Other Desert Cities
January 16 & 17, 2020
Brooke Wyeth returns home
to Palm Springs aft er a sixyear
absence to celebrate
Christmas with her parents,
her brother and her aunt.
Brooke announces she is
about to publish a memoir
dredging up a pivotal and
tragic event in the family’s
history – a wound they don’t
want reopened.
In eff ect, she draws a line in
the sand and dares them to
cross it.
A collaboration between RPP
and the Literature Forum,
Dan Headington will narrate
this intriguing staged reading
with Sally B. Johnson, Stan
Ikenberry, Nancy Ryan, Lew
Hastings and Linda Rollyson.
SHOW DATES & TIMES
Two performances
Th ursday, Jan. 16, 4:30 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 17, 4:30 p.m.
VENUE
Boca Grande Community
Center Auditorium
Leading Ladies
February 12-16, 2020
Th is comedy focuses on
two English Shakespearean
actors, Jack (Kris Doubles) and
Leo (Ross Witschonke), who
fi nd themselves so down on
their luck they are performing
“Scenes from Shakespeare” on
the Moose Lodge circuit in the
Amish country of Pennsylvania.
When they hear that an
old lady in York is about to die
and leave her fortune to her
two long lost English nephews,
they resolve to pass themselves
off as her beloved relatives and
claim the cash. Th e trouble is,
when they arrive in York, they
fi nd out the relatives aren’t
nephews, but nieces! Th ings
become very complicated
and romantic entanglements
abound in this delightful play.
Starring: Kris Doubles, Ross
Witschonke, Joan Kale, Kimberly
Whipple, Jack Carley,
Karen Snyder, Dan Headington
and Sam Campbell.
SHOW DATES & TIMES
Five performances
Wednesday, Feb. 12 through
Saturday, Feb. 15
performances at 7 p.m.,
Sunday, Feb. 16 at 5 p.m.
VENUE
Boca Grande Community
Center Auditorium
Nunsense –
Th e Mega Musical
March 10-15, 2020
Nunsense is a hilarious spoof
about the misadventures of fi ve
nuns trying to manage a fundraiser.
Sadly, the rest of the
sisterhood dies from
botulism aft er eating vichyssoise
prepared by Sister Julia, Child
of God. Th us, the remaining
nuns – Sister Leo, Sister Robert
Anne, Sister Mary Amnesia, the
Mother Superior Sister Regina
and mistress of the novices
Sister Mary Hubert – stage a
talent show to raise the money
to bury their dearly departed.
Featuring tap dancing and
comic surprises, this show has
become an international
phenomenon.
Th e cast includes Hal McCombs,
Alice Court, Julia Pierce, James
Martin, Nancy Ryan,
Cori Palmere, Boots Tolsdorf,
Priscilla Masselink, Elaine
Skypala, Fred Allardyce, Scott
Wise with an ensemble featuring
Rose Guidinger, Meg Taylor,
Carol Forrester, Maggie Bush,
Pat Witschonke, Vicki DeBoest
and Jo Powers.
SHOW DATES & TIMES
6 Performances
Tuesday, March 10 through
Saturday, March 14 at 7 p.m.
Sunday, March 15 at 5 p.m.
VENUE
Boca Grande Community
Center Auditorium