2016 MAC award winner, Doris Dear, the inner Housewife of Ray DeForest, returns to the Rumpus Room at The Triad Theater for a one night only event! "The Doris Dear Special, Like Mother Like Daughter" celebrates her mother Taffy and mother's everywhere with her special guests… Hansen Award and MAC award winner Meg Flather, award winning vocalist Shaynee Rainbolt, award winning singer extraordinaire, Lina Koutrakos and that mischievous dispenser of musical repartee Sidney Myer! The Rumpus Room will be full of rousing numbers from Broadway and the radio … as well as hilarious original stories of how our Mother's influence our inner "housewife". So come join us in the Rumpus Room for a good old fashioned show that leaves you smiling and humming your whole way home. "… Doris Dear knows showbiz and her shows have that perfect mix of great singing, clean wholesome comedy and leave you with a warm fuzzy feeling that is hard to find these days.!" - Downtown Magazine

Doris Dear has been featured in movies (Men in Black 3, The Normal Heart), TV shows (The Carrie Diaries), and heard around the world. The show was written by Dramatist Guild and SAG/AFTRA National LGBT Board Member Ray DeForest, directed by the award-winning director Lina Koutrakos and musical directed by the award-winning Rick Jensen.