Del Shores: Naked.sordid.reality. August 22, 2012

Del Shores brings his new show to BIRMINGHAM. The creator of the cult franchise Sordid Lives is touring his hilarious new standup show and stops at Terrific New Theatre on August 22 at 7PM.

This is Shores' third national tour and in DEL SHORES: NAKED.SORDID.REALITY. he will share more sordid stories about his Texas family, read letters he's written to the haters (including Newt and Kirk Cameron), act out scenes from your favorite reality shows (including Hoarders, The Kardashians and The Housewives of Beverly Hills) and yes, he will address his new, unexpected, single life.

"Del says what most people think. He has no censor -- on or offstage. Audiences love him because of his ‘bless-their-hearts' Texas charm," explains Caroline Rhea. "Look, I've had a rough few months, okay. I'm bitter and mean and don't give a shit, so no telling what I'll say this time!" Shores warns.

Del Shores is a writer, director, producer, activist and comic. His career took off with the 1987 play Daddy's Dyin' (Who's Got The Will?) and the subsequent 1990 film. He is best known for his 1996 play Sordid Lives which became a film in 1999 and later gave birth to an acclaimed 2008 TV series for Logo. His other plays include Southern Baptist Sissies, The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife and mostly recently Yellow, which won him the Los Angeles Drama Critics Association Awards for Best Production and Best World Premiere. He recently completed his new film Blues For Willadean, staring Beth Grant, Octavia Spencer, Dale Dickey, David Steen and Debby Holiday due out later in 2012.

Shores' work has garnered him countless awards including GLAAD Media Award, NAACP Award, Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award, Back Stage West Garland Award, Ovation Award, Drama-Logue Award and LA Weekly Award (including their 2006 Career Achievement Award). Shores has also written for TV shows including Queer As Folk, Dharma and Greg and Ned and Stacey. In 2006 he was given a star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars. He is the father of two daughters, Rebecca and Caroline.

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