Organizer
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Desert Rose Productions
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Phone
760-202-3000 -
Email
info@desertroseplayhouse.org/ -
Website
https://desertroseplayhouse.org/ -
The Desert Rose Playhouse produces and presents quality plays, musicals, and attractions. While the primary goal of the company is to serve the local and tourist LGBTQ communities, we produce and present a wide variety of productions that also attract the “gay-friendly” population who love and appreciate good quality intelligent and adventurous theatre.
Location
- 611 S. Palm Canyon Dr., Suite 15 Palm Springs, CA 92264
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Website
https://desertroseplayhouse.org/
Crimes of the Heart
Beth Henley’s Crimes of the Heart
The scene is Hazlehurst, Mississippi, where the three Magrath sisters have gathered to await news of the family patriarch, their grandfather, who is living out his last hours in the local hospital. Lenny, the oldest sister, is unmarried at thirty and facing diminishing marital prospects; Meg, the middle sister, who quickly outgrew Hazlehurst, is back after a failed singing career on the West Coast; while Babe, the youngest, is out on bail after having shot her husband in the stomach. Their troubles, grave and yet, somehow, hilarious, are highlighted by their priggish cousin, Chick, and by the awkward young lawyer who tries to keep Babe out of jail while helpless not to fall in love with her. In the end the play is the story of how its young characters escape the past to seize the future—but the telling is so true and touching and consistently hilarious that it will linger in the mind long after the curtain has descended.
Shows Run: June 22- July 3, 2022
Wed/Thurs: 7pm
Fri/Sat: 8pm
Sun: 2pm
$34 – 37 per general
$175 per table (seats 4) or couch (seats 3)
In Partnership with Dramatist Play Service
