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Del Shores

Delferd Lynn Shores (born December 3, 1957) is an American film director, television writer, producer, playwright, standup comedian, and actor. He has written, directed and produced across studio and independent film, network and cable television and Los Angeles, regional and national touring theatre. He is also known for his LGBTQ+ activism. Shores was born in Winters, TX, the son of a Southern Baptist pastor and a high school drama teacher. [1]

Del Shores
Occupation(s)Playwright, Director, Activist
Websitedelshores.com

Biography edit

The first play Shores wrote was Cheatin' which premiered in 1984 in Los Angeles at The MainStage Theatre. He was 26 at the time and also starred in the play as "Clarence Hopkins". He reprised his role at Tiffany's Attic in Kansas City, MO in 1985, where he co-starred with Leslie Jordan, beginning a long professional and close friendship.

His second play Daddy's Dyin' (Who's Got the Will?) saw a 1987 premiere in Los Angeles at Theatre/Theater, running twenty-two months. A movie version by the same name was released in 1990 by MGM starring Beau Bridges, Tess Harper, Judge Reinhold, Keith Carradine, Patrika Darbo and Beverly D'Angelo. Shores wrote the screenplay and executive produced the film. As a result of the play's success, he signed a television deal at Warner Brothers and developed television there for four years.

Perhaps Shores' best-known play is his fourth, Sordid Lives, premiered at Theatre/Theater in 1996 in Los Angeles. The comedy centered on the Texan Ingram family and touched on LGBT themes. F. Kathleen Foley of The LA Times wrote in her review: "Del Shores' "Sordid Lives" at Theatre/Theater has more laughs than a hunting dog has ticks…. proving himself a master of the Texas comedy."[2]

In 1999 Shores wrote and directed the screen version of Sordid Lives starring Beau Bridges, Delta Burke, Olivia Newton-John, Bonnie Bedelia, Leslie Jordan and Beth Grant along with most of the cast from the play. The movie became a cult phenomenon and holds the record as the longest-running film in the history of Palm Springs, running ninety-six weeks at The Camelot Theatre.[3]

Shores' play Southern Baptist Sissies enjoyed a ten-month sold-out run at the Zephyr Theatre in Los Angeles in 2000. Revived in 2002, Sissies had another six-month sold-out run.[4] In 2003, The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife became Shores' most critically acclaimed play ran for a six-month sold-out run at the Zephyr Theatre in Los Angeles.[5]

In 2006, Shores revived three of his plays (Sordid Lives, Southern Baptist Sissies, The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife) at the Zephyr Theatre in Los Angeles before taking to the road for a successful six-city national tour, starring Dale Dickey, Delta Burke and Leslie Jordan.

In 2008, Shores created, wrote, directed and executive produced 12 prequel episodes of Sordid Lives: The Series which aired on American LGBT-interest cable channel Logo starring Olivia Newton-John, Bonnie Bedelia, Rue McClanahan, Leslie Jordan, Beth Grant, Dale Dickey, Caroline Rhea along with many of the original stage and film cast. The series also featured cameos by Carson Kressley, Candis Cayne and Margaret Cho.

In 2009, Shores returned to the stage as an actor and played 34 cities to sold-out houses with his one-man show Del Shores: My Sordid Life. The DVD was filmed and released in 2012 by Breaking Glass Pictures.

The world premiere of Shores' play, Yellow, opened June 11, 2010 at The Coast Playhouse in West Hollywood, CA to rave reviews and ran for six sold-out months.

Shores wrote, directed and produced the film version of his play The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife with the entire original stage cast: Beth Grant, Octavia Spencer, Dale Dickey, David Steen and Debby Holiday. The film adaption is entitled Blues For Willadean and was released in select theatres in late 2012, distributed by Breaking Glass Pictures.

In the summer of 2011, Shores returned to the road, selling out his new stand-up tour of Del Shores: Sordid Confessions. He returned to his home state of Texas in January 2012 to film the show at the famous Rose Room in Dallas. Breaking Glass Pictures released the DVD to positive reviews. His stand-up career continued with his third national tour in 2012 with Del Shores: Naked.Sordid.Reality, also filmed at The Rose Room and distributed by Breaking Glass Pictures.

