True West at The Acrosstown
The show opens next Thursday.
For immediate release May 9th, 2007
The Acrosstown Repertory Theatre is proud to present:
True West by Sam Shepard
Directed by Drew Blair
Assistant Directed by Esther Biggs
Featuring the local talents of: Adam Lishawa, Walton Wood, Casey Stern, and Debi Jackson
The show runs from May 17th until June 2nd every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Doors open at 7:30 with an 8:00 PM curtain at the Acrosstown Repertory Theatre, 619 South Main Street, Gainesville.
General admission is $9 and student admission is $7. Tickets are available at Book Gallery West, Omni Books, and the door on show nights. For more information, or press related issues, please contact Drew Blair at 352-284-6156 or via e-mail at: drublair16@yahoo.com.
The Story: This American classic explores alternatives that might spring from the demented terrain of the California landscape. Sons of a desert dwelling alcoholic and a suburban wanderer clash over a film script. Austin, the achiever, is working on a script he has sold to producer Saul Kimmer when Lee, a demented petty thief, drops in. He pitches his own idea for a movie to Kimmer, who then wants Austin to junk his bleak, modern love story and write Lee's trashy Western tale.
What the press has said ... "Shepard's masterwork.... It tells us a truth, as glimpsed by a 37 year old genius." N.Y. Post.
"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." S.F. Chronicle.
Awards: "True West" was the winner of an Obie Award in 1985. The Obie Awards have become the most prestigious theater awards in the U.S. next to the Tony Awards.
For immediate release May 9th, 2007
The Acrosstown Repertory Theatre is proud to present:
True West by Sam Shepard
Directed by Drew Blair
Assistant Directed by Esther Biggs
Featuring the local talents of: Adam Lishawa, Walton Wood, Casey Stern, and Debi Jackson
The show runs from May 17th until June 2nd every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Doors open at 7:30 with an 8:00 PM curtain at the Acrosstown Repertory Theatre, 619 South Main Street, Gainesville.
General admission is $9 and student admission is $7. Tickets are available at Book Gallery West, Omni Books, and the door on show nights. For more information, or press related issues, please contact Drew Blair at 352-284-6156 or via e-mail at: drublair16@yahoo.com.
The Story: This American classic explores alternatives that might spring from the demented terrain of the California landscape. Sons of a desert dwelling alcoholic and a suburban wanderer clash over a film script. Austin, the achiever, is working on a script he has sold to producer Saul Kimmer when Lee, a demented petty thief, drops in. He pitches his own idea for a movie to Kimmer, who then wants Austin to junk his bleak, modern love story and write Lee's trashy Western tale.
What the press has said ... "Shepard's masterwork.... It tells us a truth, as glimpsed by a 37 year old genius." N.Y. Post.
"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." S.F. Chronicle.
Awards: "True West" was the winner of an Obie Award in 1985. The Obie Awards have become the most prestigious theater awards in the U.S. next to the Tony Awards.