A review by scherzo
Seven Plays by Richard Gilman, Sam Shepard

5.0

1981 True West 5*
Austin, Lee, Saul Kimmer, Mom
"Like a paradise. Kinda place that sorta kills ya inside. Warm yellow lights. ..."

1979 Buried Child (Pulitzer Prize, Obie Award, Tony Award) 5*
Dodge, Halie, Tilden, Bradley, Vince, Shelly, Father Dewis
"I thought I saw a face inside his face."

1976 Curse of the Starving Class (Obie Award) 5*
Wesley, Ella, Emma, Taylor, Weston, Ellis, Malcolm, Emerson, Slater
"That was my chicken and you fucking boiled it! You boiled my chicken! I raised that chicken from the incubator to the grave and you boiled it like it was any old frozen hunk of flesh!"

1974 The Tooth of Crime (Obie Award) 4*
Hoss, Becky Lou, Star-man, Galactic Jack, Referee, Cheyenne, Doc, Crow

1968 La Turista (Obie Award) 3*
Salem, Kent, Boy, Doctor, Son, Doc, Sonny

1981 Tongues 4*
Percussionist, Speaker

1981 Savage/Love 3*