-Information and photo courtesy Kaine Riggan

Grammy-winning country star T. Graham Brown has signed on to join the cast of “A Waffle House Christmas.”

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