Award-Winning Comedy Southern Baptist Sissies
Zephyr Theatre (7456 Melrose Ave. Hollywood, CA 90046)
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The last date listed for Southern Baptist Sissies was Wednesday July 26, 2006 / 8:00pm.
3 Goldstar Member Reviews
Roberto M.
A must see! I plan to delight in the entire Del Shores season!Written on Apr 21 2006
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Randall R.
This is a first rate production with excellent actors and fantastic writing, a real gem full of insight and meaning!!Written on May 29 2006
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Donnie
Intimate theater. Location! Location! Location! The play resonated the struggle, joys, delights and disappointments of the journey of the four main characters. I loved it!Written on Mar 07 2006
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Quotes & Highlights
- GO! - "Shores is a consummate showman, assembling a well-nigh perfect cast, and punctuating the church scenes with sly verbal wit." -- LA Weekly
- With Leslie Jordan and Ann Walker.
Description
<p>July 11 and 12 are special performances featuring Leslie Jordan (who just received an emmy nomination for Will and Grace) and Delta Burke.
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<p>Writer/Director/Producer Del Shores (Queer as Folk, Sordid Lives, Dharma & Greg), one of Los Angeles’ most prolific playwrights, revives his critically acclaimed play Southern Baptist Sissies.</p>
<p>Shores’ plays are some of the most honored productions in Los Angeles Theater, with over 75 awards, from the LADCC, Ovation, Backstage West Garland, LA Weekly, NAACP and GLAAD. He will again direct the new productions, which are currently being cast. A Season of Shores will be produced by Del Shores and Jason Dottley (The Best of Del for Sharyn, An Intimate Evening with Debby Holiday), with lighting designer Kathi O'Donohue (Biloxi Blues, After the Fall), musical director Joe Patrick Ward (Composer/Lyricist of Judy’s Scary Little Christmas and The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife), and set designer Robert Steinberg (Oliver!, A Streetcar Named Desire).</p>
<p>Southern Baptist Sissies is Shores’ most personal play. It enjoyed a ten-month sold-out run in Los Angeles in 2000 and 2001, and then became a sold-out hit even before opening at the McKinney Avenue Contemporary Theatre in Dallas . Revived in L.A. in April 2002, …Sissies enjoyed yet another six month sold-out run. The play opened at the Bailiwick Theatre in Chicago to rave reviews July 2002 and was the theatre’s biggest hit during their Pride summer series, garnering two After Dark Awards for Best Direction and Best Ensemble. The original LA production of …Sissies received 20 Los Angeles Theatre Awards, including the prestigious GLAAD Award for Outstanding Production of the Year.</p>