Rochester Rep’s Emerging Voices: Painted Desert | Rochester Repertory Theatre

A Staged Reading of brand new work, part of our Emerging Voices series!
By Christopher G. Smith

May 29th and 30th, 2026 at 7pm
All Tickets $15

In the blistering heat of the Painted Desert, three strangers collide. Robby, a runaway heading west, hitches a ride with Devlin, a man with a violent past. When their car breaks down, they take shelter in a remote shack, only to be found by a suspicious Sheriff searching for its missing resident: a reclusive preacher. As tensions rise and the preacher emerges from the shadows, Robby faces a choice between Devlin’s brutal path and the preacher’s quiet resolve.