Other Desert Cities

A family history lush in secrets.

A sizzling comedy of family secrets by Jon Robin Baitz

11th April 2015– 31st May 2015

Nominated for five Tony Awards, winning one.
Finalist for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Cast (in alphabetical order)

Lyman Wyeth Ian Barritt
Brooke Wyeth Mary Doherty
Polly Wyeth Diane Fletcher
Silda Grauman Kate Harper
Trip Wyeth James McGregor

Creative Team

Director Tom Littler
Set  Designer Bob Bailey
Costume Designer Melanie Schöberl
Lighting Designer Richard G. Jones
Sound Designer David Gumpper
Casting Director Marc Frankum

Reviews

The most richly enjoyable new play for grown-ups that New York has known in many a season. New York Times

A winner … funny and fierce, invigorating and intelligent.
The New Yorker

Puts the fun in dysfunctional.
Broadwayworld.com

Education

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It’s Christmas and a tribe of pro-Reagan Hollywood Republicans has gathered to celebrate. Enter the left-leaning, depressive daughter, Brooke, who returns home carrying an explosive, about-to-be-published memoir. Her book serves as a line in the sand, and Brooke dares everyone else to cross it. Her brother won’t play her game, her aunt knows way too much, and her parents fall into all their old routines as they plead with her to keep their story quiet. In this family, secrets are currency – and everyone is rich.

The most richly enjoyable new play for grown-ups that New York has known in many a season. New York Times

A winner … funny and fierce, invigorating and intelligent.
The New Yorker

Puts the fun in dysfunctional. Broadwayworld.com

Als die Schriftstellerin Brooke nach Jahren zum ersten Mal nach Hause zurückkehrt und ihren erzkonservativen, republikanischen Eltern verkündet, die Familiengeschichte veröffentlichen zu wollen, müssen sich alle den Dämonen der Vergangenheit stellen. Was ist vor Jahren tatsächlich mit ihrem älteren Bruder geschehen, der in einen terroristischen Bombenanschlag verwickelt war? Das schwarzhumorige Familiendrama ist ein Tableau an Schuldgefühlen, Geheimnissen und Zerwürfnissen, in dem alle emotionalen Register gezogen werden. Alte Wunden werden aufgerissen und bringen letztlich die unglaubliche Wahrheit ans Licht…