Sordid Lives
by Del Shores

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Highlights

105 mins 1990s Ensemble Cast Unit Set/Multiple Settings Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes American Comedy

Why we like it

"'Sordid Lives' by Del Shores offers a darkly comedic glimpse into the complexities of family dysfunction in a hilariously outrageous setting."

From: Dark Comedies

Synopsis

Comedy / 6m 6f Winner!

14 DramaLogue awards including Best Production

A black comedy about white trash!

The author of Daddy's Dyin' (Who's Got the Will?) brings you a comedy that was nominated for over thirty awards during its long run in Los Angeles.

When Peggy a good Christian woman hits her head on the sink and bleeds to death after tripping over her lover's wooden legs in a motel room chaos erupts in Winters Texas.

"[This play by] the master of Texas Comedy ... is maybe funni

Press Reviews

"[This play by] the master of Texas Comedy... is maybe funnier than Daddy's Dyin'. His colorful eccentrics are dead on, teetering on a Bowie knife's edge between the hilarious improbable and the achingly real."

— The Los Angeles Times

"Run, don't walk to Del Shores’ new play!"

— DramaLogue

Characters

Character
BITSY MAE HARLING

the guitar-playing ex-con singer.

TY WILLIAMSON

27, a beautiful gay man on a joumey.

SISSY HICKEY

mid 50s, the caretaker who picked the wrong day to quit smoking.

NOLETA NETHERCOTT

early 40s, the angry overweight betrayed housewife.

LATRELLE WILLIAMSON

early 50s, Ty's uptight, proper mother.

LA VONDA DUPREE

late 40s, Latrelle's liberal-minded worldly sister.

G.W. NETERCOTT

late 40s, the distraught legless Vietnam Vet.

WARDELL “BUBBA” OWENS

late 40s, the former gay-bashing remorseful bartender.

ODELL OWENS

mid 40s, Wardell's worthless storytelling brother.

DR. EVE BOLINGER

late 40s, the over-sexed pill-popping, alchoholic therapist.

EARL “BROTHER BOY” INGRAM

late 40s, the Tammy Wynette obsessed transvestite.

REV. BARNES

the Southern Baptist preacher. (Author's suggestion is to double cast with the actor who plays ODELL.)

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
Year 2010
Binding Paperback
Edition REV & Rewritten ed.
Pages 150
Place New York
Language English
ISBN-13 9780573630439
ISBN-10 0573630437
LCCN 99213834
LCC PS3569.H5798 S67 1998
DCC 812/.54

Sordid Lives is a American comedy play written by Del Shores and published by Samuel French in New York (2010).

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Fee: Minimum Fee: $130 per performance

Restrictions: Major Markets Only (US) / Standard Restriction (UK)

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