Local stage and screen veteran Shirley Simpson return to ECTC as “Minnie Pearl.” You may remember Minnie Pearl as the straw hat-wearing, price tag-dangling southern lady in the classic 1970 TV variety show “Heehaw.” This one woman show is based on Sarah Cannon, the actress and reluctant creator behind the character of Minnie Pearl. A fascinating story about a fascinating woman as told by our very own Shirley Simpson.
About Shirley Simpson Shirley Simpson (Minnie Pearl) most recently appeared as Hannah in the musical The Spitfire Grill at New Stage Theatre in Jackson, MS. Also at New Stage, she played Grace in Grace & Glorie, the title role of Shirley Valentine, Kendall Kingsley in Impossible Marriage, and Vada Love in The Exact Center of the Universe. At The LSU Colonnade Theatre in Baton Rouge, she played Shirley Valentine and directed and played the role of Elaine in Neil Simon’s Last of the Red Hot Lovers. Other stage roles in Baton Rouge include Maggie in Tribute, Fonsia Dorsey in The Gin Game, Queen Eleanor in The Lion in Winter, and Kate in Brighton Beach Memoirs and Broadway Bound. She starred as Laurette Taylor in an off-Broadway production based on the opening night of Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie. Other favorite regional theatre roles were in Finishing Touches, Forty Carats, Someone Waiting, Only in America, Close Ties, and Suddenly at Home. Film credits include Everybody’s All American and Blues in the Night. The owner of Magna Carta Productions, Mrs. Simpson conducts workshops and provides keynote speeches on communication, leadership, and creativity, as well as presenting programs of comedy and drama, for civic, professional, and church organizations. A former producer, writer, and performer in the New York Madison Avenue television market, her TV series The Vital Link was nominated for and won the ACE AWARD.
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