More About Fat Shirley's and it's creators:

Fat Shirley's is called an opera, but surely that is in the most ironical spirit! The play is more of a musical farce. It really is funny, and we owe our thanks to a couple of kooky, fun guys from Dalton, Georgia. Fat Shirley's is the brainchild of playwrights T.J. Brown and D.B. Crawford. (T.J. Brown doubles, locally, as Connie Ray Conn's doting husband, Ray, in Dalton's local Dalton Little Theatre production). D.B. Crawford is known for his Pachelbel parody. The playwrights enjoy a growing reputation in North Georgia. A bit of their fame has even leeched out into Great Britain: Fat Shirley's was performed at a small playhouse in the U.K. [Fragile Theater Partnership at Alma Tavern, in Clifton, Bristol, England].