Etta May Returning To Circa ’21
Circa ’21 Dinner Playhouse in Rock Island is pleased to welcome back popular stand-up comedienne ETTA MAY in BOX WINE AND GAS STATION CHICKEN on Thursday, March 8. “ETTA MAY has been coming to Circa ’21 for several years and plays to sold-out houses.
Audiences just love her show,” said Brett Hitchcock, Circa ‘21 director of audience development. “The audience can really relate to her hilarious material about family, children and marriage.”
Doors on March 8th open at 6 p.m., and the show begins at 7:15 p.m. Tickets are $25 per person in advance and $30 the day of and may be purchased by calling the Circa ’21 ticket office at 309-786-7733, ext. 2. The theatre will offer sandwich baskets, appetizers and desserts for purchase as well as full bar service.
What’s the best way to describe Etta May? “Minnie Pearl with a migraine.” according to her website. To put it simply, when Etta May takes the stage, she is the reigning Queen of Southern Sass. She always receives incredible reviews wherever she performs, such as “Etta May snatched the show from seasoned veterans…She’s one to watch,” Variety, LA, and “She is truly the Queen of Southern Sass…I felt like I found my new best friend,” Arts & Entertainment Las Vegas.
Born and raised in Bald Knob, Ark., Etta May grew up alongside nine older brothers, who referred to their baby sister as “the human sacrifice.” In fact, she jokes her father, a potpourri farmer, and her mother, bedridden by constant childbearing did not realize she was a girl until she required a training bra.
Etta May met her husband, Delbert, an aspiring truck driver, at a friend’s kegger. From across the yard, their eyes locked in a love look. Nine months later, she was blessed with a boy, followed by a girl and two more boys.
“That’s where my comedy comes from. I just wait for my husband or kids to do something stupid, and then I write it down,” she said.
Etta May has won the prestigious American Comedy Awards Stand-Up Comic of the Year, and has appeared on Oprah, Comic Strip Live, MTV and as a guest commentator on “CBS Sunday Morning.”
In addition to her solo performance career, she headlines the most successful all-female Southern Fried Chicks Tour. Etta May is also a headline comic on CMT’s “CMT Comedy Stage,” which is the second highest rated show in CMT history. She was the subject and first female comic ever on the biography show, “Comedy Club.” She joins the elite comedy company of Ron White, Larry the Cable Guy and Jeff Foxworthy, who also are featured in this series. Etta May is a regular on the syndicated Bob & Tom radio show and on Sirius/XM Radio comedy channels.
Opening for ETTA MAY is popular Quad City comedian, Donny Towsend. Mr. Townsend was the winner of last Summer’s Circa’21 regional stand up comedy competition, The Laugh Hard Challenge, in the theatre’s smaller adjacent space, The Speakeasy.
Call the Circa ’21 ticket office now for tickets at 309-786-7733, ext. 2 to see the Queen of Southern Sass…ETTA MAY in BOX WINE AND GAS STATION CHICKEN on March 8!