Shores film of his play Southern Baptist Sissies played the film festival circuit in 2013 and won ten major awards, including many for Shores' writing and directing. The film stars Emerson Collins, Willam Belli, Matthew Scott Montgomery, Luke Stratte-McClure, Newell Alexander, Rosemary Alexander, Bobbie Eakes, Ann Walker, Dale Dickey and Leslie Jordan.

Shores' final chapter of his Sordid Lives franchise – A Very Sordid Wedding gained rave reviews and sold out in selected cities where it opened. It was Gravitas Ventures #1 selling title of 2017 and was Amazon's #1 LGBT title for fifteen weeks. The film stars many of the Sordid veterans including Bonnie Bedelia, Leslie Jordan, Caroline Rhea, Dale Dickey and Ann Walker with appearances by Whoopi Goldberg, Levi Kreis, Alec Mapa, Katherine Bailess, Carole Cook and Alec Paunovic. The story advances the Sordid Lives characters seventeen years. The film had its world premiere in Palm Springs on March 10, 2017.

In 2018, Shores returned to the stage, performing his new one-man play Six Characters In Search Of A Play and toured the country to rave reviews. The play was filmed at The Celebration Theatre in Hollywood, CA and is distributed by Breaking Glass.

Other stand-up tours: Del Shores: SINgularly SORDID (2015) and Del Shores: The Shit Stirrer (2019).

In 2019, Shores ninth play This Side of Crazy premiered at The New Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, then opened at The Zephyr Theatre in Los Angeles in 2019. Shores directed both productions.

In 2020, Shores adapted his film A Very Sordid Wedding for the stage. His tenth play premiered at The Kalita Humphreys Theater for Uptown Players in Dallas, Texas. Shores directed. Also, in 2020, Shores was commissioned to write and direct his eleventh play In Memoriam of Lena for Northwestern State University, Louisiana, where he is a yearly guest artist for the theatre department.[6]

In 2023, Shores directed the first play he did not write. Jiggs Burgess' The Red Suitcase had its world premiere at The Broadwater Stage in Hollywood, CA as a recipient of the top award at the inaugural Del Shores Foundation Writer's Conference. Assistant directed and additional staging by Blake McIver Ewing, produced by P3 Theatre Company.

Personal life edit

Shores, the son of a Southern Baptist preacher and high school drama teacher, grew up in Winters, Brownwood and Zapata, Texas,

He attended Zapata High School, graduating 4th in his class.

He has a BA in Journalism/Spanish from Baylor University.

Prior to coming out as gay in 1995 (in an LA Times article during the run of his play Sordid Lives, Shores was married to Kelley Alexander. They have two daughters, Caroline Shores-Thrush and Rebecca Shores.[7]

Shores is the president of The Del Shores Foundation with the mission to find and facilitate the development of new southern queer artistic voices through bringing together artists and working professionals, amplifying new work and connecting artists to platforms for the creation of the work. Yearly, the foundation has a writer's search.[8]

Works edit

Plays edit

  • Cheatin' (1984) *
  • Daddy's Dyin': Who's Got the Will? (1987) *
  • Daughters of the Lone Star State (1993) *
  • Sordid Lives (1996) *
  • Southern Baptist Sissies (2000 ) *
  • The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife (2003) *
  • Yellow (2010) *
  • Six Characters In Search of a Play (2018)
  • This Side of Crazy( 2019) *
  • A Very Sordid Wedding (2021) *
  • In Memoriam of Lena (2021)

*Published by Samuel French, Inc./Concord Theatricals.[9]

Books edit

  • The Sordid Lives Saga: Before The Trip (2022, self-published)

Film edit

  • Daddy's Dyin'… (Who's Got The Will?) (Writer/Executive Producer – 1990)
  • Sordid Lives (Writer/Director – 2000)
  • Del Shores: My Sordid Life (Actor, Writer, Producer – 2011)
  • Del Shores: Sordid Confession (Actor, Writer, Producer – 2012)
  • Blues for Willadean (Writer, Director, Producer – 2012)
  • Cry (Actor – 2013)
  • Southern Baptist Sissies (Writer, Director, Producer – 2013)
  • Del Shores: Naked, Sordid, Reality (Actor, Writer, Producer – 2014)
  • A Very Sordid Wedding (Writer, Director, Producer – 2017)
  • Six Characters In Search Of A Play (Actor, Producer, Writer – 2019)
  • Cognitive (Actor – Short –2019)
  • The Undertaker's Wife (Actor – 2021)
  • Shafted (Director – Short – 2023)

