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BACK Sam Shepard Show(s) (listed chronologically, most recent first) Position(s) Role(s) Theater Name Award Nominations Award(s) Won A Lie of the Mind Playwright Acorn Theater Ages of the Moon Playwright Linda Gross Theater Kicking a Dead Horse Playwright Joseph Papp Public Theater/Martinson Hall Kicking a Dead Horse Director Joseph Papp Public Theater/Martinson Hall A Number Actor Salter New York Theatre Workshop God of Hell Playwright Westbeth Theatre The Late Henry Moss Playwright Peter Norton Space Eyes for Consuela Playwright Manhattan Theatre Club Stage II Curse of the Starving Class Playwright Signature Theatre The Sad Lament of Pecos Bill on the Eve Killing His Wife Killer's Head/Action Playwright Signature Theatre Tooth of Crime (Second Dance) Playwright Lucille Lortel Theatre When the World Was Green (A Chef's Fable) Playwright Signature Theatre 1997 NAAP Gradiva Award, Best New Play Chicago Playwright Signature Theatre Simpatico Playwright Joseph Papp Public Theater/Newman Theater Simpatico Director Joseph Papp Public Theater/Newman Theater States of Shock Playwright American Place Theatre The War in Heaven Playwright American Place Theatre A Lie of the Mind Playwright Promenade Theatre 1986 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Play 1986 Drama Critics' Circle Award, Best Play A Lie of the Mind Director Promenade Theatre Curse of the Starving Class Playwright Promenade Theatre Fool for Love Playwright Douglas Fairbanks Theater 1984 Obie Award, Best New American Play Fool for Love Director Douglas Fairbanks Theater 1984 Obie Award, Direction True West Playwright Cherry Lane Theatre The Unseen Hand Playwright La Mama E.T.C. True West Playwright Joseph Papp Public Theater/Martinson Hall Tongues Playwright Joseph Papp Public Theater/Susan Stein Shiva Theater Tongues Music Joseph Papp Public Theater/Susan Stein Shiva Theater Buried Child Playwright Circle Theatre Seduced Playwright American Place Theatre Buried Child Playwright Lucille Lortel Theatre 1979 Pulitzer Prize for Drama 1979 Obie Award, Playwriting Curse of the Starving Class Playwright Joseph Papp Public Theater/Newman Theater Angel City Playwright Playwrights Horizons Killer's Head/ Action Playwright Back Bog Beast Bait Playwright American Place Theatre Terminal Author Washington Square Methodist Church The Unseen Hand/ Forensic and the Navigators Playwright Astor Place Theatre Oh! Calcutta! Material Eden Theatre Muzeeka/ Red Cross Playwright Provincetown Playhouse La Turista Playwright Theater at St. Clement's Church 1967 Obie Award, Distinguished Play 6 From La Mama (Second Program) Playwright Martinique Theatre Theatre 1965 New Playwrights Series: First Program Playwright Cherry Lane Theatre Playwright Director Biography     Sam Shepard had his first New York plays, Cowboys and Rock Garden, produced by Theatre Genesis in 1963. For several seasons, he worked with Off Off-Broadway theatre groups including La MaMa and Caffe Cino. Eleven of his plays have won Obie Awards including Chicago and Icarus's Mother (1965); Red Cross and La Turista (1966); Forensic and the Navigators and Melodrama Play (1967); The Tooth of Crime (1972); Action (1974); and Curse of the Starving Class (1976). Mr. Shepard was awarded a Pulitzer Prize as well as an Obie Award for his play Buried Child (1979). The critically-acclaimed production of True West, starring John Malkovich and Gary Sinise opened in New York in 1984. Fool for Love (1982) received the Obie for Best Play as well as for Direction. A Lie of the Mind (1985) won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Play in 1986. States of Shock premiered at the American Place Theatre in 1991 and Simpatico transferred to the Royal Court Theatre after its premiere in 1994 at the New York Shakespeare Festival. A new play, When the World Was Green (A Chef's Fable), written with his long-time collaborator, Joseph Chaikin and commissioned by Seven Stages in Atlanta, premiered at the Olympic Arts Festival and opened in New York as part of the Signature Theatre Company season devoted to his work. A revised Buried Child under the direction of Gary Sinise opened on Broadway in April 1996 and won a Tony Award nomination. Mr. Shepard wrote the screenplays for Zabriski Point; Wim Wender's Paris, Texas; Robert Altman's Fool for Love, a film version of his play of the same title. As writer/director, Mr. Shepard filmed Far North and Silent Tongue in 1988 and 1992 respectively. As an actor he has appeared in Days of Heaven; The Right Stuff; Frances; Country; Baby Boom; Thunderheart; and Safe Passage among others. In 1986, Mr. Shepard was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 1992, he received the Gold Medal for Drama from the Academy and in 1994 he was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame. If you have any additional information or corrections regarding any of the production entries please contact us at archives@lortel.org 322 Eighth Avenue, 21st Floor · New York, NY 10001 · Tel (212) 924-2817 · Fax (212) 989-0036 ©2002 Lucille Lortel Foundation. All rights reserved. Website development by Marketorial.com