True West

In Association With Onomatopoeia Productions

This production is dedicated in memory of Carol Piersol, the beloved Founding Artistic Director of Firehouse.

By Sam Shepard
Direction by Rusty Wilson

September 20–Oct 5, 2024 at The Firehouse Theatre

View the playbill here.

CAST
Austin/Lee … Landon Nagel
Austin/Lee … Stevie Rice
Saul … Otto Konrad
Mom … Jane Petkofsky

CREATIVE TEAM
Director … Rusty Wilson
Production Stage Manager … Sharon Gregory
Scenic Design … Joseph Lavigne
Costume Design … Sarah Grady
Lighting Design … Andrew Bonniwell
Video Direction and Production … Austin Lewis
Sound Designer … Grace Brown LaBelle
Composer … Drew Perkins
Fight Choreographer … Aaron Orensky
Properties Designer … Emily Vial
Board Operator … Isabel Stone
Firehouse Production Manager/Technical Director … Todd LaBelle
Assistant Director/Running Crew … Terra Comer
Assistant Stage Manager/Running Crew … Ruby Joy Garcia

ADMINISTRATIVE & MARKETING
Artistic & Managing Director … Anna Senechal Johnson
Firehouse Producing Artistic Director … Nathaniel Shaw
Director of Education … Laine Satterfield
Bookkeeper … Jill Porcelli
Photographer … Jason Collins Photography
Cadence Marketing/Communications … Cindy Creasy, Sara Krivanec
Firehouse Marketing/Communications … Allison Polson
Webmaster … Skye Shannon
Playbill Design … Caroline Johnson
Graphic Designer … Julie Basinski

Publicity and Reviews

“Five years in the making, Cadence Theatre Company’s True West serves up Sam Shepard’s dark comedy about sibling rivalry and the legacy of the American West.”
— Rich Griset, Style Weekly (September 19, 2024)

"Both Nagel and Rice shine in their respective roles. Rusty Wilson’s direction keeps things moving so that I was startled when intermission arrived and appropriately stunned at the ending. There’s truly no way to prepare, just hang onto the edge of your seats and go along for a truly wild ride.”
— Julinda D. Lewis, RVArt Review (September 21, 2024)

“Sam Shepard takes us on a journey to his "true west," the mythos destination of the American male, from two perspectives. It's one hell of a ride!”
— Bruce Miller, Full Circle