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Pass Area Performing Artists presents
By Jon Robin Baitz • Directed by Julie Labagnara
THE STORY: Brooke Wyeth returns home to Palm Springs after a six-year
absence to celebrate Christmas with her parents, her brother, and her aunt.
Brooke announces that she is about to publish a memoir dredging up a
pivotal and tragic event in the family's history — a wound they don't want
reopened. In effect, she draws a line in the sand and dares them all to cross.
"The most richly enjoyable new play for grown-ups that New York has known
in many seasons… In his most fully realized play to date, Mr. Baitz makes
sure our sympathies keep shifting among the members of the wounded
family portrayed here. Every one of them emerges as selfish, loving, cruel,
compassionate, irritating, charming and just possibly heroic… leaves you
feeling both moved and gratifyingly sated." ~ NY Times. "Astutely drawn…
juicy and surprising." ~ NY Daily News. "Spending time with these messed-
up, complicated people is a genuine pleasure." ~ NY Post. "Power, passion,
and superbly crafted palaver stippled with blow darts of wit — this is what
Baitz does best." ~New York Magazine.
Thurs. & Fri., Feb. 4 & 5: 7 pm; Sat., Feb. 6: 3 pm Matinee; Fri. & Sat., Feb.
12, & 13: 7 pm; Sun., Valentine's Day, Feb. 14: 4 pm Dinner Show
Tickets: Regular shows, $15; Dinner Show, $25
Tickets available now at www.passareaperformingartists.com
or 951-769-0383. PAPA Theater, 175 W. Hays St. Banning, CA 92220
