United Kingdom, Oct. 2 -- Dolly Parton's handpicked cast for DOLLY: A True Original Musical has been revealed.

The country music icon died on August 25 aged 80, but before she passed away, the 9 to 5 legend personally chose the five leading actors to tell her life story.

As revealed by PEOPLE magazine, Katie Rose Clarke, Carrie St. Louis and Norah Nunes have been cast as Dolly in three different stages of her life.

Gabriel Ebert and John Belhmann were also handpicked by the star to play early collaborator Porter Wagoner and her beloved late husband Carl Dean.

Preview performances for the production are due to start at St. James Theatre in New York City on December, with the opening night following on what would have been her 81st birt...