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Wednesday, August 02, 2023 - 7:30 PM
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Malvern-based theatre company concludes its Spring/Summer Series with its presentation of True West by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sam Shepard, reimagined by a critically-acclaimed all-Asian American cast and design team. The “rambunctious and spontaneous tale about sibling rivalry” (New York Times) follows Austin (Sanjit De Silva), a straitlaced screenwriter in the 1980s who is on the verge of selling his next script to Hollywood producer Saul Kimmer (Greg Watanabe). His older brother Lee (Ron Domingo) is a blustering drifter returning from three months in the Mojave Desert. The siblings are not on good terms, but Austin attempts to appease his brother by letting Lee stay with him while house-sitting for their mom (Ching Valdes-Aran) in a Southern California suburb 40 miles east of Los Angeles. When Lee charms his way into Austin’s movie deal, the brothers begin to mirror each other and enter a conflict that crescendos into chaos.
