The stakes for these characters are higher than they have ever been, ever increasing with each interaction they share. Every word spoken seemed to carry so much weight. As I read it I could hear the doors slam with a boom from the kick drum. This play is so extremely visceral to me. I enjoyed getting a more in-depth look at Shepard, and Fool for Love is the ultimate masterpiece for me. You are consumed by the force of these characters and the rhythm of the text if nothing else. Each of these plays gives you a feeling when you read it. the inner world, and character as an abstract concept jump out on every page of his work. Shepard's themes of the West, the pressured artist, the outside world vs. “Increasingly recognized as one of the more significant dramatists in the English-speaking world.” -Charles R. 'One of the most original, prolific, and gifted dramatists at work today.” - The New Yorker That is, he always delivers, he executes feats of dexterity and technical difficulty that an untrained person could not, and makes them seem easy.” -Michael Feingold, The Village Voice “Sam Shepard fills the role of professional playwright as a good ballet dancer or acrobat fulfills his role in performance. “The most ruthlessly experimental and uncompromising of today's young writers.” -John Lahr “Sam Shepard is the most exciting presence in the movie world and one of the most gifted writers ever to work on the American stage.” -Marsha Norman

“Sam Shepard is phenomenal.the best practicing American playwright.” - The New Republic

This brilliant American dramatist creates what The New Yorker dubbed 'Shepard Country'-a landscape of the imagination, a unique theatrical experience that captures our culture and consciouness, our fears and fantasies.įOOL FOR LOVE * ANGEL CITY * GEOGRAPHY OF A HORSE DREAMER * ACTION * COWBOY MOUTH * MELODRAMA PLAY * SEDUCED * SUICIDE IN Bb Here are eight of Pulitzer-prizewinning Sam Shepard's most stunning plays.

Seven Plays by Sam Shepard