True West
by Weird Rodeo

Jan. 09 - Jan. 25, 2014
Thursdays-Saturdays

Wikipedia:

True West is about the sibling rivalry between two estranged brothers who have reconnected.  Like most of Shepard's works it is inspired by myths of American life and popular culture. The play is a more traditional narrative than most of the plays that Shepard has written.

True West was first performed at the Magic Theatre in San Francisco, where Shepard was the resident playwright. It had its world premiere there on July 10, 1980.^[3] It was originally directed by Robert Woodruff and starred Peter Coyote as Austin, Jim Haynie as Lee, Tom Dahlgren as Saul Kimmer, and Carol McElheney as Mom. The production moved from the Magic Theatre to the Marines Memorial Theatre in San Francisco in 1981. Ebbe Roe Smith replaced Peter Coyote as Austin. The production later moved to Joseph Papp's The Public Theater in New York City, where it starred Tommy Lee Jones and Peter Boyle.

It was revived by the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, with then fairly unknown actors Gary Sinise (who also directed the production) and John Malkovich playing the leads. With Shepard's approval, this production made a big splash when it transferred to New York, where it opened at Cherry Lane Theatre. It ran for 762 performances and, later in the run, the leads were taken over by Bruce Lyons, James Belushi, Gary Cole, Erik Estrada, Dennis Quaid and Randy Quaid. The production was so successful that a television recording (featuring Sinise and Malkovich) aired on PBS.

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True West
by Sam Shepard
Weird Rodeo

Weird Rodeo’s True West by Sam Shepard plays through January 25th. Tickets are available at buyplaytex.com.