True West (2023)
by Sam Shepard
Performances: Tue 2nd – Sat 6th May 2023, Old Fire Station
Contents
Introduction
Brothers Austin and Lee are like chalk and cheese. Austin is a well educated scriptwriter and a family man. Lee is a drifter, hustler, an uneducated, heavy drinker, a part time-burglar, living on his wits. Austin is looking after their mother's home in Southern California while she's on holiday in Alaska. He is trying to write a film script when Lee shows up, restless and lost, having lived out in the desert for months. The brothers try to communicate but it seems there is an ocean or a desert between them. Lee annoys Austin by badgering him about his art, while Austin is concerned that Lee will go out and burgle local homes, causing trouble.
Cast
- Austin - James Knapp
- Lee - Peter Lewis
- Saul - Paul White
- Mom - Caroline Durant
Crew
- Stage Manager - Lorna Felix
- ASM & Assistant Dorector - Caroline Durant
- Lighting Designer - John Brown
- Lighting & Sound Operator- Noah Wright
- Set Design - Janine Wunsche and John Winters
- Voice Coach - Jennifer Nettles
- Fight Directors - Hadley Charles Smith & Stephen Hayward
- Wig Stylist Lily Ann Coleman
- Set painting - Janine Wunsche, Kassa Aghlimoghaddan, Carole Ironside and Dilek O'Keeffe
- Set Construction - Barry Heselden, Mark Ireson, Mark Bullock, Dennis Fenton, Foeke Ijnterna and Brian Fretwell
- Set Construction assistants - Robin Harper and Steve Smith
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