True west by Sam Shepherd is a play based on the dysfunctional and strained relationship between two brothers, Lee and Austin. Lee is the drifter who never amounted to anything that has recently returned home much to his brother Austin's surprise. Austin is the polar opposite of Lee with a job writing scripts and on the path to success he had recently sold his script to a movie producer.
Sam Shepherd keeps the whole play in one location which is the kitchen of Sam and Austin's mother in her Southern California home. This seems to be a pivotal move by Shepherd as it changes a bit through the play based on the characters and how much comes between them. The setting itself starts with Austin who is working on his script and begins to turn into a madhouse look with papers and other items strewn everywhere as the play progresses.
The pictures above show the main characters Austin and Lee as well as the movie producer Saul. According to the script these are fairly accurate depictions of the characters and the character of Lee really has the most accurate look with his dirty overcoat and gruff look. Austin has the simple look with his blue shirt and dress pants while Saul lacks the flower print shirt in this production by Citizen Theatre.
Overall I found this play to be a good piece of work with much drama between the brothers as they seem to switch roles towards the end off the play which in my opinion was a really solid twist to the story
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