‘Other Desert Cities’ no Currier & Ives Christmas
In Jon Robin Baitz’ “Other Desert Cities,” the kids of the Wyeth family have come home to celebrate Christmas with mom, dad and crazy Aunt Silda, but this isn’t your typical feel-good holiday reunion.
“The daughter has written a book, and in that she covers her oldest brother’s suicide,” observes Director Paula Keenan. 
“It’s not a happy time for Christmas Eve. This is not a Currier & Ives Christmas, okay?”
Written in 2011, “Other Desert Cities” enjoyed a successful Broadway run and seven-month stint at Lincoln Center. Since then, it has been widely produced around the country in regional and community theaters. Among its accolades are the Outer Critics Circle 
Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play and five Tony Award nominations. It was also a Pulitzer Prize finalist.
November 19, 2022.
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Tom Hall is both an amateur artist and aspiring novelist who writes art quest thrillers. He is in the final stages of completing his debut novel titled "Art Detective," a story that fictionalizes the discovery of the fabled billion-dollar Impressionist collection of Parisian art dealer Josse Bernheim-Jeune, thought by many to have perished during World War II when the collection's hiding place, Castle de Rastignac in southern France, was destroyed by the Wehrmacht in reprisal for attacks made by members of the Resistance operating in the area. A former tax attorney, Tom holds a bachelor's degree as well as both a juris doctorate and masters of laws in taxation from the University of Florida. Tom lives in Estero, Florida with his fiancee, Connie, and their four cats.