Charlie Thomas is a local theatrical director, actor, producer, stage designer and playwright with over thirty-five years’ experience in both professional and non-professional live theatre, film, television, and radio. His pedigree includes most of the…

“Clue” brings hilarious murder mystery to Theatre 29

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, brings the show to life beginning Friday, August 16. Featuring Charles Harvey, Cruz Jimenez, Virginia Sulick, Tiffany Crocker, Adeline Guyenne, Makasi Boykin, Jack McLead & Laura Harwood, this who-mighta- dunnit will keep you laughing and guessing to the very end. Helmed by veteran multi-award-winning director Kathryn…

Theatre 29 auditions for “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”

As Theatre 29 closes out its 2023-24 season with “Clue: On Stage” August 16, they are already busy getting ready for their just announced 2024-25 season. Theatre 29 will present “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” as the debut offering of their 2024-25 season from October 11 to 27, 2024. In the quaint village of Sleepy Hollow, stories of wonder and strangeness surround the legend of a mighty headless Hessian. When the humble schoolteacher Ichabod Crane vies for the hand of the beautiful Katrina Van…

Theatre 29 announces 25th anniversary season offerings

Audiences from across the Morongo Basin and beyond have been awaiting Theatre 29 Silver Anniversary 2024-25 Season. Theatre 29 revealed its 2024-25 season of musicals, plays, cabarets, variety shows, special events and a debut film festival. The main stage slate includes “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” October 11-27, “The Sound of Music” December 6-22. 2025 will bring the hilarious comedy, “Exit Laughing”, January 17 – February 2, Tennessee Williams’ “A Streetcar Named Desire” March 1-16, the epic…

Guild Member’s Summer Art Reception tonight at 29 Palms Art Gallery

The 29 Palms Art Gallery will host an art reception on Saturday, August 3rd 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 through Aug 21, open Friday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The…

Area theatres represent with 2024 Desert Theatre League Desert Star Award nominations

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 event will announce 2024-2025 season and other area events

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…

Theatre 29 announces casting for “Clue: Live on Stage”

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…

29 Palms Art Gallery hosting art reception tonight (7/6)

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…

Hilarious Whodunnit “Clue: On Stage” Auditions at Theatre 29

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…

Mis-Cast goes to the movies! The musical revue opens June 28th at Theatre 29

Tickets are available for the opening night performance of Theatre 29’s annual fundraising musical revue “Mis-Cast” on Friday, June 28th at 7:00PM, benefitting the theatre’s on-going infrastructure improvement efforts. The brain child of Director and Creator Lisa Hodgson, this year’s “Mis-Cast” takes audiences to the movies with performances from some of Tinseltown’s greatest movie musicals. Headlining the musical masquerade of unlikely casting includes Charles Harvey, Robin Wilson, Lisa…