SAN DIEGO

North Park Theatre

August 24 @ 8PM – Southern Baptist Sissies
August 25 @ 8PM – Southern Baptist Sissies
August 26 @ 3PM Sordid Lives
August 26 @ 8PM Sordid Lives

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!  The original production opened in 1996 at Los Angeles' Theatre Theatre and was sold-out for its entire 14 month run.

Southern Baptist Sissies is Del Shores' fifth installment of Texas-based comedic plays with heart.  The play originally opened at the Zephyr Theatre in 2000.  The show came back to Los Angeles (after a sold-out run in Dallas) in 2002.  It again was launched in Los Angeles in 2006 for a revival of all six Shores plays.  The GLAAD Award-Winning Southern Baptist Sissies has made L.A. history - as the longest running play on the Zephyr Theatre's stage.  The theatre celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 2006.

DALLAS

Majestic Theatre

(September 16, 17)

PRESS CLIPS
Theatre Mania.com - review
Dallas Voice
www.quickdfw.com

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!  The original production opened in 1996 at Los Angeles' Theatre Theatre and was sold-out for its entire 14 month run.

Southern Baptist Sissies is Del Shores' fifth installment of Texas-based comedic plays with heart.  The play originally opened at the Zephyr Theatre in 2000.  The show came back to Los Angeles (after a sold-out run in Dallas) in 2002.  It again was launched in Los Angeles in 2006 for a revival of all six Shores plays.  The GLAAD Award-Winning Southern Baptist Sissies has made L.A. history - as the longest running play on the Zephyr Theatre's stage.  The theatre celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 2006.

PALM SPRINGS

Annenberg Theatre

October 6 (8PM) -- Sordid Lives - It's a Drag!
October 7 (8PM) -- ...Trailer Trash Housewife
October 8 (2PM) -- ...Trailer Trash Housewife
October 8 (7PM) -- Sordid Lives
October 10 (7PM) -- Southern Baptist Sissies
October 11 (7PM) -- Southern Baptist Sissies

Del Shores Star Press Release

PRESS CLIPS
Talk Magazine - Delta Burke Cover
Talk Magazine - Del Shores Cover
Talk Magazine - Leslie Jordan Cover
Palm Springs Bottom Line Magazine
TheatreMania.com - review
www.gaywired.com
Gay & Lesbian Times
Buzz Magazine
TheatreMania.com
CBS-2 Television (Leslie Jordan, Delta Burke, Del Shores)
ABC-Television (Del Shores, Ann Walker, Patrika Darbo)
NBC-Television (Del Shores, Patrika Darbo, Mary-Margaret Lewis, Ann Walker)
NBC-Television (Del Shores, Jason Dottley, Dale Dickey)
NBC-Television (Newell Alexander, Scott Presley, David Ojalvo, Ted Detwiler)

BACKGROUND

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!  The original production opened in 1996 at Los Angeles' Theatre Theatre and was sold-out for its entire 14 month run.

Southern Baptist Sissies is Del Shores' fifth installment of Texas-based comedic plays with heart.  The play originally opened at the Zephyr Theatre in 2000.  The show came back to Los Angeles (after a sold-out run in Dallas) in 2002.  It again was launched in Los Angeles in 2006 for a revival of all six Shores plays.  The GLAAD Award-Winning Southern Baptist Sissies has made L.A. history - as the longest running play on the Zephyr Theatre's stage.  The theatre celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 2006.

The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife first opened in 2003.  It became the most awarded theatre production of the year with more than 14 Los Angeles Theatre Awards, including Best Production, Best Lead Performance – Beth Grant, and Best World Premiere from the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle; Best Lead Actress – Beth Grant from the Ovation Awards; Best Production and Best Playwright from the NAACP Theatre Awards; Best Production, Best Playwright, Best Direction, Best Lead Performance – Beth Grant, and Best Supporting Performance – Dale Dickey, from the Back Stage West Garland Awards; and Best Playwright, Best Supporting Actor – David Steen, Best Ensemble – Beth Grant, Dale Dickey, Debby Holiday, Octavia Spencer, David Steen, from the L.A. Weekly Awards.  The play 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. 

Southern Baptist Sissies - Friday, October 27 - 8PM
Sordid Lives - Sunday, October 29 - 3PM

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!  The original production opened in 1996 at Los Angeles' Theatre Theatre and was sold-out for its entire 14 month run.

Southern Baptist Sissies is Del Shores' fifth installment of Texas-based comedic plays with heart.  The play originally opened at the Zephyr Theatre in 2000.  The show came back to Los Angeles (after a sold-out run in Dallas) in 2002.  It again was launched in Los Angeles in 2006 for a revival of all six Shores plays.  The GLAAD Award-Winning Southern Baptist Sissies has made L.A. history - as the longest running play on the Zephyr Theatre's stage.  The theatre celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 2006.

Original Los Angeles Production reviews/articles:
Sordid Lives     Southern Baptist Sissies

Southern Baptist Sissies - Friday, November 10 - 8PM
Southern Baptist Sissies - Saturday, November 11 - 8PM
Sordid Lives - Sunday, November 12 - 3PM
Sordid Lives - Sunday, November 12 - 8PM

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!  The original production opened in 1996 at Los Angeles' Theatre Theatre and was sold-out for its entire 14 month run.

Southern Baptist Sissies is Del Shores' fifth installment of Texas-based comedic plays with heart.  The play originally opened at the Zephyr Theatre in 2000.  The show came back to Los Angeles (after a sold-out run in Dallas) in 2002.  It again was launched in Los Angeles in 2006 for a revival of all six Shores plays.  The GLAAD Award-Winning Southern Baptist Sissies has made L.A. history - as the longest running play on the Zephyr Theatre's stage.  The theatre celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 2006.

Original Los Angeles Production reviews/articles:
Sordid Lives     Southern Baptist Sissies

Southern Baptist Sissies - Friday, November 17 - 8PM
Southern Baptist Sissies - Saturday, November 18 - 2PM
Sordid Lives - Saturday, November 18 - 8:30PM
Sordid Lives - Sunday, November 19 - 3PM
Sordid Lives - Sunday, November 19 - 8PM

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!  The original production opened in 1996 at Los Angeles' Theatre Theatre and was sold-out for its entire 14 month run.

Southern Baptist Sissies is Del Shores' fifth installment of Texas-based comedic plays with heart.  The play originally opened at the Zephyr Theatre in 2000.  The show came back to Los Angeles (after a sold-out run in Dallas) in 2002.  It again was launched in Los Angeles in 2006 for a revival of all six Shores plays.  The GLAAD Award-Winning Southern Baptist Sissies has made L.A. history - as the longest running play on the Zephyr Theatre's stage.  The theatre celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 2006.

Original Los Angeles Production reviews/articles:
Sordid Lives     Southern Baptist Sissies