Television edit

Awards and nominations edit

Theatre awards edit

  • Cheatin' (1984)
    • Drama-Logue Awards
      • Best Ensemble (Win)
    • For African American Revival – 1997 NAACP Theater Award
      • Best Direction (Nomination)
      • Drama-Logue Awards Best Direction (Win)
  • Daddy's Dyin': Who's Got the Will? (1987)
  • Sordid Lives (1996)
    • Drama-Logue Awards
      • Best Production (Win)
      • Best Playwriting (Win)
      • Best Direction (Win)
    • LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards
      • Best World Premiere (Nomination)
    • LA Weekly Awards
      • Best Direction (Nomination)
      • Best Playwriting (Nomination)
    • GLAAD Media Awards
      • Outstanding LA Theatre Production (Nomination)
    • Robby Awards
      • Best Production (Nomination)
      • Best Director (Nomination)
      • Best Playwriting (Nomination)
  • Southern Baptist Sissies (2000)
    • 2001 GLAAD Media Awards
      • Outstanding LA Theatre Production (Win)
    • 2000 LA Weekly Awards
      • Best Direction (Win)
    • 2000 Back Stage West Garland Awards
      • Best Playwriting (Win)
    • 2000 Robby Awards
      • Best Production (win)
      • Best Director (Win)
      • Best Playwriting (Win)
  • The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife (2003)
    • 2003 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards
      • Best Production (Win)
      • Best World Premiere (Win)
    • 2003 LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards
      • Best World Premiere (Nomination)
      • Best Director (Nomination)
    • NAACP Theatre Awards
      • Best Production (Win)
      • Best Playwright (Win)
      • Best Director (Nomination)
    • Back Stage West Garland Awards
      • Best Production (Win)
      • Best Playwright (Win)
      • Best Direction (Win)
      • Best Music (Lyrics) (Nomination)
    • LA Weekly Awards
      • Best Playwright (Win)
  • The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife (2006 Revival)
    • 2003 LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards
      • Best Production, Intimate Theatre (Nomination)
      • Best Director (Nomination)
  • Yellow (2010)
    • 2010 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards
      • Best Production (Win)
      • The Ted Schmitt Award - Best World Premiere Script (Win)
    • LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards (2010)
      • Best Playwriting for an original play (Nomination)
    • Back Stage West Garland Awards
      • Best Production (Win)
      • Best Playwright (Win)
      • Best Direction (Win)
    • Broadway World Awards
      • Best New Work Equity (Win)
    • LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards
      • Best World Premiere (Nomination)
  • This Side of Crazy (2019)
    • LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards (2020)
      • Best Playwriting for an original play (Nomination)
      • Best Production, Intimate Theatre (Nomination)
    • Robby Awards
      • Best Comedy Production (Win)
      • Best Comedy Director (Win)
      • Best Playwriting (Win)
Film Awards
Year Project Festival Accolades
2019 Six Characters In Search Of A Play Las Vegas International Film & Screenplay Festival Best Feature (Nomination)
2019 Six Characters In Search Of A Play Out At The Movies International Film Festival Best Narrative, Jury Prize (Won)

Best Narrative, Audience Choice Award (Won)

2019 Six Characters In Search Of A Play Out On Film Best Comedy Feature (2nd Place Audience Award)
2017 A Very Sordid Wedding FilmOut San Diego Best Screenwriting (Won), Best Comedy (Won), Best Screenplay (Won)
2017 A Very Sordid Wedding OutSouth Film Festival Best Feature Film, Men's Award (Won)
2017 A Very Sordid Wedding North Louisiana Gay And Lesbian Film Festival Best Feature Film, Jury Prize (Won),

Audience Favorite, Feature Film (Won)

