CASA VALENTINA Kicks Off Ninth Theatrical Season at DEZART PERFORMS in Palm Springs

To kick-off its 9th season, DEZART PERFORMS will present Casa Valentina, a thoroughly entertaining Tony Award-nominated "dramedy" written by Harvey Fierstein, the multiple Tony Award-winning actor/playwright and American Theatre Hall of Famer. Casa Valentina will run consecutive weekends: November 4, 5, 6 and November 11, 12, 13 at the Pearl McManus Theater at the historic Palm Springs Woman's Club at 314 S. Cahuilla Road, Palm Springs.

"We are thrilled to be presenting this marvelous production to Palm Springs audiences; ours will be only the second engagement for Casa Valentina following its West Coast premiere at the Pasadena Playhouse last spring, so this is a special opportunity for us," stated Artistic Director Michael Shaw, director of Casa Valentina. "Presented over PRIDE WEEKEND, we think the subject matter of Casa Valentina will delight, entertain and resonate with a broad Palm Springs audience.

Harvey Fierstein's raucous dramedy, CASA VALENTINA, is a hugely entertaining production that will have audiences buzzing. This 2014-nominated Tony Award production for Best Play, is based on a factual Catskills resort that catered to heterosexual men who delighted in dressing and acting as women. The period piece returns us to the land of dirty dancing and borscht belt comedy, circa 1962. The play transports the audience to an inconspicuous bungalow colony that caters to this very special clientele -- white-collar professionals who discreetly escape their families to spend their weekends safely inhabiting their chosen female alter-egos. Based on real events and infused with Fierstein's trademark wit, this moving, insightful, and delightfully entertaining work offers a glimpse into the lives of a sorority of "self-made women" as they search for acceptance and happiness in their very own Garden of Eden.

Dezart Performs is also pleased to welcome Desert Regional Medical Center as the Title Sponsor for the 2016/2017 Season and Desert AIDS Project is the Presenting Sponsor for the season's opening production, CASA VALENTINA.

For information and tickets, visit www.dezartperforms.org or by phone 760-322-0179.

Dezart Performs is committed to presenting a truly special theatre experience to Palm Springs and all of the Coachella Valley by bringing bold, provocative, and cutting-edge theatre to the community.

Dezart Performs is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization whose mission is to explore new theatrical works. By providing an artistic home for new and rarely-produced plays, we aim to create an atmosphere of creative growth for actors, writers, and directors in Palm Springs and the surrounding desert valley area. Through encouraging and nurturing new talent, we hope to cultivate increased artistic awareness and ideas in the community.