Southern sass takes State stage Saturday

If you’re looking for a sassy Saturday, the Historic State Theater has a show right up your alley when it hosts comedian Etta May at 8 p.m.

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Known as “The Queen of Southern Sass” and a returning performer at the State Theater, May will present her new show, “White Trash Diaries.”

Winner of the 1999 “Funniest Female Stand-Up Comic” by the American Comedy Awards, she has on appeared “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” “Comic Strip Live,” MTV and as a guest commentator on “CBS Sunday Morning.”

Born in Bald Knob, Ark., May’s comedy is laced with stories and observations from a Southern perspective.

Tickets cost $17 for balcony, $22 for general floor and $27 for preferred seating.

To purchase tickets, call the State Theater between 9:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday at (270) 234-8258.