2014 Southern Baptist Sissies B'More QFest Pioneer Filmmaker Award (Won)
2014 Southern Baptist Sissies Fort Worth Gay And Lesbian International Film Festival Shawn A. Moore Award (Won), Best Comedic Feature (Won)
2014 Southern Baptist Sissies Green Bay Film Festival Best Screenplay (Won)
2013 Southern Baptist Sissies CineRockom International Film Festival Green Award (Won), Best Director (Won), Best Feature - Jury Award (Won)
2013 Southern Baptist Sissies Cinema Diverse Festival Favorite (Won)
2013 Southern Baptist Sissies Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival Best Film - Audience Favorite (Won)
2013 Southern Baptist Sissies North Louisiana Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Audience Favorite, Feature Film (Won)
2013 Southern Baptist Sissies Out On Film Best Drama - Audience Award (Won)
2013 Southern Baptist Sissies Red Dirt International Film Festival Best Feature Drama (Won)
2013 Southern Baptist Sissies Reel Pride Film Festival Best Feature (Won)
2013 Southern Baptist Sissies Sidewalk Film Festival Audience Choice Award (Won)
2012 Southern Baptist Sissies FilmOut San Diego Programming Achievement Award (Won), Filmmaker Career Achievement Award
2000 Sordid Lives Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival Best Feature (Won)
2000 Sordid Lives Memphis International Film Festival Audience Award (Won), Jury Award (Won)
2000 Sordid Lives New York International Independent Film And Video Festival Grand Jury Prize (Won)
2000 Sordid Lives Out On Film Best Film (Won)
2000 Sordid Lives Philadelphia International Gay And Lesbian Film Festival Best Feature, Audience Award (Won)
2000 Sordid Lives San Diego International Film Fesstival Best Feature Film (Won)
2000 Sordid Lives South Beach Film Festival Best Film (Won)
Other Awards
Year Award
2023 Celebration Theatre's Chuck Rowland Pioneer Award
2019 Out At The Movie's Inspire Award
2018 Georgia Voice Best of Atlanta Best Writer or Playwright
2009 Matthew Shepard Foundation, Making a Difference Award
2006 Golden Palm Star on Palm Springs Walk Of Stars
2005 LA Weekly Career Achievement Award

References edit

  1. ^ "Del Shores goes darker". Bay Area Reporter. Retrieved 2023-07-23.
  2. ^ Foley, F. Kathleen (1996-05-25). "Texas-Style Hilarity Helps Invigorate 'Sordid Lives'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-07-23.
  3. ^ "'Sordid Lives' Palm Springs screening Oct. 29 to raise money for southern LGBT writers". The Desert Sun. Retrieved 2023-07-23.
  4. ^ "Southern Baptist Sissies". Concord Theatricals. Retrieved 2023-07-23.
  5. ^ Martinez, Julio (2003-05-01). "The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife". Variety. Retrieved 2023-07-23.
  6. ^ "Del Shores". DelShores Foundation. Retrieved 2023-07-23.
  7. ^ Shirley, Don (1996-07-07). "Let's Just Get This All Out in the Open". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-07-23.
  8. ^ Lopez, Rich (2022-05-19). "Del Shores Foundation announces its first Writers Search winners". Dallas Voice. Retrieved 2023-07-23.
  9. ^ "Del Shores". Concord Theatricals. Retrieved 2023-07-23.

