EMMA - A caring mother on a mission to preserve a treasure, 50.
JINKS - Emma's creative friend who's at war with everything Southern, 50 or so.
OLIVE - Another friend whose love for the South conflicts with JINKS, also 50 or so.
CORDELIA - An ambitious, talented, take-charge young lady engaged to EMMA'S son, 20ish.
TAMMY - Howard's attactive zestful companion with a dream, 20 - 30.
HOWARD - A pompous strange with multiple secrets, 40 to 60.
The actors portraying EMMA, CORDELIA, JINKS and OLIVE should have reasonably good singing voices.
A CORDELIA with guitar-playing skills would be a plus, although a tambourine or other hand-held percussion instrument could subsitute for the guitar.