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Two contrasting visions of America, imagined through the different characters of two brothers: Southern California. Austin, a Los Angeles screenwriter, is house-sitting for his mother while he puts the finishing touches to his current scriptwriting project. His hopes for peace and quiet disappear with the arrival of Lee, a small-time crook and drifter or as he would have it: 'desert survival expert'. When a Hollywood producer arrives to discuss Austin's project, Lee hijacks the meeting with a pitch for a Western based on his own, exaggerated life. The producer is browbeaten into offering Lee a big-bucks advance and Austin agrees to put his brother's vision into words. But their rivalry is too much for them and the tension rises into a dramatic finale. A devastatingly realistic power struggle from inside the mind of 'the bucking bronco of American theater'.
Cast/Performers
Steven Elliot (Saul Kimmer),
Alex Ferns (Lee),
Eugene O'Hare (Austin),
Barbara Rafferty (Mom)
Creatives/Company
Author:
Sam ShepardProducer:
Citizens TheatreDirector(s):
Phillip Breen,
Renny Krupinski (fight)
Design:
Max JonesLighting:
Tina MacHughMusic:
Andrea J CoxSound:
Andrea J Cox