Dezart Performs Wins 8 Desert Stars Awards for landmark productions The Mountaintop and Every Brilliant Thing
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Dezart Performs Wins 8 Desert Stars Awards
for landmark productions The Mountaintop and Every Brilliant Thing
www.dezartperforms.org
19 October 2022 – Palm Springs, CA: The Desert Theatre League has honored the critically-acclaimed 14th season for Dezart Performs (www.dezartperforms.org) of Palm Springs with Eight Desert Star Awards in the 35th annual occurrence in honoring outstanding performances and productions. The emotionally-charged The Mountaintop exploring the final night of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. took home six awards including Outstanding Props and Special Effects, Greg Thorneycroft; Outstanding Sound Design – Professional, Clark Dugger; Outstanding Set Design – Professional, Thomas L. Valach; The Michael Cruickshank Award for Outstanding Director of a Drama, Professional, Michael Shaw; Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama, Shante Deloach; and Outstanding Production of a Drama – Professional. The one-person dramatic comedy performed in the round, Every Brilliant Thing, garnered two awards: Outstanding Director of a Comedy – Professional, Deborah Hamon and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy – Professional for Joel Bryant.
“The evening of awards was a long-overdue gathering of all of our friends in the theatre community,” said Dezart Performs Founding Artistic Director Michael Shaw. “The joy of seeing everybody in one room after three long years of separation, and basking in the glow of the night was magical and so missed! Receiving the recognition from the Desert Theatre League was the icing on the cake.”
Below is the full schedule for the upcoming 15th Season for Dezart Performs, beginning on October 28.
15th Dezart Performs’ Season Listing
CHOIR BOY
October 28 – November 6, 2022
Written by Tarell Alvin McCraney
Drama with music
2019 Tony nominee for Best Play
2019 Drama Desk winner for Outstanding Music in a Play
“… the choral music is rich and rousing.” – New York Stage Review
“[CHOIR BOY] registers with potency, examining its themes with a mixture of poignancy and humor…it soars.” – The New York Post
“CHOIR BOY is a drama so infused with emotion that it can’t help breaking into song.”
– Hartford Courant
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A BRIGHT NEW BOISE
January 13 – 22, 2023
Written by Samuel D. Hunter
Dark comedy
2011 Obie Award winner for Playwriting
2011 Drama Desk nominee for Outstanding Play
“[Samuel D. Hunter] is one of the finest playwrights at work today.” – The Wall Street Journal
“… the playwright brings humanity and humility to his repressed characters as they struggle to connect and find a means of self-expression.” – Theatermania
“Hunter’s sense of place is richer and more peculiar than any other American playwright working today.” – The New York Times
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A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY UNIT AT THE MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER OF NEW YORK CITY
March 3 – 12, 2023
Written by Halley Feiffer
Comedy
“[A FUNNY THING HAPPENED…is] a play that is as deeply felt as its name is long. – The New York Times
“The play is as defiantly unconventional as its title, but it is also satisfying in traditional ways.” – The Los Angeles Times
“Feiffer again demonstrates a talent for crafting caustically sharp comic dialogue.” – The Hollywood Reporter
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THE GARBOLOGISTS
April 14 – 23, 2023
Written by Lindsay Joelle
New comedy/drama
“THE GARBOLOGISTS takes us on a ride of sadness, joy, anger, disbelief, and understanding.” –Grid Magazine
“Lindsay Joelle’s finely crafted play is laced with wit and wisdom.” – Broadway World
“[THE GARBOLOGISTS] is delightfully intimate, surprising, and profound, filled with sometimes unexpected laughter and even tears..” – onStage Pittsburgh
Dezart Performs, one of the Coachella Valley’s preeminent theatre companies, recognizes that the performing arts enrich the life and culture of a community, promote greater understanding and provoke insightful discussion. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit theatre company, its mission is to provide an artistic home for bold and cutting–edge plays, creating an atmosphere of artistic growth for actors, writers, and directors who uniquely contribute to the diverse theatrical environment in the Coachella Valley.
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