Craig Taggart
Craig Taggart made his Los Angeles stage debut in the revival of Del Shores’ “Southern Baptist Sissies” in 2002. Wounded marks a poetic full-circle moment and provides a wonderful homecoming for Taggart in that it unites two of his most creatively rewarding experiences. Developed by the immensely gifted playwright Jiggs Burgess in Del Shores’ online writing class, tonight’s piece had it’s initial stage-reading in the land of Zoom where Craig & Carrol’s worlds first collided. Taggart has also taken to the stage in “Sordid Lives” at the Zephyr Theatre and as ‘Miss Bible Belt’ in the Los Angeles premiere of Bill Russell’s “Pageant” and in “The Homecoming Queen’s Got a Musical” @ The Cavern Club Theatre with Julie Brown. Sordid Lives: The Series introduced him to television audiences, and in 2017 he made his stage directorial debut by directing and starring in “Assassins” at The Hyperion Lyric Theatre. He had the good sense of hiring Shaw Jones in that production and is beyond delighted to share the stage once again with such an artistic killer. Despite being the premiere of a brand-new piece, tonight’s Wounded feels like a reunion. Craig wishes to thank Del Shores’ for giving him his first break and for introducing him to this work, and for Mr. Burgess’s wonderfully warped imagination in creating it. He is immensely grateful to Jon Peterson for producing this piece, and he extends his love and appreciation to his phenomenal partner on stage. Shaw, I will always be your Tator Bean. And to all the ‘lil hummingbirds that serve as Carrol’s audience: “welcome home.”
