BEARD COLLINS SHORES PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS The Los Angeles Premiere of
THIS SIDE OF CRAZY Written and Directed by Del Shores THE CRAZY BEGINS
FRIDAY, JANUARY 31 AT THE ZEPHYR THEATRE IN WEST HOLLYWOOD! November
14, 2019…West Hollywood…Beard Collins Shores Productions is
thrilled to present the Los Angeles premiere of Dale Dickey, Bobbie
Eakes, Sharon Garrison and Rachel Sorsa starring in the Los Angeles
premiere of THIS SIDE OF CRAZY, written and directed by Del Shores.
THIS SIDE OF CRAZY will preview on Thursday, January 30, 2020; will
open on Friday, January 31 and run through Sunday, March 8 at the
Zephyr Theatre, 7456 Melrose Ave., in West Hollywood. Ditty Blaylock,
the most prolific singer in gospel music history, is being honored by
“Gospel Music Network.” All the stars are aligning to sing
Ditty’s songs on her TV special. But there is one glitch. A little
hiccup. Ditty has promised a reunion of The Blaylock Sisters, her
three adult daughters who were once national sensations – “little
superstars for Jesus.” Rachel, the oldest sister, who lives with
Ditty, is furious when she finds out that her baby sister Bethany, an
atheist and lesbian, and Abigail, her middle sister, who has “anger
issues” and is currently confined to a mental facility, are headed
home. What the public is unaware of is that these complicated sisters
have been estranged for over twenty-five years - and extreme past
circumstances, including a husband left in a coma, have made
reconciliation impossible. Once reunited, secrets are revealed,
tempers flare and family wounds are exposed. But…the show must go
on! ABOUT THE CREATIVE TEAM AND CAST DEL SHORES
(Playwright/Director/Producer) is the writer/director/producer of the
films “Sordid Lives,” “Blues for Willadean,” “Southern
Baptist Sissies” and “A Very Sordid Wedding.” He wrote and
executive produced the MGM feature “Daddy's Dyin'...Who's Got The
Will?” He has written seven previous plays, all published by Samuel
French, produced thousands of times worldwide with four adapted for
the screen which have run collectively for over seven years in Los
Angeles. Southern Baptist Sissies, won the GLAAD Award, The Trials and
Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife won the NAACP Theatre Award,
and both Yellow and Trailer Trash won the LADCC Award for Best
Original Play and Best Production. In television, Del wrote, directed,
executive produced and created the LOGO series, “Sordid Lives: The
Series.” He also wrote and executive produced on the last three
seasons of Showtime's “Queer As Folk,” and wrote and produced for
“Dharma & Greg” and “Ned & Stacey.” Shores has performed in
hundreds of standup gigs in three national tours, all filmed for DVD.
His new one-man play Six Characters In Search Of A Play has performed
in 33 cities, seven film festivals and won three film festival awards.
It premieres on BroadwayHD in December. Shores was given the Lifetime
Achievement Award from LA Weekly. EMERSON COLLINS (Producer) is a
producer, director and actor best known for four seasons of BRAVO’s
“The People’s Couch” and “RENT” on FOX. He produced and
starred in “A Very Sordid Wedding” and “Southern Baptist
Sissies,” winning Best Actor at the Red Dirt International Film
Festival, and the national tour of the play of Sissies. Emerson won
the Desert Theatre League Award for Best Actor in a Comedy for the
one-man show Buyer & Cellar with Coyote Stageworks. Collins
co-produced and recurred in LOGO’s “Sordid Lives: The Series”
and produced “Blues For Willadean.” He directed all three of Del
Shores’ standup comedy DVD specials and directed Shores’ one-man
play “Six Characters In Search Of a Play” on stage and for film
where it won awards at three film festivals before it streams
exclusively on BroadwayHD in December. LOUISE H. BEARD (Producer) is a
Tony Award-winning producer for A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and
Murder in 2013. Other Tony-nominated shows she produced include A
Christmas Story, The Musical and Dames at Sea. In London,
Olivier-nominated shows she produced on include Dreamgirls (2017) and
Company (2019) which won The Olivier Award for Best Revival of a
Musical. Louise co-produced “Blues For Willadean” and executive
produced the films “Southern Baptist Sissies,” “A Very Sordid
Wedding,” and all of Shores’ standup comedy specials including
“Del Shores: Sordid Confessions,” “Del Shores: Naked. Sordid.
Reality.,” and “Six Characters In Search of a Play.” Beard also
executive produced the world premiere production of Del Shores’ play
Yellow. The cast of THIS SIDE OF CRAZY will feature (in alphabetical
order): DALE DICKEY (“Unbelievable,” “Claws,” Spirit Award
winner for “Winter’s Bone”) as “Abigail Blaylock,” BOBBIE
EAKES (“The Bold and the Beautiful,” “All My Children”) as
“Rachel Blaylock,” SHARON GARRISON (“Game of Silence,”
“Preacher”) as “Ditty Blaylock” and RACHEL SORSA (Ovation
nominee Billy Boy, “Blues For Willadean”) as “Bethany
Blaylock.” THIS SIDE OF CRAZY has assembled an award-winning design
team; The Scenic Design is by Tom Buderwitz. The Lighting Design is by
Matthew Brian Denman. The Costume Design is by Shon LeBlanc. The Stage
Manager is Letitia Chang. THIS SIDE OF CRAZY is produced by Emerson
Collins, Louise Beard & Del Shores. ABOUT THE SCHEDULE AND PRICING
THIS SIDE OF CRAZY will preview on Thursday, January 30 at 8pm; will
open on Friday, January 31at 8pm and run through Sunday, March 8 at
7pm at the Zephyr Theatre, 7456 Melrose Ave., in West Hollywood.
Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm; Sundays at 2pm & 7pm.
Ticket prices are $39.00 for all performances. Opening Night; $49.00.
Preview: $20.00. For tickets, please visit www.delshores.com to
purchase tickets online or to view complete schedule.
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