Capital Stage Opens TRUE WEST, 3/24

By: Mar. 09, 2012
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Capital Stage continues its successful first season in midtown with a Sam Shepard revival.  True West will mark the second Shepard play the company has presented following a 2009 staging of Fool For Love.  Performances for True West  will run March 21 - April 22, 2012 and will feature company co-founder Jonathan Rhys Williams (Or, Hunter Gatherers, Fool For Love) and actor Cole Alexander Smith (reasons to be pretty, First Person Shooter) as battling brothers Lee and Austin.  

Joining Williams and Smith will be Capital Stage associate artist Janis Stevens (Superior Donuts, Master Class) as the family matriarch.  Actor Eric Baldwin plays producer Saul Kimmer who becomes the catalyst for the brothers' combustive collaboration.

Capital Stage artistic director Stephanie Gularte (Superior Donuts, Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train, Someone Who'll Watch Over Me) will direct this Sacramento revival.  The design team includes JoNathan Williams (set), Lalena Hutton (costumes), and Ron Madonia (lighting). 

Performances for True West will begin with three previews on Wednesday, March 21 at 7pm and Thursday & Friday March 22 & 23 at 8pm. The production will open on Saturday, March 24 at 8pm. Performances continue through April 22, 2012. Showtimes will be Wednesdays at 7pm, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, and Sundays at 2pm. General tickets range from $20-$32. Discount tickets are available as follows: Preview Tickets are $18; Student Rush Tickets are $12; Senior Sunday Matinee Tickets are $26; and Group Rates are available for parties of 12 or more. Tickets are currently available at the Capital Stage Box Office, by phone at 916-995-5464 or online at www.capstage.org.



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