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Playwright
Sam Shepard
Performance Dates
October 26-30; November 2-5, 1994
Artistic Staff
Guest Director..................................Rich Cole
Set Designer....................................Rob Johnson
Guest Costume Designer.................Ruth Boyd
Lighting Designer.............................S. E. Reinick
Sound Designer...............................Cynthia L. Kehr
Technical Director............................William Lee Cecil III
Costume Shop Supervisor...............Marcia Hain
Assistant Technical Director.............Fred L. Smith
Production Assistant........................Pat Foltz
Synopsis
True West follows the story of two estranged brothers, Austin and Lee. Austin is has a successful budding career in the film industry. He offers to housesit for his mother, and decides to work on a new screenplay while he has some peace and quiet. Lee, an alcoholic and a thief, unexpectedly shows up and proceeds to disrupt Austin’s life, eventually managing to take over the writing of the screenplay himself. The two brothers end up in a role-reversal, with each admitting that he has always envied the other's way of life.
https://stageagent.com/shows/play/1646/true-west
Disciplines
Acting | Dance | Theatre and Performance Studies | Theatre History
Keywords
College Theater, Otterbein University Theatre, Musical Theatre, Drama
Recommended Citation
Otterbein University Theatre and Dance Department, "True West" (1994). 1994-1995 Season. 5.
https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/production_1994-1995/5