2024 Xavier Brown
Meet Xavier Brown, a current Senior at Rancho Mirage High School. He has been dancing since the age of 2 and a part of the Desert Theatricals family since 2019. He was the winner of two Desert Theater League Awards for his roles in classic ballets such as The Nutcracker and Sleeping Beauty as well as best supporting actor in a high school musical. Xavier debuted with Desert Theatricals in 2019 as JoJo in Suessical, The Musical. Favorite Desert Theatricals roles include Willy Wonka in Willy Wonka, James in James and The Giant Peach, Benjamin in Joseph..., and Sebastian in The Little Mermaid. He likes to thank Ray, Josh, the foundation, as well as his family and friends for their continued support.
2023 Rachel Holley
Meet Rachel Holley, a current High School Senior with goals to pursue education in Musical Theater and Voice Acting. She became part of the Desert Theatricals family while attending our theatre workshops and appearing as Gertrude in our hugely successful Seussical, Jr. produced with the Rancho Mirage library & Observatory Foundation.
We were very impressed with her heartfelt application and are proud to help support her on the next “stage“ of her performance education journey. Please join us in congratulating Rachel!