumpy mother of four… currently expecting number five any minute… and soon to be single. 

Presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com