External links edit

  • Official website
  • Del Shores at IMDb

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Delferd Lynn Shores born December 3 1957 is an American film director television writer producer playwright standup comedian and actor He has written directed and produced across studio and independent film network and cable television and Los Angeles regional and national touring theatre He is also known for his LGBTQ activism Shores was born in Winters TX the son of a Southern Baptist pastor and a high school drama teacher 1 Del ShoresOccupation s Playwright Director ActivistWebsitedelshores com Contents 1 Biography 2 Personal life 3 Works 3 1 Plays 3 2 Books 3 3 Film 3 4 Television 4 Awards and nominations 4 1 Theatre awards 5 References 6 External linksBiography editThe first play Shores wrote was Cheatin which premiered in 1984 in Los Angeles at The MainStage Theatre He was 26 at the time and also starred in the play as Clarence Hopkins He reprised his role at Tiffany s Attic in Kansas City MO in 1985 where he co starred with Leslie Jordan beginning a long professional and close friendship His second play Daddy s Dyin Who s Got the Will saw a 1987 premiere in Los Angeles at Theatre Theater running twenty two months A movie version by the same name was released in 1990 by MGM starring Beau Bridges Tess Harper Judge Reinhold Keith Carradine Patrika Darbo and Beverly D Angelo Shores wrote the screenplay and executive produced the film As a result of the play s success he signed a television deal at Warner Brothers and developed television there for four years Perhaps Shores best known play is his fourth Sordid Lives premiered at Theatre Theater in 1996 in Los Angeles The comedy centered on the Texan Ingram family and touched on LGBT themes F Kathleen Foley of The LA Times wrote in her review Del Shores Sordid Lives at Theatre Theater has more laughs than a hunting dog has ticks proving himself a master of the Texas comedy 2 In 1999 Shores wrote and directed the screen version of Sordid Lives starring Beau Bridges Delta Burke Olivia Newton John Bonnie Bedelia Leslie Jordan and Beth Grant along with most of the cast from the play The movie became a cult phenomenon and holds the record as the longest running film in the history of Palm Springs running ninety six weeks at The Camelot Theatre 3 Shores play Southern Baptist Sissies enjoyed a ten month sold out run at the Zephyr Theatre in Los Angeles in 2000 Revived in 2002 Sissies had another six month sold out run 4 In 2003 The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife became Shores most critically acclaimed play ran for a six month sold out run at the Zephyr Theatre in Los Angeles 5 In 2006 Shores revived three of his plays Sordid Lives Southern Baptist Sissies The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife at the Zephyr Theatre in Los Angeles before taking to the road for a successful six city national tour starring Dale Dickey Delta Burke and Leslie Jordan In 2008 Shores created wrote directed and executive produced 12 prequel episodes of Sordid Lives The Series which aired on American LGBT interest cable channel Logo starring Olivia Newton John Bonnie Bedelia Rue McClanahan Leslie Jordan Beth Grant Dale Dickey Caroline Rhea along with many of the original stage and film cast The series also featured cameos by Carson Kressley Candis Cayne and Margaret Cho In 2009 Shores returned to the stage as an actor and played 34 cities to sold out houses with his one man show Del Shores My Sordid Life The DVD was filmed and released in 2012 by Breaking Glass Pictures The world premiere of Shores play Yellow opened June 11 2010 at The Coast Playhouse in West Hollywood CA to rave reviews and ran for six sold out months Shores wrote directed and produced the film version of his play The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife with the entire original stage cast Beth Grant Octavia Spencer Dale Dickey David Steen and Debby Holiday The film adaption is entitled Blues For Willadean and was released in select theatres in late 2012 distributed by Breaking Glass Pictures In the summer of 2011 Shores returned to the road selling out his new stand up tour of Del Shores Sordid Confessions He returned to his home state of Texas in January 2012 to film the show at the famous Rose Room in Dallas Breaking Glass Pictures released the DVD to positive reviews His stand up career continued with his third national tour in 2012 with Del Shores Naked Sordid Reality also filmed at The Rose Room and distributed by Breaking Glass Pictures Shores film of his play Southern Baptist Sissies played the film festival circuit in 2013 and won ten major awards including many for Shores writing and directing The film stars Emerson Collins Willam Belli Matthew Scott Montgomery Luke Stratte McClure Newell Alexander Rosemary Alexander Bobbie Eakes Ann Walker Dale Dickey and Leslie Jordan Shores final chapter of his Sordid Lives franchise A Very Sordid Wedding gained rave reviews and sold out in selected cities where it opened It was Gravitas Ventures 1 selling title of 2017 