Del Shores' Yellow extends thru December 19

Oct 7, 2010
Yellow

JD3atrical Productions is thrilled to announce that with this extension of YELLOW, Shores' favorite David Steen will be joining the cast as Bobby Westmoreland and now, his plays have appeared on LA stages for over eight collective years! The smash-hit, critically-acclaimed (LA Times CRITICS' CHOICE; LA Weekly GO!; Backstage CRITIC'S PICK) world premiere production of YELLOW, written and directed by Del Shores (The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife, Southern Baptist Sissies, Sordid Lives) and produced by Louise Beard, Emerson Collins, Jason Dottley and Del Shores is EXTENDING AGAIN, and will now be playing thru SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19 at the Coast Playhouse, 8325 Santa Monica Blvd. in West Hollywood.

The first weekend of the new extension also marks the 7 year anniversary of Shores' marriage to Jason Dottley. They are legally married in California - two of the 18,000 who made the cut. As members of the Marriage Advisory Board and in light of what's happening with bullied gay youth, a portion of all proceeds from the three shows during the weekend of Oct 22-24 will be donated to the Trevor Project, Youth First Texas and the Matthew Shephard Foundation.

In 1984 Del Shores' first play Cheatin' opened in Hollywood. Since then, his seven world premiere plays have collectively run for over eight years on L.A. stages, and winning Shores, his casts and crews over 100 L.A. theatre awards: Los Angeles Drama Critic's Circle, Ovation, GLAAD, NAACP, LA Weekly and Backstage Garland. Worldwide, Shores' plays have been produced over 3,000 times. Two plays have become films, and one an internationally syndicated TV series. Yellow marks a pinnacle moment in Shores' career. Combining tones, his famous biting humor with his most sophisticated dramatic work to date, Shores has written arguably the most acclaimed original play to debut outside New York since Tony-winning August: Osage County.

YELLOW chronicles a year in the life of what seems to be the perfect family in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Kate Westmoreland (Kristen McCullough "Breathtaking performance" LA Weekly) is a respected therapist and her husband Bobby Westmoreland (David Steen Sordid Lives: The Series") is a high school football coach. They have two ambitious teenagers; Dayne (Luke McClure "Masterful performance" Backstage) is the golden child and football star, while Gracie (Evie Louise Thompson "Steals every scene she's in" Hollywood Reporter) is an aspiring actress who feels misunderstood at all times. Gracie's best friend Kendall (Matthew Scott Montgomery "handily walks off with the production" Variety) shares her affinity for the theatre which puts him at odds with his fundamentalist mother, Sister Timothea (Susan Leslie Glee/Mad Men "Riveting" Broadway World). As the play opens, all seems right in the Westmoreland household. Dayne prepares for the start of football season, and Gracie and Kendall audition to join the cast of the high school production of "Oklahoma." Everything quickly begins to fall apart when an unexpected tragedy rocks the solid foundation of the Westmoreland, testing faith in every sense of the word.

Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm; Sundays at 7:00pm. Ticket prices are $54.99 General Admission for all performances; $59.99 VIP (Center Section - First Three Rows of Theatre, general admission within the VIP section). Senior discounts are available for all tickets (except VIP). Tickets are available online at www.YellowByDelShores.com and www.tix.com or by calling 1-800-595-4849.