The Desert Theatre League, who for the past 38 years has been recognizing local theatrical excellence with their Desert Star Awards, has announced their 2024 nominees. In a field of over 86 productions performed during the 2023-24 theatre season in member organizations ranging from Indio to Twentynine Palms, Theatre 29 was recognized with 30 nominations for their productions of “Man of La Mancha” with 8 nominations, “Mis-cast Goes to the Movies” with 7, “Daddy Longlegs” with 5 Nominations,…

Theatre 29 will host a special event for the public August 1 to announce their highly anticipated 2024-25 season and hear from other community partners about their upcoming events. The directors of six “main stage” productions will showcase their works with a short preview of dialogue or music from two big Broadway musicals, a Halloween themed thriller, a hilarious comedy, a classic murder mystery, and a legendary drama. There will also be a sneak peek at upcoming musical reviews, Improv, and…

Casting has been announced for Theatre 29’s season finale production of CLUE, the hilarious murder mystery comedy inspired by the board game and adapted from Paramount Pictures’ wildly popular film. It’s a dark and stormy night at Boddy Manor. Guests have arrived and no one is who they say they are; each character has something to hide and blackmail to pay. Let the game begin! The cast features Charles Harvey as Wadsworth, Cruz Jimenez as Colonel Mustard, Virginia Sulick as Miss Scarlet, Tiffany…

The 29 Palms Art Gallery will host an art reception on Saturday, July 6, to celebrate the Guild Members’ Summer exhibition, including paintings, photography, mixed media, ceramics and sculpture. The gallery will be open all day, and reception hospitality will be served on the gallery patio from 5 – 7 p.m. The public is invited to attend and meet the artists. Admission is free. The exhibition will be on display at the gallery July 4 - Aug 21, open Friday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The…

Theatre 29 closes out its 2023-24 season with the hysterically funny comedic murder mystery “Clue: On Stage” August 16.  Theatre 29 will hold open auditions for the new comedic murder mystery “Clue On Stage” on Monday, July 1st at 6:00pm on the Theatre 29 Main Stage. Based on the iconic 1985 Paramount movie which was inspired by the classic Hasbro board game, this hilarious farce-meets-murder mystery will take the stage August 16 – September 1 to close out the theatre’s 2023-24 season. Multi…