Desert Stages Theater has been overtaken by the Clemente brothers this summer. Mark’s production, Agatha Christie’s long running show The Mousetrap, is being performed in the DST Actor’s Café while his brother J.P hosts his staging of The Rocky Horror Show across the lobby in Mainstage Cullity Hall. The Rocky Horror Show will be performing its last show on August 10 whereas The Mousetrap ends its run on August 18.

Originally from Milwaukee, the Clementes began their education in theater together by working at the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre and attending Professional Theater Training Program at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. Though they are directing separately this time around, the brothers have been known to frequently combine their efforts to produce great theater in the past. “We work in partnership and true collaboration.  Even when directing separate shows, we bounce ideas of each other,” says Mark.