Delferd Lynn Shores (born December 3, 1957) is an American film director and producer, television writer and producer, playwright and actor.
Biography
The first play Shores wrote was ''Cheatin which premiered in 1984 in Los Angeles at The MainStage Theatre. His second play ''Daddy's Dyin': Who's Got the Will?'' saw a 1987 debut in Los Angeles at Theatre/Theater, running twenty-two months to critical acclaim. The comedic play was adapted for the
1990
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film
of the same title.
Shores wrote the screenplay and executive produced the feature.
Perhaps Shores' best known play is his fourth, ''Sordid Lives'', which debuted in 1996 in Los Angeles. The comedy centered on the Texan Ingram family and touched on
LGBT
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themes. In
1999
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Shores wrote and directed the screen version of ''
Sordid Lives
Sordid may refer to:
* Paul Sordid (20th century), English drummer
* Sordid (character), a fictional character in the ''Simon the Sorcerer'' series of video games
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''. Eight years later Shores produced 12
prequel
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The term " ...
episodes of ''
Sordid Lives: The Series'' which aired on American LGBT-interest cable channel
Logo
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with a much-anticipated sequel, ''A Very Sordid Wedding'', premiering in 2016 with a mixture of the film and series cast, with
Levi Kreis
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Career Music
Kreis's debut album, ''One of the Ones'', ...
, Emerson Collins,
Katherine Bailess
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, T. Ashanti Mozelle,
Dale Dickey,
Whoopi Goldberg,
Alec Mapa
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, and
Carole Cook joining the cast.
In 2010, Shores debuted his play ''Yellow'' at the Coast Playhouse in West Hollywood. During that time, Shores lost his Hollywood Hills home to foreclosure. The play was his most critically acclaimed play, winning Best Production of the Year and Best Original Play from the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle (LADCC).
Shores has two daughters, Caroline and Rebecca, from a previous marriage to Kelley Alexander.
Shores was married to actor, producer
Jason Dottley
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Early life
Dottley was born in Memphi ...
from 2003 to 2013.
Works
Plays and screenplays
* ''Cheatin
* ''
Daddy's Dyin': Who's Got the Will?'' – 1990
* ''Daughters of the Lone Star State''
* ''The Wilde Girls'' – 2001
* ''
Sordid Lives
Sordid may refer to:
* Paul Sordid (20th century), English drummer
* Sordid (character), a fictional character in the ''Simon the Sorcerer'' series of video games
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''
* ''
Southern Baptist Sissies'' – 2000 (play)/2013 (film)
* ''The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife''
* ''Yellow''
* ''
Blues for Willadean'' (screenplay – 2012)
* ''A Very Sordid Wedding'' (screenplay – 2015)
Television
* ''
Queer as Folk''
* ''
Dharma & Greg
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The show starred Jenna Elfman and Thomas Gibson as Dharma and Greg Montgomery, a ...
''
* ''
Ned and Stacy''
* ''
Touched by an Angel''
* ''
Maximum Bob''
* ''
Sordid Lives: The Series''
Awards and nominations
* ''Daddy's Dyin': Who's Got the Will?''
** 1987
LA Weekly Theater Award
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s Best Production (Win)
*** Best Playwriting (Win)
** For 10 Year Anniversary Revival – 1997 Robby Awards
*** Best Production (Nomination)
*** Best Director (Nomination)
* ''Sordid Lives''
**
Drama-Logue Award
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s
*** 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)
* ''Cheatin
** Drama-Logue Awards
*** Best Ensemble (Win)
** For African American Revival – 1997 NAACP Theater Awards
*** Best Direction (Nomination)
*** Drama-Logue Awards Best Direction (Win)
* ''Southern Baptist Sissies''
** 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)
* ''Sordid Lives''
** Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival
*** Best Feature
** L.A. Outfest
*** Audience Award Outstanding Soundtrack
** New York International Independent Film & Video Festival
*** Best Feature Film
** Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
*** Audience Award Best Feature
* ''The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife''
** 2003 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards
*** Best Production (Win)
*** Best World Premiere (Win)
** LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards (2003)
*** 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)
* In 2006, Shores received a Golden Palm Star on the
Palm Springs Walk of Stars.
References
External links
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1957 births
20th-century American dramatists and playwrights
American gay writers
American gay actors
LGBT screenwriters
LGBT people from Texas
Living people
Male actors from Texas
Film directors from Texas
LGBT dramatists and playwrights
American male dramatists and playwrights
20th-century American male writers
People from Winters, Texas
21st-century LGBT people