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SORDID LIVES
BY Del Shores
Welcome to Winters, TX, where three generations of a wacky family have gathered for the funeral of their matriarch, Peggy, an otherwise "fine upstanding woman" who's died under rather sordid circumstances involving a motel room and a pair of wooden legs. By turns both poignant and irreverently hilarious,the play reveals a family at their worst and their best as they come to grips with their grief, their secrets, and each other.
Fondren Theatre Workshop will present this Southern-fried, bawdy "black comedy about white trash," by the author of "Daddy's Dyin', Who's Got the Will?". Shores' original play received more than 30 award nominations, and was adapted into a 2000 film starring Delta Burke, Beau Bridges, and Emmy-winner Leslie Jordan of "Will & Grace," which gained a cult following status, resulting in a subsequent 2008 television series and a just-released film sequel, "A Very Sordid Wedding."
The show will be presented "cabaret style" in the banquet room of Scrooge's Restaurant, 5829 Ridgewood Road, in Jackson, MS. Audiences are encouraged to make an evening of it by dining pre-show at Scrooge's; beverage service will be available pre-show and during intermission.
Tickets will be $22-$25 and will be available May 1 at www.ftwsordid.brownpapertickets.com. A portion of proceeds will benefit the MS Human Rights Campaign.
SHOWTIMES:
Thursday, May 11, 7:30 pm
Friday, May 12, 7:30 pm
Saturday, May 13, 2:00 pm **AND** 7:30 pm
Thursday, May 18, 7:30 pm
Friday, May 19, 7:30 pm
Saturday, May 20, 7:30 pm
Sunday, May 21, 2:00 pm
Seating will be strictly limited, so pre-purchasing via brownpapertickets.com is STRONGLY encouraged (Visa/MC required). Please call FTW at 601-301-2281 for more information. (Please do NOT call Scrooge's for tickets/info as this is strictly an FTW production.) You can find us on Facebook under Non-Profit Organizations.
ADVISORY: this play contains profanity and adult subject matter, and is recommended for
MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY.
(If you're easily offended, then this ain't the show for you!)
The play is directed by Diana Howell. Actors include Opie Cooper as G.W. Nethercott, a cheatin’ husband with two wooden legs; Deenie Castleberry as Noleta, G.W.’s spurned wife who goes on a rampage; Lynn Campbell, playing the long-suffering aunt Sissy, who picked the wrong day to quit smoking; Mandy Kate Myers and Claire Kinsey as Latrelle and Lavonda, two polar-opposite sisters who are feuding over their dead mother’s mink stole; Jane Waugh as Juanita, the perennial barfly; Malaika Quarterman as the barely-stable-herself psychiatrist Dr. Eve Bolinger; Erick Weeks as Earl "Brother Boy" Ingram, the cross-dressing Tammy Wynette fanatic who’s spent 23 years at the state hospital for "dehomosexualization" therapy; David Waugh and J.C. Patterson as bar-owning brothers Wardell and Odell Owens; James Anderson as preacher Barnes; Roxie Hood as local saloon singer Bitsy Mae Harling; and Sam Furman as Ty Williamson, the prodigal grandson who’s struggling with whether to return home to face his family and his own demons.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL 601-301-2281. Please DO NOT call Scrooge's Restaurant.
SORDID LIVES is presented through special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.
BY Del Shores
Welcome to Winters, TX, where three generations of a wacky family have gathered for the funeral of their matriarch, Peggy, an otherwise "fine upstanding woman" who's died under rather sordid circumstances involving a motel room and a pair of wooden legs. By turns both poignant and irreverently hilarious,the play reveals a family at their worst and their best as they come to grips with their grief, their secrets, and each other.
Fondren Theatre Workshop will present this Southern-fried, bawdy "black comedy about white trash," by the author of "Daddy's Dyin', Who's Got the Will?". Shores' original play received more than 30 award nominations, and was adapted into a 2000 film starring Delta Burke, Beau Bridges, and Emmy-winner Leslie Jordan of "Will & Grace," which gained a cult following status, resulting in a subsequent 2008 television series and a just-released film sequel, "A Very Sordid Wedding."
The show will be presented "cabaret style" in the banquet room of Scrooge's Restaurant, 5829 Ridgewood Road, in Jackson, MS. Audiences are encouraged to make an evening of it by dining pre-show at Scrooge's; beverage service will be available pre-show and during intermission.
Tickets will be $22-$25 and will be available May 1 at www.ftwsordid.brownpapertickets.com. A portion of proceeds will benefit the MS Human Rights Campaign.
SHOWTIMES:
Thursday, May 11, 7:30 pm
Friday, May 12, 7:30 pm
Saturday, May 13, 2:00 pm **AND** 7:30 pm
Thursday, May 18, 7:30 pm
Friday, May 19, 7:30 pm
Saturday, May 20, 7:30 pm
Sunday, May 21, 2:00 pm
Seating will be strictly limited, so pre-purchasing via brownpapertickets.com is STRONGLY encouraged (Visa/MC required). Please call FTW at 601-301-2281 for more information. (Please do NOT call Scrooge's for tickets/info as this is strictly an FTW production.) You can find us on Facebook under Non-Profit Organizations.
ADVISORY: this play contains profanity and adult subject matter, and is recommended for
MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY.
(If you're easily offended, then this ain't the show for you!)
The play is directed by Diana Howell. Actors include Opie Cooper as G.W. Nethercott, a cheatin’ husband with two wooden legs; Deenie Castleberry as Noleta, G.W.’s spurned wife who goes on a rampage; Lynn Campbell, playing the long-suffering aunt Sissy, who picked the wrong day to quit smoking; Mandy Kate Myers and Claire Kinsey as Latrelle and Lavonda, two polar-opposite sisters who are feuding over their dead mother’s mink stole; Jane Waugh as Juanita, the perennial barfly; Malaika Quarterman as the barely-stable-herself psychiatrist Dr. Eve Bolinger; Erick Weeks as Earl "Brother Boy" Ingram, the cross-dressing Tammy Wynette fanatic who’s spent 23 years at the state hospital for "dehomosexualization" therapy; David Waugh and J.C. Patterson as bar-owning brothers Wardell and Odell Owens; James Anderson as preacher Barnes; Roxie Hood as local saloon singer Bitsy Mae Harling; and Sam Furman as Ty Williamson, the prodigal grandson who’s struggling with whether to return home to face his family and his own demons.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL 601-301-2281. Please DO NOT call Scrooge's Restaurant.
SORDID LIVES is presented through special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.
TICKETS ON SALE MAY 1: www.ftwsordid.bpt.me
Many thanks to our first weekend audiences! Our second weekend is filling up fast, with VERY limited availability on Friday and Saturday--please don't delay in getting your tickets!
Note: All online sales close approximately one hour before showtimes, but tickets MAY still be available at the door.
Many thanks to our first weekend audiences! Our second weekend is filling up fast, with VERY limited availability on Friday and Saturday--please don't delay in getting your tickets!
Note: All online sales close approximately one hour before showtimes, but tickets MAY still be available at the door.
