Katherine DePravia, the show's aging matriarch: On the daytime drama, Katherine plays Anastasia DuBouis, the beloved grandmother to whom everyone turns. Off screen, she takes every opportunity to belittle others and remind people that she is an Academy Award-winning actress. More about Katherine here!Lucy Sushan: Another possible high-maintenance cut from the show would be this perennial Emmy-loser. On the show, she plays Erica Payne — the sassy “woman you love to hate.” Despite her popularity, those in the know note that she is grotesquely over-paid. More about Lucy here!Beau Brummel: On the show, he plays the town cop, Stone Stephens. Despite the fact that he is well known as a rotten actor, he is not likely to be fired because he is the son of the program's executive producer.Francine Genie: Stone's love interest is also an unlikely possibility. She is loved by millions in her One Life to Lose role, the innocent ingénue, Lauren McSugar.Carey MacDonald: For years, the producers have tried to write him out. Well known in the industry as a doddering has-been who can't remember his lines, each time the writers killed off his character, the suave villain Alfonso Dementia, fan support brought the debonair bad guy back to life.Director Tyler Thwart is forced to deal with this bounty of egos and deficit of talent. He is unhappy to be a TV producer, anyway. A frustrated choreographer, he dreams of staging a musical version of “Come Back Little Sheba.” All this intrigue is complicated in the dinner theatre production when the cast is unexpectedly compelled to perform the show on live TV. Before it is all over, someone is murdered.
