If you don’t know a rake brush from a garden rake, 29 Palms Artists' Guild has the class for you! Painting for Absolute Beginners, instructed by Jeni Bate, is for anyone who would like to learn the basics of how to paint, but doesn’t have the schedule to do a 10-part weekly class, or for those who have painted years ago and could use a refresher, or the self-taught who feel they might be missing something. This intensive 1-day class will be taught August 6 from 9am – 5pm. All materials are…

Area thespians, here is an opportunity to be considered for all of Theatre 29’s upcoming theatrical season productions at once. Theatre 29 will be holding, for the first time, open group auditions for consideration of their upcoming 2023-24 theatre season on Saturday, August 5th at Theatre 29 in Twentynine Palms.  This will be an opportunity for area performers, both veteran as well as new talents, to be seen by the organization’s compliment of casting directors all at once.  Per production…

In advance of Theatre 29’s just announced 2023-24 theatre season, the community theatre is offering a workshop that teaches the finer art of auditioning for the stage, film and TV, how to prepare for the audition and pitfalls to avoid. The class will be held on Saturday, July 8th from 12 Noon to 3pm at Theatre 29. Taught by Morongo Basin alumni and professional actor/teacher Julia Boyd, this three-hour introductory workshop is aimed to be just as useful for the first-time performer as it is for…

“Red Light Lit” is a mashup of live music, storytelling, and poetry set to a live score by DW, which will take over both the indoor and outdoor stages at the Palms in Wonder Valley this Saturday, June 24th, at 7pm. Listen to musical sets by LA-based singer-songwriter Mary Simich, Joshua Tree's unforgettable jazz infused folk musician, Wildlife Freeway, and haunting melodies from E. Ray Béchard who plays in This Lonesome Paradise, Mother of The Mojave, and The Former. Featured writers…

Theatre 29 closes out their 2022 – 23 theatre season with the madcap Shakespearean classic, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” opening June 16. Come join the merriment and the magic with “A Midsummer Night's Dream” opening June 16th and continuing for a limited two week run through June 25th at Theatre 29. Opening gala tickets will benefit Copper Mountain College Foundation programs and are available now by calling 760-366-3791 ext. 4200. The $25 opening night ticket includes refreshments and…

Theatre 29 and director Charlie E. Parker are pleased to announce the cast for Theatre 29’s premier of the Shakespeare comedy, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. In the classic Shakespearean play Four Athenians run away to the forest only to have Puck the fairy make both of the boys fall in love with the same girl. The four run through the forest pursuing each other while Puck helps his master play a trick on the fairy queen. In the end, Puck reverses the magic, and the two couples reconcile and…