The Desert Theatre League hosted their 37th annual Desert Star Award presentation on Sunday, October 20th at Sun City Palm Desert. With a capacity house, awards recognizing outstanding performances during the 2023-24 theatre season amongst dozens of local theatre companies were awarded.
Theatre 29 took home four top awards including Best Supporting Actor in a Musical – Youth Theatre to Gianni Caravella for Disney’s Frozen Jr, Best Lead Actress in a Musical was a tie including Analisa Pilecki for her turn as Aldonza in Man of La Mancha, Best Lead Male Performer in a Cabaret/Revue went to Charles Harvey for Mis-Cast Goes To The Movies and Best Set Design for Andrea Keller for Man of La Mancha. Thought Theatre’s Malcolm Stanley-Wolfe brought home a Best Supporting Actor – One Acts trophy for Shakespeare in Revue.
Congratulations to all the winners and nominees on a great season of live theatre.