Southern Baptist Sissies
by Del Shores

Name: Southern Baptist Sissies
Brand: Del Shores
SKU: 9780573633454
Rating: 3.74 (24 reviews)

Southern Baptist Sissies Book Cover — Southern Baptist Sissies Cover

Highlights

Medium Cast

Female

Male

Unit Set/Multiple Settings American Comedy

Synopsis

Follows the journey of four gay boys in the Baptist Church.

Storyteller Mark Lee Fuller tries to create a world of love and acceptance in the church and clubs of Dallas, Texas, while desperately trying to find a place to put his own pain and rage.

The world Mark creates also includes two older barflies, Peanut and Odette, whose banter takes the audience from hysterical laughter to tragedy and tears.

With a theme of religion clashing with sexuality, the play opened to rave reviews in Los Angeles during its original run in 2000 and became the most awarded play of the year, winning the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding LA Theater Production, as well as multiple LA Weekly Theater Awards, Los Angeles Critics Awards, Ovation Awards, Backstage West Garland Awards and Robby Awards.

Press Reviews

"Daring. Heroic. No-holds-barred hilarious."
— LA Times

"Cathartic, comedic, awe-inspiring."
— Daily Variety

"Brash, sensitive and compelling. An evening of engrossing and, at times, hilarious theatre."
— The Hollywood Reporter

"Distinctive and arresting. A funny and yet strangely moving treatment of goodhearted, wacky Texans suffering through an intolerant world."
— Chicago Tribune

"Wrenching as it is hilarious."
— Dallas Morning News

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
MARK LEE FULLER 20's, the sissy who thinks too much and dreams of a perfect world.	—	20	20's, the sissy who thinks too much and dreams of a perfect world.
TJ. BROOKS 20's, the masculine sissy, who believes and clings tightly to God's Holy Word.	—	20	20's, the masculine sissy, who believes and clings tightly to God's Holy Word.
ANDREW THOMAS FORD 20's, the conflicted sissy who can't pray away the feelings.	—	20	20's, the conflicted sissy who can't pray away the feelings.
BENNY/IONA TRAYLOR 20's, the effeminate sissy who has escaped in a world of drag.	—	20	20's, the effeminate sissy who has escaped in a world of drag.
MOTHERS Mark's is sweet and saccharine; Benny's is beyond trailer trash; Andrew's is older, worried and kind. All three mothers are played by the same actress. PREACHER-40-60. He preaches what he believes-hell, fire and brimstone.	female	40	Mark's is sweet and saccharine; Benny's is beyond trailer trash; Andrew's is older, worried and kind. All three mothers are played by the same actress. PREACHER-40-60. He preaches what he believes-hell, fire and brimstone.
BROTHER CHAFFEY/HOUSTON Brother Chaffey is the latent church pianist, Houston the gay bar pianist. Both are the same actor/musician.	male	—	Brother Chaffey is the latent church pianist, Houston the gay bar pianist. Both are the same actor/musician.
ODETTE ANNETTE BARNET 40's-50's, a loudmouth bar fly who has a sad secret. STRIPPER-The club go-go boy who has a ripped, beautiful body. (Author's suggestion is to double cast with the actor who plays T.1.)	male	40	40's-50's, a loudmouth bar fly who has a sad secret. STRIPPER-The club go-go boy who has a ripped, beautiful body. (Author's suggestion is to double cast with the actor who plays T.1.)