The 5: Sam Shepard Plays
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This Week on The 5: Sam Shepard Plays Nobody Should Miss
Sam Shepard is a true American original and one of the countries greatest playwrights.He’s won eleven Obie awards, a Pulitzer prize and seen the finest actors of two generations perform his work. Shepard’splays have been performed and studied on and off Broadway and all over the world. He’s written over 45 plays. Here are 5 that we recommend that you see whenever and wherever you can.
- True West. Two brothers reunite and deal with sibling rivalry
- Curse of the Starving Class. An absurd and dark comedic look at the American family.
- Fool For Love. Eddie and May are deeply in love and have the battle scars to prove it.
- Buried Child. The Pulitzer prize winning play dealing with the decline of the nuclear family and the decay of the American dream.
- Lie of the Mind. The American west , spousal abuse and two warring families.
