Lala is jealous of her cousin Sunny, a smart, blond Wellesley student. Props, too, because Castonguay unexpectedly went to the hospital and missed opening night (assistant director Amy Gray stepped in) but was back on stage by Saturday. It's a shame the script doesn't let Lala evolve, but props to Katie Castonguay for giving the character energy.
Her uncle Adolph (a hilariously exhausted Ned Averill-Snell) and mother Boo (equally matched in weariness by Ami Sallee) thinks she's ridiculous. She has dropped out of college and claims to be writing her own plantation novel. Lala needs a date, but keeps repelling men with her eccentricities. They're pumped for Ballyhoo, a country club cotillion for well-heeled Jews in town, all "wishing they could kiss their elbows and turn into Episcopalians." They're not quite self-haters, but definitely ignorant to their own heritage (Boo's daughter, Lala, doesn't know what Passover is). They are the only Jews on Habersham Road, except for on the end "where it gets a little tacky." They view the Christmas tree as an American gewgaw, like a Halloween pumpkin or a Valentine's Day card. The Freitags are a wealthy, multi-layered family living together in an Atlanta neighborhood of Junior Leaguers and WASPs in 1939.
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