and was Amazon s 1 LGBT title for fifteen weeks The film stars many of the Sordid veterans including Bonnie Bedelia Leslie Jordan Caroline Rhea Dale Dickey and Ann Walker with appearances by Whoopi Goldberg Levi Kreis Alec Mapa Katherine Bailess Carole Cook and Alec Paunovic The story advances the Sordid Lives characters seventeen years The film had its world premiere in Palm Springs on March 10 2017 In 2018 Shores returned to the stage performing his new one man play Six Characters In Search Of A Play and toured the country to rave reviews The play was filmed at The Celebration Theatre in Hollywood CA and is distributed by Breaking Glass Other stand up tours Del Shores SINgularly SORDID 2015 and Del Shores The Shit Stirrer 2019 In 2019 Shores ninth play This Side of Crazy premiered at The New Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco then opened at The Zephyr Theatre in Los Angeles in 2019 Shores directed both productions In 2020 Shores adapted his film A Very Sordid Wedding for the stage His tenth play premiered at The Kalita Humphreys Theater for Uptown Players in Dallas Texas Shores directed Also in 2020 Shores was commissioned to write and direct his eleventh play In Memoriam of Lena for Northwestern State University Louisiana where he is a yearly guest artist for the theatre department 6 In 2023 Shores directed the first play he did not write Jiggs Burgess The Red Suitcase had its world premiere at The Broadwater Stage in Hollywood CA as a recipient of the top award at the inaugural Del Shores Foundation Writer s Conference Assistant directed and additional staging by Blake McIver Ewing produced by P3 Theatre Company Personal life editShores the son of a Southern Baptist preacher and high school drama teacher grew up in Winters Brownwood and Zapata Texas He attended Zapata High School graduating 4th in his class He has a BA in Journalism Spanish from Baylor University Prior to coming out as gay in 1995 in an LA Times article during the run of his play Sordid Lives Shores was married to Kelley Alexander They have two daughters Caroline Shores Thrush and Rebecca Shores 7 Shores is the president of The Del Shores Foundation with the mission to find and facilitate the development of new southern queer artistic voices through bringing together artists and working professionals amplifying new work and connecting artists to platforms for the creation of the work Yearly the foundation has a writer s search 8 Works editPlays edit Cheatin 1984 Daddy s Dyin Who s Got the Will 1987 Daughters of the Lone Star State 1993 Sordid Lives 1996 Southern Baptist Sissies 2000 The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife 2003 Yellow 2010 Six Characters In Search of a Play 2018 This Side of Crazy 2019 A Very Sordid Wedding 2021 In Memoriam of Lena 2021 Published by Samuel French Inc Concord Theatricals 9 Books edit The Sordid Lives Saga Before The Trip 2022 self published Film edit Daddy s Dyin Who s Got The Will Writer Executive Producer 1990 Sordid Lives Writer Director 2000 Del Shores My Sordid Life Actor Writer Producer 2011 Del Shores Sordid Confession Actor Writer Producer 2012 Blues for Willadean Writer Director Producer 2012 Cry Actor 2013 Southern Baptist Sissies Writer Director Producer 2013 Del Shores Naked Sordid Reality Actor Writer Producer 2014 A Very Sordid Wedding Writer Director Producer 2017 Six Characters In Search Of A Play Actor Producer Writer 2019 Cognitive Actor Short 2019 The Undertaker s Wife Actor 2021 Shafted Director Short 2023 Television edit Queer as Folk Executive Producer Writer 2003 2005 Dharma amp Greg Consulting Producer Writer 2001 2002 The Wilde Girls Executive Producer Writer Director 2001 Martial Law Writer Actor 1999 Mr amp Mrs Smith Co Producer Writer 1996 1997 Ned and Stacy Producer Creative Consultant Writer 1995 1996 Touched by an Angel Writer 1995 Sordid Lives The SeriesAwards and nominations editTheatre awards edit Cheatin 1984 Drama Logue Awards Best Ensemble Win For African American Revival 1997 NAACP Theater Award Best Direction Nomination Drama Logue Awards Best Direction Win Daddy s Dyin Who s Got the Will 1987 1987 LA Weekly Theater Awards Best Production Win Best Playwriting Win Sordid Lives 1996 Drama Logue Awards Best Production Win Best Playwriting Win Best Direction Win LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards Best World Premiere Nomination LA Weekly Awards Best Direction Nomination Best Playwriting Nomination GLAAD Media Awards Outstanding LA Theatre Production Nomination Robby Awards Best Production Nomination Best Director Nomination Best Playwriting Nomination Southern Baptist Sissies 2000 2001 GLAAD Media Awards Outstanding LA Theatre Production Win 2000 LA Weekly Awards Best Direction Win 2000 Back Stage West Garland Awards Best Playwriting Win 2000 Robby Awards Best Production win Best Director Win Best Playwriting Win The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife 2003 2003 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards Best Production Win Best World Premiere Win 2003 LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards