Desert Foothills Theater's 2019 / 2020 Season!

The Pirates of Penzance Jr

Sep 27, 2019 - Oct 6, 2019

Frederic, who has spent his formative years as a junior pirate, plans to mark his 21st birthday by breaking free from the Pirate King and begin his courtship of Mabel. But because he was born on Feb.29, a date that only arrives every four years, Frederic isn't technically 21, and the Pirate King is still his master. Frederic will soon be on a collision course with the Pirate King's new nemesis: Mabel's father.

Annie Get Your Gun

November 8-24, 2019

Annie Oakley is a poor, but spirited and happy, country girl who lives by her native sharp-shooting quickly makes her the star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show where she meets and falls in love with expert rifleman Frank Butler. Unfortunately, the tough, outspoken Annie is not Frank's idea of what a wife should be and the two remain at competitive odds. Then Annie is initiated into an Indian tribe whose Chief, Sitting Bull, gives her some advice: only by deliberately, but discreetly, losing a shooting contest can she win Frank.

And Then There Were None

January 17-26, 2020 

Ten strangers, apparently with little in common, are lured to an island mansion off the coast of Devon by the mysterious U.N.Owen. Over dinner, a record begins to play, and the voice of an unseen host accuses each person of hiding a guilty secret. That evening, former reckless driver Tony Marston is found murdered by a deadly dose of cyanide. The tension escalates as the survivors realize the killer is not only among them but is preparing to strike again… and again...

Honk Jr

February 14-23, 2020 

Based on Hans Christian Andersen's The Ugly Duckling, Honk! tells the story of an odd looking baby duck, Ugly, and his quest to find his mother. Soon after Ugly is born, he is seduced away by a wily Cat who wants to eat Ugly for dinner.

Steel Magnolias

March 27, 2020 - April 5, 2020

M'Lynn is the mother of bride-to-be Shelby, and as friend Truvy fixes the women's hair for the ceremony, they welcome a helping hand from aspiring beautician Annelle. Diabetic Shelby has a health scare, which is averted but doesn't bode well for her hopes of having children. Time passes, and the women and their friends encounter tragedy and good fortune, growing stronger and closer in the process.

Godspell

May 8-17, 2020

At the behest of John the Baptist, young men and women forsake their jobs and take up the mantle of Jesus Christ - becoming his disciples - in  a musical retelling of the Gospel of Matthew set in a modern-day big city. Using song and dance, the apostles traverse the city, spreading Christ's message of love and tolerance as the time moves ever closer to his betrayal at the hands of Judas and, ultimately, his crucifixion.

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