delta burke, leslie jordan & BETH
GRANT
GO on tour with del shores’
award-winning plays:
Sordid lives - Southern baptist sissieS
&
THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF A TRAILER TRASH HOUSEWIFE!
Scheduled Cities
Include San Diego, Dallas, Palm Springs*,
St. Louis,
Nashville & Ft. Lauderdale!
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
LOS ANGELES, CA, (July 28, 2006) – On the heals of
selling his new television series Sordid
Lives to LOGO, Writer/Director/Producer Del
Shores (Queer as Folk, Dharma & Greg)
will take to the road with Delta Burke (Designing
Woman), current Emmy nominee Leslie Jordan (Will & Grace), and Beth Grant (Little Miss Sunshine, Sordid Lives), along with the entire casts
from all three Los Angeles productions.
The multi-city tour will showcase his critically acclaimed plays Sordid Lives, and Southern Baptist Sissies, with special performances of The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer
Trash Housewife in Palm Springs only!
The tour not only marks the first time Delta Burke has ever taken a show
on the road, but will also be a celebration of her 50th Birthday in
each city!
In January 2006, a Season of Shores was
launched to revive of all six of his award-winning plays at Los Angeles’
historic Zephyr Theatre. To-date, three
of his plays have been produced, including the GLAAD Award-winner Southern Baptist Sissies, the NAACP
winner The Trials and Tribulations of a
Trailer Trash Housewife, and the cult phenomenon Sordid Lives. More than
14,000 people from all around the globe have come to see the plays, making a
Season of Shores some of the hottest tickets in town. The season will now go on hold while Shores
and his team head across the country with the tour, as well as work on the new
television series. August 6th
will be the last performance of …Trailer Trash
Housewife. The three remaining plays
to be revived in early 2007 include Shores’ first play Cheatin’, Daddy’s Dyin… Who’s
Got the Will?, and Daughters of the
Lone Star State.
The play Sordid
Lives is a black comedy about white trash! In the “coming out” story, three generations
of a small Texas family prepare for a funeral, and that’s when the hilarious,
sad, trashy truth about their lives runs amuck!
Cast members include Leslie Jordan* (Will
& Grace, Boston Legal), Dale Dickey* (Domino, My Name is Earl), Patrika Darbo (Days of Our Lives), singer Debby Holiday, singer Sean Wiggins,
Mary-Margaret Lewis* (Kalamazoo, Friends),
Ann Walker* (Las Vegas, Sex, Love &
Secrets), Mitch Carter* (Children of
the Corn), Newell Alexander* (HBO’s Big
Love), Sarah Hunley* (Ghosts of
Mississippi, The Ghost Whisperer), David Cowgill and Rosemary Alexander* (Madhouse) and introducing Jason Dottley.
(*also starred in the film version of Sordid
Lives)
The play Southern
Baptist Sissies is an exploration into the lives
of four gay men raised in the church. Through laughter and tears, each story
unfolds to reveal a struggle for self-discovery. Cast members include Delta
Burke (Designing Women), Leslie
Jordan (Will & Grace, Boston Legal),
Dale Dickey (Domino, My Name is Earl),
Newell Alexander (HBO’[s Big Love),
Ted Detwiler (The Ring Two), Joe
Patrick Ward, Anthony Cherry (Blast Off!),
Emerson Collins (The Secret Garden),
Rich Delia (Strong Medicine), T.
Ashanti Mozelle (Angels in America:
Perestroika), and David Ojalvo (Down
Hearted Blues).
Winner of 14 Los Angeles Theatre
Awards, including the NAACP, LA Weekly, Ovation, Back Stage West, and LA Drama
Critics, The Trials and Tribulations of a
Trailer Trash Housewife explores the hidden emotions, shame, and secrecy
battered women face, while also offering hope, healing, and truth. A delicate
blend of frightened humor and pain, it delves right into the heart of abuse. In
just a mere two hours audiences will journey into a world that could fill a
lifetime. Explosive one-sided arguments erupt and build, until one disastrous
night it all goes too far and the lives of those in the trailer park will never
be the same. The play will feature the
entire original cast, including: Beth Grant (Donnie Darko, Sordid Lives, Little Miss Sunshine), Dale Dickey (Domino, My Name is Earl), soulful rocker
turned dance diva Debby Holiday (Dive,
Half A Mile Away), Octavia Spencer (Beauty
Shop, Coach Carter, Wannabe), and David Steen (A Gift From Heaven, Avenue A).
Shores’ plays are some of the most honored
productions in Los Angeles Theater history, with over 75 awards, from the
LADCC, Ovation, Backstage West Garland Awards, LA Weekly Theatre Awards, NAACP
and GLAAD. This year, the LA Weekly
Theatre Awards honored Del Shores with their Career Achievement Award.
The tour is produced by Del Shores and Jason Dottley (Season
of Shores, Sordid Lives, Southern Baptist Sissies, The Trials and Tribulations
of a Trailer Trash Housewife) and Friley Davidson
and Tom Malin.
Tour
dates already secured include:
San
Diego: (tickets available at: www.seasonofshores.com)
North Park
Theatre - August 24, 25 @ 8PM – Southern
Baptist Sissies
North Park
Theatre - August 26 @ 3PM & 8PM Sordid
Lives
Dallas:
(tickets
available at: 214-373-8000 or www.ticketmaster.com)
Majestic
Theatre - September 16 @ 3PM & 8PM – Southern
Baptist Sissies
Majestic
Theatre - September 17 @ 3PM & 8PM Sordid
Lives
Palm
Springs: (tickets available at: www.seasonofshores.com)
Annenberg
Theatre – October 6 @ 8PM – Sordid Lives:
It’s A Drag (all characters reversed!)
Annenberg
Theatre – October 7 @ 8PM – The Trials
and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife
Annenberg
Theatre – October 8 @ 2PM – The Trials
and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife
Annenberg
Theatre – October 8 @ 7PM – Sordid Lives
Annenberg
Theatre – October 10, 11 @ 7PM – Southern
Baptist Sissies
St.
Louis: (tickets available at: www.seasonofshores.com)
Orpheum Theatre
– October 27 @ 8PM – Southern Baptist
Sissies
Orpheum Theatre
– October 28 @ 3PM – Southern Baptist
Sissies
Orpheum Theatre
– October 29 @ 3PM & 8PM – Sordid
Lives
Nashville:
(tickets
available at: www.seasonofshores.com)
Polk Theatre –
November 10 @ 8PM – Southern Baptist
Sissies
Polk Theatre –
November 11 @ 3PM – Southern Baptist
Sissies
Polk Theatre –
November 12 @ 3PM & 8PM – Sordid
Lives
Ft.
Lauderdale: (tickets available at: www.seasonofshores.com)
Parker
Playhouse at Broward Center – November 17 8PM – Southern Baptist Sissies
Parker
Playhouse – November 18 3PM Southern
Baptist Sissies & 8PM Sordid
Lives
Parker
Playhouse – November 19 @ 3PM – Sordid
Lives
Additional cities are expected, with
all shows performed in larger venues ranging from 700 - 2,000 seats.
VIP
TICKETS:
A limited number of VIP tickets for
each performance are available by calling 800-595-4TIX or online at: www.seasonofshores.com. VIP tickets include a meet-and-greet
with the cast.
For tickets and a complete schedule, please log
online at: www.seasonofshores.com.
*Palm Springs is the only tour stop for The Trials and
Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife.
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CONTACT:
Ed
Baran
T:
213-482-4696