A black comedy about white trash
Had to post a quick run-down about an upcoming show that I DO NOT PLAN TO MISS! I know oodles of people in it, and it looks like so much fun!
Fondren Theatre Workshop is Joining Mississippi HeARTS Against AIDS to present a benefit performance of "Sordid Lives." MS HeArts Against Aids, a non-profit organization, will present the full-length comedy by Del Shores as its next fund-raising event, September 21, 22, 23 and September 28, 29, 30 at 7:30 p.m. at Hal & Mal's in Jackson, MS.
The basic action of the play revolves around the funeral of the 65-year-old family matriarch, Peggy Ingram, who has died under less than seemly circumstances at a local motel. As three generations of her family gather in their small Texas town, we learn the hilarious, sad, trashy truth of each of their “sordid lives.” By turns both poignant and hilarious, the play reveals the family at both its worst and its best as they come to grips with their grief and with each other.
All but three of the 13 actors are FTW veterans, including Chris Roebuck, who plays G.W. Nethercott, a cheatin’ husband with two wooden legs; Bettye Edwards, playing the long-suffering aunt Sissy, who picked the wrong day to quit smoking; Jane Sanders and Karen Longo as Latrelle and Lavonda, two polar-opposite sisters who are feuding over their dead mother’s mink stole; Joanne Prichard Morris as Juanita, the perennial bar-fly; Alyssa Silberman as the barely-stable-herself psychiatrist Dr. Eve Bolinger; Ron Mills as Earl “Brother Boy” Ingram, the cross-dressing Tammy Wynette fanatic who’s spent 23 years at the state hospital for “dehomosexualization” therapy; J.C. Patterson and Richard Lawrence as bar-owning brothers Wardell and Odell Owens; and James Anderson, who’s playing preacher Barnes and providing musical direction. Making their acting debuts in the production are Neola Young as Noleta Nethercott, G.W.’s spurned wife who goes on her own “Thelma & Louise” rampage; Christine Liberto as local saloon singer Bitsy Mae Harling; and Josh Hailey as Ty Williamson, the grandson who moved as far away as possible to be an actor and who’s now struggling with whether to return home to face his family and his own demons.
The play contains some profanity and mature subject matter, and therefore is not recommended for those under the age of 17. Tickets will be $20.00 per person for this cabaret-style performance and are now on sale. Reservations are strongly encouraged (You know what I say about FTW; walk-in at your own peril.), and may be made by calling 601-856-7743.
Fondren Theatre Workshop is Joining Mississippi HeARTS Against AIDS to present a benefit performance of "Sordid Lives." MS HeArts Against Aids, a non-profit organization, will present the full-length comedy by Del Shores as its next fund-raising event, September 21, 22, 23 and September 28, 29, 30 at 7:30 p.m. at Hal & Mal's in Jackson, MS.
The basic action of the play revolves around the funeral of the 65-year-old family matriarch, Peggy Ingram, who has died under less than seemly circumstances at a local motel. As three generations of her family gather in their small Texas town, we learn the hilarious, sad, trashy truth of each of their “sordid lives.” By turns both poignant and hilarious, the play reveals the family at both its worst and its best as they come to grips with their grief and with each other.
All but three of the 13 actors are FTW veterans, including Chris Roebuck, who plays G.W. Nethercott, a cheatin’ husband with two wooden legs; Bettye Edwards, playing the long-suffering aunt Sissy, who picked the wrong day to quit smoking; Jane Sanders and Karen Longo as Latrelle and Lavonda, two polar-opposite sisters who are feuding over their dead mother’s mink stole; Joanne Prichard Morris as Juanita, the perennial bar-fly; Alyssa Silberman as the barely-stable-herself psychiatrist Dr. Eve Bolinger; Ron Mills as Earl “Brother Boy” Ingram, the cross-dressing Tammy Wynette fanatic who’s spent 23 years at the state hospital for “dehomosexualization” therapy; J.C. Patterson and Richard Lawrence as bar-owning brothers Wardell and Odell Owens; and James Anderson, who’s playing preacher Barnes and providing musical direction. Making their acting debuts in the production are Neola Young as Noleta Nethercott, G.W.’s spurned wife who goes on her own “Thelma & Louise” rampage; Christine Liberto as local saloon singer Bitsy Mae Harling; and Josh Hailey as Ty Williamson, the grandson who moved as far away as possible to be an actor and who’s now struggling with whether to return home to face his family and his own demons.
The play contains some profanity and mature subject matter, and therefore is not recommended for those under the age of 17. Tickets will be $20.00 per person for this cabaret-style performance and are now on sale. Reservations are strongly encouraged (You know what I say about FTW; walk-in at your own peril.), and may be made by calling 601-856-7743.
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