True West
Director: Matthew Dunster
Playwright: Sam Shepard
Cast: Kit Harington, Johnny Flynn, Donald Sage Mackay
Producers: Smith & Brant Theatricals, Empire Street Productions
Austin (Harrington) is working on a movie script that he has sold to producer Saul Kimmer (Mackay) when Lee (Flynn) stumbles back in to his life. Never content to watch from the sidelines, he pitches his own idea to Kimmer, an action which has far reaching consequences. Set against the searing heat of the Californian desert, Shepard’s critically acclaimed drama pits brother against brother as a family tears itself apart, exposing the cracks in the American Dream.
True West premiered at the Vaudeville Theatre on November 23rd, 2018