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"Other Desert Cities" by Jon Robin Baitz was originally titled "Love and Mercy," and you'll find both in the script, according to Smokehouse Players founders Terry Vaughan and Tim Gilster. The drama, on stage Nov. 9-11 in Fayetteville, promises to be sometimes hilarious, sometimes mysterious, often poignant and thought provoking from beginning to end. Vaughan says everything the audience thinks at the beginning will be turned upside at least once as secrets are revealed in a family "whose history has been based entirely on lies."

At the end of "Survival of the Unfit," you won't walk out of Arkansas Public Theatre laughing and singing. This isn't "Little Shop of Horrors." But there is something inhuman -- vile, grotesque, maybe even monstrous -- growing in the little suburban household of playwright Oren Safdie's imagination. It deserves to be seen, explored -- and perhaps a lesson learned that might keep it from proliferating in other households elsewhere.

With the end of the year in sight, we asked some of our friends in the arts what happened in their organizations in 2022 that excited them most. These are their answers. It’s an enlightening look at the arts community from the inside out.

"Who wouldn't jump at the chance to work on a masterpiece by Edward Albee, one of America's greatest playwrights?"