The Sam Shepard Web Site

This site will be updated regularly, so please check back often. As things develop this will be a haven for all things Shepard: current productions, reviews, texts, and other resources of interest to both the casual playgoer and the scholar. Hopefully it will be fun, too. Any ideas you have regarding this page, its contents, and possible links are appreciated. Please drop me a note with your ideas, comments, announcements, etc.

Gary M. Grant, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Theatre
Department of Theatre and Dance
Bucknell University

UPDATED MATERIAL

Shepard's latest play, Kicking a Dead Horse, premiered at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, Ireland on March 15th 2007. Starring Stephen Rea in the lead role and directed by Shepard himself, the show ran until April 14th.

The Abbey then held a second run of the show with the same cast and Shepard once again directing from Sept. 13th 2007 until Sept. 22nd.

The Press Release for the Second Abbey Run (PDF)

The Abbey will also be bringing Kicking a Dead Horse to the United States through the Public Theatre in New York in June 2008.

The Press Release for the Public Run (PDF)

Reviews: Variety, The Guardian, The Sunday Business Post, Bloomberg.com, The Financial Times, The Sunday Tribune

A NEW DRAMATURGICAL SOURCEBOOK FOR TRUE WEST

Professor Gary Grant and undergraduate Dax Blemberg of Bucknell University present the fruits of their research into Sam Shepard's True West in the form of preliminary materials for their dramaturgical sourcebook on the play.

This sourcebook will be a valuable store of information for both scholars, dramaturgs, and theatre artists, including features such as:

A history of major True West productions, focusing on American productions but including information on foreign productions as well
A comprehensive bibliography and a select, annotated bibliography organized by subject
Select articles on important topics in True West chosen by the editors

The Michael Chekhov Theatre Company is presenting a series of Sam Shepard plays at the Big Little Theatre of New York in their Sam Shepard Festival.

Showings began in March 2006 and are set to continue until December 2007.

La Mama Theatre presented a revival of its 1983 production of Shepard's Tooth of Crime as part of its 45th-anniversary season. Shepard rewrote the play in 1997 as Tooth of Crime (Second Dance), which is now the only version for which performance rights are available. However, Shepard gave La Mama permission for one more performance of the original script.

Action

Bucknell University
February 2005

Direction
Gary Grant

Set Design
F. Elaine Williams

Costume Design
Karen Gilmore

Lighting Design
Heath Hansum

SAM SHEPARD'S MOST RECENTLY PUBLISHED PLAY,

THE GOD OF HELL

Published by Knopf, April 2005

ISBN: 1400096510

SHEPARD'S "THE LATE HENRY MOSS" APPEARS ON BOTH COASTS


MAGIC THEATRE NOVEMBER 7, 2000	SIGNATURE THEATRE SEPTEMBER 5, 2001
WEST COAST PREMIERE	EAST COAST PREMIERE

	Bibliography of Shepard's Published Works
	An alphabetical listing of published editions of the plays, prose, and poetry with a selected bibliography of periodical articles and newspaper reviews. A listing of the first U.S. and London performances and important revivals. A gallery of production photographs and correspondence.

	General Information on Sam Shepard
	Biographies, interviews, documentaries, and related links.

	Shepard and Film
	A filmography of Shepard as an actor, writer, and director including synopses, cast lists, selected bibliography and periodical articles and newspaper reviews, related links, and correspondence.

	Shepard and Music
	Materials about Shepard as a lyricist, musician, music in Shepard's productions, a bibliography of books, periodical articles and newspaper reviews, and related links.

	Shepard and Pop Culture
	A bibliography of articles on Shepard and pop culture.

	Shepard and Professor Grant
	Information on Professor Gary Grant's work and research on Shepard. This page is very incomplete, thanks for your patience.