“Other Desert Cities” delivers serious family drama and combustible comedy at Kayenta
By Merrie Lee
Beginning May 23, the play “Other Desert Cities” will run at Kayenta for three weeks. For those who enjoy edgy, grownup entertainment, Douglas Caputo brings it to Kayenta.
Acclaimed playwright Jon Robin Baitz’ “Other Desert Cities” premiered off Broadway in early 2011 and transferred to Broadway later that year. It was a finalist for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
“Other Desert Cities is a clever, biting and comic genius of a script” says director Douglas Caputo. “We rarely see this kind of show in our area — an adult, contemporary comedy/drama. For those who desire a little more edge in their entertainment, this will be the show to see.”
Caputo is proud of the talented cast he’s assembled.
“We have a strong cast that includes professionals from our own region and across the country,” he said.
No subject is sacred in the Wyeth family. Politics, personal shortcomings, successes, and failures: any and all topics are up for discussion. Except one. As this modern family deals with its collective demons, the audience is taken on a thrill ride that will have them by turns laughing, in tears, and challenging assumptions.
Brooke Wyeth returns home after a six-year absence to celebrate Christmas with her parents, brother, and aunt. Brooke announces that she’s about to publish a memoir that dredges up a pivotal and tragic event in the family’s history — a wound they don’t want reopened. Nonetheless, she draws a line in the sand and dares them all to cross it.
The play explores the limits of parental love and filial duty, our myth-making culture, and the claim we have on our own biography when it involves the invasion of privacy of others. Tickets can be purchased here.
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