FUSION Theatre Company Presents TRUE WEST

FUSION Theatre Company Presents TRUE WEST

THEATRE | THURSDAYS–SUNDAYS September 12–22 | $20–40

FUSION opens its 2024–25 season with Sam Shepard’s TRUE WEST!

“Sam liked being on the move. He’d throw a fishing rod or an old acoustic guitar in the back seat of his truck maybe take a dog but for sure a notebook and a pen and a pile of books. He liked packing up and leaving just like that going west. “—Patti Smith in “My Buddy (Sam Shepard)” The New Yorker 

When to step down…when to step up…when to move close…when to run away? The human dance begins on September 12th with FUSION’s production of Sam Shepard’s award-winning play TRUE WEST.

Premiering on Broadway in 2000 the play achieved singular note starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and John C. Reilly who famously alternated in the lead roles. Ben Brantley of the NY Times wrote “While True West has its cavernous depths for sure it also has a surface that is as accessible and entertaining as anything this playwright ever wrote…this production makes a persuasive case for True West as a great American play arguably Mr. Shepard's finest.”

Set in the searing heat of the California desert two brothers face off. Austin son of a desert-dwelling alcoholic is working on a screenplay that he’s sold to producer Saul Kimmer. Just when the deal looks sealed Austin’s petty thief brother Lee stumbles back into his life. Never content to watch from the sidelines Lee pitches his own film epiphany to Kimmer a Western tale of trashy proportions. Will Hollywood bite? Will the American Dream last through the night? Shepard keeps you on the edge of your seat and your own desires as he exposes the cracks and tears in us all.

FUSION Co-founder Jacqueline Reid directs the production starring Josh Heard Ryan Jason Cook Laurie Thomas and Matthew Yde.

Performances will be Thursdays & Fridays at 7 PM Saturdays at 2 PM & 7 PM and Sundays at 3 PM at FUSION | The Cell.

FUSION | The Cell

700 1st. St. NW

Downtown ABQ

General Admission: $40 | Seniors over 65: $35 | Students: $20

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