-Information and photo courtesy Kaine Riggan
Having penned one of the songs in Kaine Riggan’s musical comedy “A Waffle House Christmas”, Grammy-winning country star T. Graham Brown has signed on to join the cast for the one-night-only engagement of the show at McGregor Hall on Saturday, December 1.
Brown will play Willie Wainwright, an ex-preacher who often comes into the Waffle House after having one-too-many at the bar. The show is set in a Waffle House just outside of Nashville on Christmas Eve and also features iconic sitcom star Joyce DeWitt (Janet from Three’s Company) as the third-shift waitress Rita Watson.
Riggan’s musical concept was originally commissioned by the Metro Nashville Arts Commission in 2005 as a collaborative effort to showcase Nashville songwriters. Over 250 songs were submitted and he chose 20 of them and tied them together with a comedic, family-friendly script.
Local auditions for the musical are scheduled for Friday, Nov. 9 (6 – 8 p.m.) and Saturday, Nov. 10 (2 – 4 p.m.) at McGregor Hall. Children age 6-12 are needed as well as several adult roles of varying age and race. A link to more information, available roles and rehearsal schedule can be found at www.DowntownDevelopment.org