Saturday, October 5, 7:15pm; UNCSA’s ACE Theatre Complex
Director: Emerson Collins | USA | 2019 | 89 minutes | English
Sordid Lives creator Del Shores’ new film of his one-man show, directed by Emerson Collins, proves once and for all that he is not a writer, he’s a self-proclaimed thief! In Six Characters In Search Of A Play, riffing on Pirandello’s classic title, Shores brings to life six one-of-a-kind characters he has met in real life that haven’t quite made it into one of his plays, films or TV shows. The audience will hear the truth behind how he collected these eccentrics and their stories as he portrays his hilarious, off-the-rails encounters with them. The audience will meet Yvonne, the anti-vegetarian Dallas waitress; Sarah, a Trump-hating elderly actress with an inhaler in one hand and a cigarette in the other; Jimmy Ray, the evolving, Magic Mike-loving latent Georgia redneck; Loraine, the once-brilliant drama teacher who has lost her damn mind and is now obsessed with porn; Marsha, the monkey-hating lesbian with COPD; and Aunt Bobby Sue, the racist Republican with a heart of gold. In this new film based on his one-man show, Del Shores (creator of Sordid Lives) proves once and for all that he is not a writer, he’s a self-proclaimed thief! In Six Characters In Search Of A Play, Shores brings to life six characters he met in real life that haven’t quite made it into one of his plays, films or TV shows. Hear the truth behind how he collected these eccentrics and their stories as he portrays: Yvonne, the anti-vegetarian Dallas waitress; Sarah, a Trump-hating elderly actress with an inhaler in one hand and a cigarette in the other; Jimmy Ray, the evolving, Magic Mike-loving latent Georgia redneck; Loraine, the once-brilliant drama teacher who has lost her damn mind and is now obsessed with porn; Marsha, the monkey-hating lesbian with COPD; and Aunt Bobby Sue, the racist Republican with a heart of gold.
Q & A with Mat Hayes and Del Shores, moderated by Ann Walker
Preceded by Cognitive:
Director: Mat Hayes | USA | 2019 | 14 minutes | English
What if growing up in the church led you to believe you weren’t going to grow up at all?