Best World Premiere Nomination Best Director Nomination NAACP Theatre Awards Best Production Win Best Playwright Win Best Director Nomination Back Stage West Garland Awards Best Production Win Best Playwright Win Best Direction Win Best Music Lyrics Nomination LA Weekly Awards Best Playwright Win The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife 2006 Revival 2003 LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards Best Production Intimate Theatre Nomination Best Director Nomination Yellow 2010 2010 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards Best Production Win The Ted Schmitt Award Best World Premiere Script Win LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards 2010 Best Playwriting for an original play Nomination Back Stage West Garland Awards Best Production Win Best Playwright Win Best Direction Win Broadway World Awards Best New Work Equity Win LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards Best World Premiere Nomination This Side of Crazy 2019 LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards 2020 Best Playwriting for an original play Nomination Best Production Intimate Theatre Nomination Robby Awards Best Comedy Production Win Best Comedy Director Win Best Playwriting Win Film Awards Year Project Festival Accolades2019 Six Characters In Search Of A Play Las Vegas International Film amp Screenplay Festival Best Feature Nomination 2019 Six Characters In Search Of A Play Out At The Movies International Film Festival Best Narrative Jury Prize Won Best Narrative Audience Choice Award Won 2019 Six Characters In Search Of A Play Out On Film Best Comedy Feature 2nd Place Audience Award 2017 A Very Sordid Wedding FilmOut San Diego Best Screenwriting Won Best Comedy Won Best Screenplay Won 2017 A Very Sordid Wedding OutSouth Film Festival Best Feature Film Men s Award Won 2017 A Very Sordid Wedding North Louisiana Gay And Lesbian Film Festival Best Feature Film Jury Prize Won Audience Favorite Feature Film Won 2014 Southern Baptist Sissies B More QFest Pioneer Filmmaker Award Won 2014 Southern Baptist Sissies Fort Worth Gay And Lesbian International Film Festival Shawn A Moore Award Won Best Comedic Feature Won 2014 Southern Baptist Sissies Green Bay Film Festival Best Screenplay Won 2013 Southern Baptist Sissies CineRockom International Film Festival Green Award Won Best Director Won Best Feature Jury Award Won 2013 Southern Baptist Sissies Cinema Diverse Festival Favorite Won 2013 Southern Baptist Sissies Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival Best Film Audience Favorite Won 2013 Southern Baptist Sissies North Louisiana Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Audience Favorite Feature Film Won 2013 Southern Baptist Sissies Out On Film Best Drama Audience Award Won 2013 Southern Baptist Sissies Red Dirt International Film Festival Best Feature Drama Won 2013 Southern Baptist Sissies Reel Pride Film Festival Best Feature Won 2013 Southern Baptist Sissies Sidewalk Film Festival Audience Choice Award Won 2012 Southern Baptist Sissies FilmOut San Diego Programming Achievement Award Won Filmmaker Career Achievement Award2000 Sordid Lives Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival Best Feature Won 2000 Sordid Lives Memphis International Film Festival Audience Award Won Jury Award Won 2000 Sordid Lives New York International Independent Film And Video Festival Grand Jury Prize Won 2000 Sordid Lives Out On Film Best Film Won 2000 Sordid Lives Philadelphia International Gay And Lesbian Film Festival Best Feature Audience Award Won 2000 Sordid Lives San Diego International Film Fesstival Best Feature Film Won 2000 Sordid Lives South Beach Film Festival Best Film Won Other Awards Year Award2023 Celebration Theatre s Chuck Rowland Pioneer Award2019 Out At The Movie s Inspire Award2018 Georgia Voice Best of Atlanta Best Writer or Playwright2009 Matthew Shepard Foundation Making a Difference Award2006 Golden Palm Star on Palm Springs Walk Of Stars2005 LA Weekly Career Achievement AwardReferences edit Del Shores goes darker Bay Area Reporter Retrieved 2023 07 23 Foley F Kathleen 1996 05 25 Texas Style Hilarity Helps Invigorate Sordid Lives Los Angeles Times Retrieved 2023 07 23 Sordid Lives Palm Springs screening Oct 29 to raise money for southern LGBT writers The Desert Sun Retrieved 2023 07 23 Southern Baptist Sissies Concord Theatricals Retrieved 2023 07 23 Martinez Julio 2003 05 01 The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife Variety Retrieved 2023 07 23 Del Shores DelShores Foundation Retrieved 2023 07 23 Shirley Don 1996 07 07 Let s Just Get This All Out in the Open Los Angeles Times Retrieved 2023 07 23 Lopez Rich 2022 05 19 Del Shores Foundation announces its first Writers Search winners Dallas Voice Retrieved 2023 07 23 Del Shores Concord Theatricals Retrieved 2023 07 23 External links editOfficial website Del Shores at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Del Shores amp oldid 1179224921, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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