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Comedy: Blackjack follows an eccentric Southern family as it is
forced into the close quarters of a Mississippi cruise ship. Kaitlyn
is convinced that she is channeling the poet, Baudelaire and that her
husband is having an affair with a larger-than-life ship entertainer.
Irene, the matriarch of the family, is suspicious of a break in her
daughter's marriage. Her sexy Hispanic maid sets her sights on the
grandson, a successful Southern rock star. Everyone costumes for New
Year's Eve in an attempt to forget their old identities and try to
find new love.
CAST OF CHARACTERS: (2
M, 4W)
IRENE SONIAT DUBONNET�(Nicknamed MIMI), sixties. A ravishing
matriarch. Her family has roots in the nineteenth century, and she
still presides over a vast Garden District house in New Orleans.
LUISA GARCIA� Early twenties. An Hispanic medical student, too pretty
for her office as Irene�s companion. Sleek and firm, she is poured
into a shirt, jeans, and a nurse�s jacket.
BUNKY DUBONNET LEGERE�Mid-twenties. A rock star and Irene�s grandson.
He has mood eyes that change colors and wild hair.
JAMES BEAUREGARD ELLIS�(Nicknamed BEAU), fortyish. Bunky�s stepfather.
Athletic and tanned, he dresses in Ivy League, navy and black blazers
with shirts and sweaters of gray, blue, and wine.
KAITLIN ELLIS�Bunky�s mother, fortyish. A delicate beauty with the
clearest eyes and a porcelain complexion just beginning to crack from
the strain of illness.
RORY DEBANGO�Mid-forties to fifties. Single. There is something
striking about her, an exotic strain of wild, unpredictable whimsy. |
Type of boat used in
Blackjack: The Thief of Possession |
