It turned out to be a perfect play for the theme of this blog - it's all about knowing, our memories, their limits, and how our own emotions color our mind's records of our own experiences. It's about keeping secrets and the damage that does. The cast of five was fantastic - to me, they were all the characters and not actors playing the characters. And all the characters were rich blends of strengths and weaknesses. And you should stay right to the end.
If you're paying attention, you'll have noticed that the titles of the post and the book in the picture are different. The book is what the character Brooke presents her family (in manuscript form) over the Christmas holidays in Palm Springs. Not the novel they thought she was writing, but a memoir that includes them all. She wants their blessings.
The play is Other Desert Cities. I'm not really sure I'm excited about the title or understand why it was chosen to label this play. Yes, I caught the mention in the play, but I still don't think it's a great title for this story.
It's at Cyrano's for those of you in or near Anchorage, this weekend and the next two and definitely worth going to see.
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