
Cultural Center Receives Top Honors at Desert Theatre League Awards
JOSHUA TREE, CA — Garnering the most awards in the Morongo Basin at the 2014 Desert Theatre League Desert Star Awards ceremony, the Hi-Desert Cultural Center received top honors among regional theaters for its blockbuster theatrical production of Moon Over Buffalo — also the highest nominated production in the Hi-Desert. Taking the theatrical comedy category by storm, the Center’s five Desert Star Award-winners are Wendy Cohen and Marge Doyle who shared “Outstanding Director”, Analisa Pilecki for “Outstanding Supporting Actress”, Richie Sande for “Outstanding Supporting Actor” and the entire cast and crew — that also included actors Joy Groves, Howard Cohen, Scott Cutler, Wendy Cohen, Dave Jessup, Hanna Mohn, and crew members Heather Anderson, Joshua Schmid, and Justin Dilling — for the prestigious award of “Outstanding Production” received by the Cultural Center in that same category.
PICTURE CAPTION (FROM LEFT): The Hi-Desert Cultural Center’s award-winning cast and crew of Moon Over Buffalo: Justin Dilling, Joy Groves, Dave Jessup, Wendy Cohen, Jarrod Radnich, Marge Doyle, Richie Sande, and Howard Cohen. Not pictured: Analisa Pilecki, Scott Cutler, Hanna Mohn, Heather Anderson and Joshua Schmid.
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Hi-Desert Cultural Center is a non-profit educational and cultural arts center operating since 1964. The mission of the Hi-Desert Cultural Center is to operate a Cultural Center that provides venues, support facilities, funding, promotion, leadership, innovation, education, and other resources for programs and productions whose focus is on the aesthetic arts – including dramatic, musical, visual, and other forms of artistic expression. See www.hidesertculturalcenter.org
Desert Theatre League (DTL) is a non-profit public benefit corporation founded in 1987 with the mission of supporting and cultivating theatre in the Coachella Valley. The DTL now boasts thirty-one Producing Members and thirty-three Individual Members. Producing Members include professional and non-professional theatre companies, educational theatres and dance companies. Individual Members include area artists and others interested in furthering quality theatrical entertainment. See www.deserttheatreleague.org