Arizona Theatre Company: True West

Description

Sam Shepards Pulitzer finalist and Tony-nominated play True West is a Cain and Abel story of brotherly love and sibling rivalry set against the Dreams of the American West. Successful screenwriter Austin settles in to housesit his mother?s desert home to write his next screenplay, while his brother Lee, an alcoholic drifter, arrives to rob the neighborhood. A hysterically twisted story unfolds as the estranged brothers torment each other until they are forced to collaborate on a screenplay for Austins producer with the promise of a huge Hollywood payday. Ultimately reversing roles and finding themselves inside the others shoes, the two brothers discover that this town aint big enough for the both of them?