Del Shores's
Southern Baptist Sissies headed for the big
screen

Del Shores, a veteran writer and producer on such TV series as Queer as Folk and Dharma & Greg , is developing a feature adaptation of his play Southern Baptist Sissies , one of several projects in the works at his nascent production company. Shores made his film directorial debut with the cult smash comedy Sordid Lives , based on another of his plays.

Sissies chronicles the lives of four gay boys growing up in a Baptist community. It will begin shooting in the summer. Also on the development slate at Shores's Eclectic Entertainment is Tainted Love , penned by Shores, which chronicles a night at the 1980s Hollywood nightclub the Odyssey. The company also is developing Miss Fleeta Runs Amuck , a black comedy written by Shores and Leslie Jordan about a dying woman who is determined to break into prison to give her son one last hug, and Undefeated , based on the true story of pro football player Kayo Dottley, who, after a career-ending car accident, returns home to coach his son's football team.

Eclectic also will produce "A Season of Shores," a revival of six Shores plays (Cheatin', Daughters of the Lone Star State, Sordid Lives, Southern Baptist Sissies, The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife , and Daddy's Dyin'...Who's Got the Will?) at Los Angeles's Zephyr Theater. Partnered with Shores in Eclectic Entertainment are Emmy award-winning producer Alice West, visual effects veteran Victoria Alonso, and Jason Dottley. (Tatiana Siegel, via Reuters, with additional reporting by Advocate.com)