{"id":127150,"date":"2024-01-04T18:37:58","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T23:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/v2fr5er78d.funnewsdaily.com\/movies\/desert-ensemble-theatre-presents-the-lifespan-of-a-fact\/"},"modified":"2024-01-04T18:37:58","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T23:37:58","slug":"desert-ensemble-theatre-presents-the-lifespan-of-a-fact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/v2fr5er78d.funnewsdaily.com\/movies\/desert-ensemble-theatre-presents-the-lifespan-of-a-fact\/","title":{"rendered":"Desert Ensemble Theatre presents The Lifespan of a Fact"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Director, David Youse<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Sharp comedy about journalism, ethics, and facts v. truth<\/i><\/p>\n \u2014 David Youse<\/p>\n<\/div>\n PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, USA, January 4, 2024 \/EINPresswire.com<\/a>\/ — \t\t\t\tJerome Elliott Moskowitz (760) 534-3712 Desert Ensemble Theatre presents The Lifespan of a Fact Desert Ensemble Theater (DET), in residence at the Palm Springs Cultural Center, will present The Lifespan of a Fact by Jeremy Kareken & David Murrell and Gordon Farrell, January 26\u201328 and February 2\u20134, 2024. The play, a hit on Broadway in 2018, is based on a book by Jim Fingal and John D\u2019Agata that detailed their personal experience preparing a magazine essay for publication in 2003.<\/p>\n Fingal is a fresh-out-of-Harvard fact checker for a prominent but sinking New York magazine. D\u2019Agata is a talented writer with a transcendent essay about the suicide of a teenage boy\u2014an essay that could save the magazine from collapse. When Jim is assigned to fact check D\u2019Agata\u2019s essay, the two come head to head in a comedic yet gripping battle over facts versus truth.<\/p>\n Performances are part of DET\u2019s 13th Season \u201cOff-Center at the Cultural Center.\u201d Curtain times are 7:30\u00a0pm Friday, 2:00 pm and 7:30 pm Saturday, and 2:00 pm Sunday. Tickets are $37.50 and are available at www.desertensembletheatre.org<\/a>. For more information, call (760) 565-2476.<\/p>\n Artistic Director Jerome Elliott Moskowitz said: \u201cWe are thrilled to welcome acclaimed actor, director and producer David Youse to direct his first project at DET. David has assembled a superb cast including Youse stated: \u201cDesert Ensemble Theatre continues to bring innovative plays to the Coachella\u00a0Valley in its 13th season. I’m excited to help continue that history by directing The Lifespan of a Fact. Audiences will enjoy the comedic debate on facts vs\u00a0creative\u00a0license and how far we can\u00a0push the envelope.\u201d<\/p>\n The Lifespan of a Fact premiered on Broadway at Studio 54 in 2018 in a production starring Daniel Radcliffe, Cherry Jones, and Bobby Cannavale. \u201c\u2026buoyantly literate\u2026wholly resonant questions [are] wrestled with in this briskly entertaining play\u2026you\u2019ll find yourself happy to have your preconceptions disturbed and assumptions unsettled.\u201d \u2014Washington Post. \u201c…moves with the ticking-clock urgency the situation demands yet finds appropriate moments to breathe and let us ruminate on the personal, professional and moral issues at stake.\u201d \u2014The Hollywood Reporter<\/p>\n DET is located at the Palm Springs Cultural Center, 2300 E. Baristo Rd. in Palm Springs. For additional information visit www.desertensembletheatre.org<\/a> or call (760) 565-2476.<\/p>\n # # #<\/p>\n PHOTOS: David Youse, credit Gene Reed.<\/p>\n Jerome Elliott Moskowitz
For more information, please contact:\t\t\tpsjeromeelliott@gmail.com<\/p>\n
Sharp comedy about journalism, ethics, and facts v. truth<\/p>\n
John Corr (Kafka\u2019s Joke for DET), Christine Tringali-Nunes (Winner Season 1, DET\u2019s Singing With the Desert Stars), and\u2014in his DET debut\u2014Broadway World \u201cPerformer of the Decade\u201d Chuck Yates. Award-winning scenic designer Thomas L. Valach returns to DET with this production.<\/p>\n
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