Emerson Collins

Producer - Off-Broadway Theatre - Wounded
Produced the Off-Broadway premiere of Wounded, by Jiggs Burgess at the SoHo Playhouse. Winner of the Overall Excellence Award for the International Fringe Encore Series. 2024.
Producer/Host - Festival - Del Shores Foundation Writers Festival
Planned and produced four day writers festival in Atlanta featuring live stage readings, panels, workshops, interviews, dinners, parties and coordinating invited professional guests and winning writers and finalists. 2024.
Executive Producer - Telethon & Livestream Benefit - Drag Isn't Dangerous
Livestream and pre-record 4.5 hour telethon raising nearly $600,000 to benefit LGBTQ+ organizations. Managing live telephone bank, 80 talent, ordering show and running live stage with two hosts, call-in guests, live performances and pre-recorded packages. 2023.
Director/Producer - Live Gala - Ford Center for the Performing Arts 20th Anniversary
Direct and produce live variety show hosted by Morgan Freeman with Debbie Allen and Christine Baranski featuring Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis, Jr. the Original Fifth Dimensions. 2023.
Producer Host - Livestream Benefit - A Sordid Celebration of Lives
Livestream and pre-record broadcast and hosting interviews remembering Leslie Jordan, Olivia-Newton, Carole Cook, Sarah Hunley and Rue McClanahan as virtual fundraiser for 25 non-profit theatres, raising $15,000. 2023.
Director - Short Film - Shafted
Short film playing at 17 festivals, three award wins including Best Director. 2022.
Producer/Host - Festival - Del Shores Foundation Writers Festival
Planned and produced four day writers festival in Dallas featuring live stage readings, panels, workshops, interviews, dinners, parties and coordinating invited professional guests and winning writers and finalists. 2022.
Assistant Director - Play - A Very Sordid Wedding
World Premiere production of the stage adaptation of the film Emerson produced and starred in, with Uptown Players in Dallas at the historic Kalita Humphreys Theatre. 2021.
Producer/Host - Livestream Benefit - Southern Baptist Sissies 20th Anniversary
Livestream and pre-record, broadcast and hosting of reunions and musical performance as virtual fundraiser for 25 non-profit theatres raising $14,000. 2021.
Producer/Host - Livestream Show & Podcast - The Del & Emerson Show
Host and producer for biweekly livestream LGBTQ news show and podcast. 2020-2021.
Producer - Livestream Show - Del Shores: The Sh*t Stirrer
Host and technical producer for Livestream Comedy Show. 2020.
Producer/Host - Livestream Benefit - Sordid Lives Reading
Livestream pre-record, broadcast and hosting of reading, video messages and musical performance as virtual fundraiser for 23 non-profit theatres raising $83,000. 2020.

BEARD COLLINS SHORES PRODUCTIONS - Owner
Producer/Host - Livestream Show & Podcast - The Del & Emerson Show
120 episodes on LGBTQ+ news with interviews. 2021-2022.
Producer - Play - This Side Of Crazy
Los Angeles premiere of new play by Del Shores. 2020.
Nominated for six LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards, including Best Production.
Director/Producer - Film - Six Characters In Search of A Play
Film of the play, shot live shows at the Celebration Theatre in Los Angeles. 2019
Director - Play - Six Characters In Search of A Play
World Premiere of Del Shores' newest one-man show. Toured 35 cities. 2018.
Producer - Film - A Very Sordid Wedding
Low-budget film, shot in Winnipeg and Dallas with 32 cast members. Opened in 60+ cities running for 60 theatrical weeks and 60 event screenings, premiered with 23 film festivals, 8 charities, 3 churches, 3 PRIDES & 2 LGBT centers.  Distribution with Gravitas Ventures.  Number one LGBT DVD on Amazon for 8 weeks, exclusive streaming deal with Hulu.
Producer - Radio Show - The Del & Emerson Show
The top-rated program on UBN Radio Network for its entire run, show aired 2014-2016.
Producer - Film - Southern Baptist Sissies
Indiegogo crowd-funded film, played 28 film festivals, won 15 Awards including 9
Audience Awards, Best Lead Actor, Best Screenplay, Best Comedy, Best Drama & Best Feature. Released theatrically in 15 cities spring 2014.
Producer/Director - DVD - Del Shores: Naked. Sordid. Reality.
Standup comedy special filmed live in Dallas, played five film festivals in 2014
Producer/Director - DVD - Del Shores: Sordid Confessions
Standup comedy special filmed live in Dallas
Producer/Director - DVD - Del Shores: My Sordid Life
Standup comedy special filmed live in Los Angeles
 
Producer - Cabaret - A Star Is Born^3
Music and moments combining all three musical films at Rockwell Table & Stage, LA.

DEL SHORES PRODUCTIONS - Vice-President of Development
Producer - Film - Blues For Willadean
Produced with Kestrel Films, winner 2012 SHOUT Film Festival Audience Award
Producer - Play - Yellow
World premiere production, six month run. "Critic's Choice" from LA Weekly, Backstage and LA Times. Winner LA Drama Critic's Circle Award for Best Play. 2011.
Producer/Host - National Comedy Tour - A Sordid Affair
National comedy tour with Rue McClanahan, Leslie Jordan, Del Shores & Caroline Rhea
Co-Producer - TV series - Sordid Lives: The Series
12 episode series for MTV's Logo Network, syndicated internationally in 17 countries
Producer - National Tour - Southern Baptist Sissies & Sordid Lives
National tour of two plays, $1.2 million gross, played 1200-1800 seat theatres
Producer - Concert Series - A Season of Shores Concert Series
including Tony Winner Levi Kreis and Billboard Dance Artist Debby Holiday
Associate Producer - Theatre Retrospective - A Season of Shores
Three plays in repertory performance through eight shows per week, eight month run.
Stage Manager - The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife