True West
By Sam Shepard
Directed by Tim Longo
March 27 - April 18, 2009

The story of two brothers whose lives collide in a role reversal with lasting reverberations, this play has been heralded by the New York Post as "Shepard's masterwork.... It tells us a truth, as glimpsed by a 37 year old genius." When the up and coming Austin offers to house-sit for his mother so he can write his latest screenplay in peace and quiet, he has no idea his alcoholic, thieving brother will soon erupt on the scene. Echoing the mythic tale of Cain and Abel, True West tells us the story of two very different men trapped in a timeless struggle for power. "It's clear, funny, naturalistic. It's also opaque, terrifying, surrealistic. If that sounds contradictory, you're on to one aspect of Shepard's winning genius; the ability to make you think you're watching one thing while at the same time he's presenting another." — San Francisco Chronicle