Fall Show: October 17 - November 1, 2025

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DADDY’S Girl

playwright
Gary ray stapp

Director
don mackechnie

Producer
Cindy MacKechnie

synopsis:

Bernard Muloovy, proprietor of Maudie’s Diner, gets served a full plate of comic chaos when his deceased wife decides to take up residence as a talking portrait on the diner wall. Enlisting the services of an angel, Michael, Maudie hopes to reunite Bernard with their long-lost daughter, Elizabeth. True to his mischievous nature, Michael/Michaela delivers two Elizabeths, and Bernard’s task is to decide which young woman is his real daughter. This play comes fully seasoned with characters like E.L. - a snobbish restaurant critic after Bernard's secret recipe, Lizzy - a girl with a split personality, a forgetful waitress, a PhD student with communication problems, a yin-yang geriatric duo, a motorcycle mama, and of course Darlynn. 

In this contest of laughter and tears, a heart of gold along with a twist... or two, make this a great night out for the whole family!

character list

Bernard - Fifty-year-old cook and proprietor of Maudie’s Diner. A short-tempered, grouchy man, but underneath his harsh exterior he is a kind, caring person. (384 lines)

Bob - Known as “Shirtless Bob,” he is a regular customer of the diner. He’s slightly argumentative, but generally compliant with the “no shoes, no shirt, no service” rule. (42 lines)

Walter - Late 20’s – early 30’s. A PhD candidate, he is a stereotypical professional student-type: glasses, simple haircut, never without a textbook. He’s intelligent and articulate except when he tries to speak to Betsy. (136 lines)

Maudie - In her 20’s, she is Bernard’s deceased wife and has, for 25 years, hung as a “portrait” on the center of the upstage wall. A little feisty with some “blonde” traits, she enjoys goading and lecturing her husband. (119 lines) 

Betsy - A cheerful hardworking, twenty-year-old simple waitress, but lacks confidence. She’s a little dowdy and disheveled, but loyal and eager to please her boss. (192 lines)

Michael/Michela - An angel with a dry sense of humor. A mischievous type who likes to dangle the proverbial carrot. Could be played by a male/female: Any age (95 lines)

Darlynn - A sweet, bubbly woman who doesn’t hesitate to call things like she sees them. In her late 40’s to early 50’s. For 25 years, she’s tried to get Bernard to the altar but hasn’t got him to first base yet. Refusing to accept defeat, she constantly tries to get his attention by varying her attire daily – sometimes hourly. (153 lines)

E.L. - In her 20’s, she is a classy, but cold career-centered woman, who oozes with conceit and confidence. A writer of local notoriety, she has her own regular column in the Kansas City Star newspaper. (167 lines)

Alex - Late 20’s early 30’s, he is a confident likeable guy with a long resume of ex-girlfriends, one of whom is E.L. who has turned him into a “yes-man.” (129 lines)

Daisy - A sweet, but somewhat daffy old lady nearly joined at the hip with her best friend Violet. They are like yin and yang – only Geritol style. Each rarely speaks a complete sentence without the other one to finish it (79 lines)

Violet - A sweet, delightful old lady, but a little less patient than her friend, Daisy. (79 lines)

Lizzy - In her 20’s, she is an obedient, well-mannered mouse of a girl, but with a unique split personality. When hidden behind her glasses she is timid and meek. But when her glasses come off, she is a dazzling one-woman stage show.  NEEDS TO SING (59 lines)

Big Earl Ella - Mid 40’s. A motorcycle mama complete with tattoos, body piercings and wildly colored hair, she is Lizzy’s mother. She’s loud and intimidating, but beneath her leather and chains exterior she is a diamond in the rough – well, not really! (148 lines)