Denver Victorian Playhouse presents True West May 8, 2010

Denver Victorian Playhouse

True West
by Sam Shepard

Directed by Terry Dodd

True West is a comic nightmare of confrontation. The play is about two brothers: Austin is an ambitious Hollywood screenwriter working on a potential million-dollar deal when an ill wind off the desert blows in Lee, a hobo thief with a six-pack and a case of sibling rivalry. The conflict arises when a film producer offers Lee to write a "true" western. In a role reversal as intricate as it is riveting, the brothers head toward Shepard's outrageous version of the Western movie showdown.

True West opens on Saturday, May 8 and runs Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m.; Sundays at 2 p.m. Through June 26, Tickets are $22.00 and are available by calling 303-433-4343 or online at www.denvervic.com. The cast, under the direction of Terry Dodd, includes Brian Brooks as Austin, Nils Swanson as Lee, Terry Burnsed as Saul and Linda Suttle as the mother.

Sam Shepard playwright and actor. He worked as an actor and rock musician before turning to playwriting His successful full-length plays, noted for their often surreal images drawn from the American West, science fiction, and popular culture. Shepard received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1979 for his play, Buried Child. As a film actor, he is perhaps best known for his Academy Award nominated portrayal of pilot Chuck Yeager in The Right Stuff (1983). In 1994 he was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame. Of his more than forty-five plays, eleven of them have won Obie Awards. He was nominated for two Tony Awards for Buried Child in 1996 and for True West in 2000.
Denver Victorian Playhouse presents True West - Sam Shepard's outrageous version of the Western movie showdown. May. 8 – June 26 - Fri/Sat at 7:30 p.m.; Sun at 2 p.m. Denver Victorian Playhouse, 4201 Hooker Street in Denver. Tickets: $22.00 - 303-433-4343 or online at www.denvervic.com.