Robin Pearson Rose, Kandis Chappell and More Set for OTHER DESERT CITIES at The Old Globe

The Old Globe today announced the complete cast and creative team of the San Diego premiere of Jon Robin Baitz's award-winning family drama Other Desert Cities. Directed by Richard Seer, Other Desert Cities will run on the Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage in the Old Globe Theatre, part of the Globe's Conrad Prebys Theatre Center, April 27 - June 2, 2013. Preview performances run April 27 - May 1. Opening night is Thursday, May 2 at 8:00 p.m. Other Desert Cities is a co-production with TheatreWorks Silicon Valley. Tickets can be purchased online at www.TheOldGlobe.org, by phone at (619) 23-GLOBE or by visiting the Box Office at 1363 Old Globe Way in Balboa Park.

"Jon Robin Baitz is one of the most important playwrights now working in the American Theater, and everything that makes him such a significant voice is on striking display in Other Desert Cities," said Artistic Director Barry Edelstein. "The play is a detailed and humane exploration of how the crosscurrents that flow through the world around us can buffet even our most intimate relationships. Set in Palm Springs, it's also a sharp and captivating look at what makes California so unique-and as a newcomer to the state, I appreciate the insights! I'm happy to have the play on our stage, especially in the capable hands of Globe favorite Richard Seer."

Novelist Brooke Wyeth is home in Palm Springs for the holidays with a copy of her latest manuscript-one she's not showing her parents. Her brother Trip is a reality show producer, her father Lyman a former movie actor turned politician, her mother Polly a '60s-era comedy writer turned socialite-but now long-buried secrets threaten to put her picture-perfect famous family back on the tabloid pages. Other Desert Cities is a riveting portrait of a prominent family and their very public fall from grace.

Three Old Globe Associate Artists return to the Globe stage for this explosive family reunion.

Kandis Chappell (Polly Wyeth) has appeared in over 30 productions at The Old Globe, more than any other actress in Globe history, including the recent 100th anniversary production of Pygmalion, The Dining Room, Richard III, The Norman Conquests, King Lear and Collected Stories. She has also appeared on Broadway in Rumors and Getting Away with Murder. Robert Foxworth (Lyman Wyeth) was most recently featured at the Globe in the 2012 Shakespeare Festival productions of Inherit the Wind and Richard III, and his Broadway credits include August: Osage County, Twelve Angry Men, Ivanov, Honour, Judgment at Nuremberg and Henry V. Robin Pearson Rose (Silda Grauman) has appeared at the Globe in August: Osage County, Vincent in Brixton, Da, All My Sons and Dancing at Lughnasa, and she has also been seen on Broadway in Holiday and The Visit.

Joining them on stage is Dana Green (Brooke Wyeth), who was nominated for two San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Craig Noel Awards for the Globe's 2012 Shakespeare Festival productions of As You Like It and Richard III. Her additional Globe credits include Life of Riley, Cyrano de Bergerac and Twelfth Night. Rounding out the cast and making his Globe debut is Andy Bean (Trip Wyeth), whose regional credits include Long Day's Journey Into Night at Arena Stage, Seminar at City Theatre and '68 at LAByrinth Theater Company.

The creative team includes Alexander Dodge (Scenic Design), Charlotte Devaux (Costume Design), York Kennedy (Lighting Design), Paul Peterson (Sound Design), Caparelliotis Casting (Casting) and Diana Moser (Stage Manager).

Other Desert Cities is supported in part through gifts from Production Sponsors Mary Ann Blair, Paula and Brian Powers and Conrad Prebys and Debra Turner. Additional support is provided by HoyleCohen.

On May 1 from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Artistic Director Barry Edelstein will lead a special conversation with Other Desert Cities playwright Jon Robin Baitz that will explore the play and his career. Admission is free, but reservations are required for this special event. Email RSVP@TheOldGlobe.org to reserve a seat.

Jon Robin Baitz (Playwright) has written the plays Mizlansky/Zilinsky or "Schmucks," The Film Society, The Substance of Fire, The End of the Day, Three Hotels, A Fair Country (Pulitzer Prize finalist, 1996), Ten Unknowns and The Paris Letter as well as a version of Hedda Gabler (Broadway, 2001). He created ABC's "Brothers & Sisters," which ran for five seasons. His other television work includes the PBS version of Three Hotels, for which he won the Humanitas Prize, and episodes of "The West Wing" and "Alias." He is the author of two screenplays: The Substance of Fire (1996) and People I Know (2002). He is a Guggenheim fellow and an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award winner. Other Desert Cities won the Outer Critics Circle Award in 2011 and was a Tony Award nominee and Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2012.

Richard Seer (Director) has directed the Globe productions of God of Carnage, Life of Riley, The Last Romance, The Price, Romeo and Juliet, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Trying, Fiction, Blue/Orange (San Diego Critics Circle Award), All My Sons, Da and Old Wicked Songs. He has also been Director of The Old Globe/University of San Diego Graduate Theatre Program since 1993. Seer has directed and/or performed on Broadway, Off Broadway, on film and television and in over 70 productions at regional theaters in this country and Great Britain, including The Kennedy Center, Goodman Theatre, Stratford Shakespeare Festival, Brooklyn Academy Of Music, Huntington Theatre Company, Playwrights Theater, San Jose Repertory Theatre, Studio Arena Theater, Edinburgh Festival Fringe and the Sybil Thorndike Theatre in England. He originated the role of Young Charlie in the 1978 Tony Award-winning Broadway production of Hugh Leonard's Da and received the Theatre World Award for his performance. His recent directing credits also include Third (Huntington Theatre Company) and Bill W. and Dr. Bob and Sonia Flew (San Jose Repertory Theatre).

TICKETS to Other Desert Cities can be purchased online at www.TheOldGlobe.org, by phone at (619) 23-GLOBE or by visiting the Box Office at 1363 Old Globe Way in Balboa Park. Performances begin on April 27 and continue through June 2. Ticket prices start at $29. Performance times: Previews: Saturday, April 27 at 8:00 p.m., Sunday, April 28 at 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 30 at 7:00 p.m. and Wednesday, May 1 at 7:00 p.m. Regular Performances: Tuesday and Wednesday evenings at 7:00 p.m., Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings at 8:00 p.m., Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2:00 p.m. and Sunday evenings at 7:00 p.m. There is a 2:00 p.m. matinee on Wednesday, May 22 and no matinee performance on Saturday, May 25. Discounts are available for full-time students, patrons 29 years of age and under, seniors and groups of 10 or more.

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