Isaac Gaeta Tollette Clare Merritt Anthony Nannin Credit Tara Howard - Beyond Therapy at Desert Ensemble Theatre, April 15, 2025
Isaac Gaeta-Tollette, J. Clare Merritt and Anthony-Nannini in Desert Ensemble Theatre's production of Beyond Therapy. Credit: Tara Howard
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“If you’re in need of some laughs, I recommend heading to the Palm Springs Cultural Center to see Desert Ensemble Theatre’s production of Beyond Therapy. Laughter, they promise, is guaranteed—and while it usually takes an audience a while to warm up to a production, the laughs started immediately.

Directed by Jerome Elliott Moskowitz, this Christopher Durang comedy premiered on Broadway in 1982, and is DET’s final play of the season. Beyond Therapy is set in the ’80s, and this clever play actually captures the wacko feeling of that time. Part of what makes the show funny is Durang’s writing, but the crisp direction and movement gave the play the needed feeling of urgency that drives the characters…”

[Read the full review at cvindependent.com]