A new biography of Sam Shepard, an EGOT-level talent as a playwright and performer, traces the career he forged after leaving the San Gabriel Valley without fully establishing the power of his work.

Sam Shepard, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Oscar-nominated actor and celebrated author whose plays chronicled the explosive fault lines of family and masculinity in the American West, has ...

With KOSO, the energy shifts: these are not students learning a craft, but working professionals returning to it, refining it ...

Deep Ellum. Directed by Artistic Associate Christina Cranshaw, Action opens officially on Saturday, November 8, following preview performances on November 6 and 7. In Action, four friends seek solace ...

In “Fool for Love,” two ex-lovers reunite one fateful night to shed plenty of bad blood. But this thrilling play by the late playwright Sam Shepard is more than just any old spat between former lovers ...

Sam Shepard's "Fool for Love" electrified Scout Hall with its intense portrayal of obsession and longing. Sylvia Muchmore and James Hurt delivered powerful performances as estranged lovers Mae and ...

This is James Taylor with Theatre Talk. Sam Shepard is a playwright whose life and work has always been linked to the American West. Much of his writing is about the west and many of his memorable ...

With “Fool for Love” playing at the Steppenwolf Theatre and now “A Lie of the Mind” at the thriving Raven Theatre, Chicago is having something of a Sam Shepard revival. The late, great bard of the ...

“Theater is a big bust,” Sam Shepard told Newsweek in 1967, just as his star was rising in the off-Broadway world. “Nobody is taking big chances.” It was a bold statement for Shepard, who in the years ...