Interview with Rebecca Turner on SuperTalk Mississippi
David Dallas traveled to the SuperTalk Studio in Jackson, Mississippi for an appearance on “Good Things with Rebecca Turner” and detailed his time spent caring for the late Senator John C. Stennis and the one-man show that time together inspired.
A night out with friends: Old and new (The Meridian Star)
David Dallas' love for John Stennis, the man, transcends his admiration for Senator John C. Stennis, the statesman, and public servant. This is not a tale of public life, of the arena of politics. It is a story about the tie which binds the human heart. Both the biographer's heart as well as the subject's heart.
Winning portrait of a politician (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
It's an interesting mix of circumstances that makes the piece a refreshingly different variation on the standard one-person theatrical autobiography, in which the subject tells the audience about himself or herself. In fact, the liveliest and most winning sections of this inventively organized piece are those in which Dallas, who does nothing to conceal his affection for the old man, tells humorous and touching stories about his relationship with the elderly Stennis.
Show adds steam to Stennis’ life, once again (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Dallas is an adept storyteller telling stories about a storyteller telling stories. And both — storytellers 'and stories — are wonderful.
A senator looks back: Stennis comes alive (The Clarion Ledger)
This week Dallas, who has performed his one-man play more than 50 times, is doing it before the home folks at New Stage Theatre. “It’s been wonderful for me,” he says. “I've gotten a chance to reconnect with Mississippi people.”
Dallas' Play a tonic for our uncivil times (Delta Democrat Times)
Ideally, today's members of "the world's greatest deliberative body" should be seated on metal folding chairs a few feet from the porch of a tired-looking, dogtrot house in the hills of east-central Mississippi on a sunny Sunday afternoon.
Mississippi State graduate recalling life with Stennis in one-man play (Commercial Dispatch)
"It's tough to write about something you have a feeling for," Dallas said. (The play) shows you -- and it doesn't tell -- how much we need to respect older people and those people who contributed so much to our lives. We have roads now in Mississippi because of Sen. Stennis and other things that we take for granted."
Let Me Entertain You (The Bolivar Commercial)
I'd laughed, I'd cried, I'd marveled as I gained knowledge and insight, and as the performance ended I'd been left gasping, aching with sentiment. Those are gushy words, I know, but it's the truth. I do believe I forgot to breathe--afraid to miss a single word or gesture or subtle inference.
