In rehearsal

Other Desert Cities in rehearsal

Cast:

Deana Duncan: Brooke Wyeth
Shelley Hartle: Polly Wyeth
Heather Ogilvy: Silda Grauman
Andrew Grenier: Lyman Wyeth
David Mayer: Trip Wyeth

Under the direction of Andrew Grenier, this cast is outstanding. What the photos don't tell you is that these actors are completely believable as a family unit coming together after years of being both physically and emotionally distant. 

 

Balanced on a razor’s edge of affection and aggression, this studied cleverness is what allows them to continue to communicate with one another. But, years of deep seeded animosity and resentment are about to come to the surface as Brooke Wyeth (Deana Duncan) forces everyone to face reality… her reality. Niceties are put aside as they finally reveal themselves, their secrets.

I was allowed to click away during rehearsal. The only thing that bothered me (and I’m sure the actors as well) was the click, click, click interrupting the completely compelling story that was being played out on stage. 

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Whidbey Island Center for the Arts would like to begin by acknowledging that we gather on the ancestral homelands, originally known as Tscha-kole-chy (SHA-KOL-CHI) in Lushootseed (LU-SHOOT-SEED), of the Coastal Salish Peoples, on the lands of the lower Skagit, Tulalip (tuh·lay·luhp), Swinomish (SWIN-ə-mish), Snohomish (snō-hō-mish), Stillaguamish (still-uh-GWAH-mish), and Suquamish (soo-kwah-mish), who have lived in the Salish Sea basin since time immemorial and have hunted, fished, gathered, and taken care of these lands.

We respect their sovereignty, their right to self-determination, and we honor their sacred spiritual connection with the land and water.

Please join us in expressing our deepest respect and gratitude to the indigenous people of this territory and for their enduring care and protection of the land in which we currently occupy and share through the Treaty of Point Elliott signed by 82 tribes in Múckl-te-óh (Mukilteo) on January 22, 1855.