PERFORMING ARTS
Theatre 29
The 2021-2022 season at THEATRE 29 is underway at the Morongo Basin’s premiere theatrical venue! Theatre 29 is an all-volunteer, non-profit tax-exempt, 501(c)3 Community Theater Organization, which presents family-friendly community theater productions on stage year-round at Theatre 29, 73637 Sullivan Road in the City of Twentynine Palms.
The curtain rises at 7:00 p.m. for Friday and Saturday performances and at 2:30 p.m. for Sunday matinees. Tickets are $15.00 for Regular admission, $12.50 for Seniors and Military, and $10.00 for children under 12 and students with ID. Tickets are available at www.theatre29.org or by calling the Box Office at (760) 361-4151.
Theatre 29
73637 Sullivan Road
Twentynine Palms, CA 92277
(760) 361-4151
www.theatre29.org
(at Adobe Road)
Theatre 29 Summer Youth Theatre Program
Applications are due in June. Cost: $60/student. Programs run Monday thru Friday, June and July. Morning sessions for Juniors (7-11 years old) 10 a.m. to 12 noon, and afternoons for Seniors (age 12-17) from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. A final production is staged in July at the end of the youth theatre program. In 2017, it was “Disney’s Little Mermaid Jr.” on July 28, 29, 30, two performances each day.
Theatre 29 Improv Troupe
The new “Theatre 29 Repertory Improvisational Comedy Troupe” has been formed under the direction of Veteran Performer and U.C. Riverside Professor Chris Fleischman.
Fleischman graduated from Yucca Valley High School in 2006 with salutatorian honors as an active member of the repertory theater company, received his B.A. in English with an emphasis in Creative Writing (Poetry) and a minor emphasis in Theater, summa cum laude, from UCLA, and received his M.A. in English from UC Riverside, where he is currently working on his dissertation to complete his doctorate.
Improvisation, or improv, is a form of live theatre in which the plot, characters and dialogue of a game, scene or story are made up in the moment. Often improvisers will take a suggestion from the audience, or draw on some other source of inspiration to get started.
The repertory improvisational comedy troupe performs at select intervals during the Theatre 29 season. Ticket prices are General Admission at $10.00, Military and Seniors are $7.00, and $5.00 for students with ID. Theatre 29 Season Ticket holders are free! www.theatre29.org
Other Regional Theater Productions
in the Joshua Tree Gateway Communities:
In nearby Joshua Tree
Hi-Desert Cultural Center
Hi-Desert Playhouse Guild, Inc.
61231 29 Palms Hwy.
P.O. Box 128
Joshua Tree, CA 92252
(760) 366-3777
www.hidesertculturalcenter.org
In nearby Yucca Valley…
The Curtain Call Players (formerly The St. Joseph’s Players)
& Curtain’s Up! Improv
56039 Santa Fe Trail
Yucca Valley, CA 92284
@CurtainCallPlayers
In nearby Morongo Valley…
Groves Cabin Theatre
8758 Desert Willow Trail
Morongo Valley, CA 92256
(760) 365-4523
www.grovescabintheatre.org
