True West Matinee
HCC Theater presents Sam Shepard classic
The HCC Theater Department will present "True West," by Sam Shepard, directed by Tim Cochran, Wednesday, April 16, through Saturday, April 19, at 7:30 p.m. in the Black Box Theater, Room 111, in the Fine & Performing Arts Buidling with a a Saturday matinee performance at 2 p.m.
Tickets available one hour before show at the Leslie Phillips Box Office or by calling 413.552.2528 to reserve: $5 (HCC students, faculty, staff); $10 (general admission); $8 (seniors).
The play centers around two brothers, Austin and Lee, who reunite at their mother's house while she is away in Alaska. Austin is busily trying to write a screenplay but finds himself dragged into his brother's wheelings and dealings with Saul, Hollywood producer. Tensions soon boil over in the heat of the southern California summer.
First performed in 1980, the play had its most iconic production two years later at the Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago featuring Gary Sinise and John Malkovich, which later transferred to Broadway and was filmed for the television show American Playhouse broadcast in 1984.
