1/28, Tuesday eve. Went to see Samuel Shepard's 1980 play True West at Seattle Repertory Theatre. Almost full house. It's a play about sibling rivalry. One went to ivy league and is now working as a screen player. Another is a physically stronger school dropout, who lives in the desert (the true wild west). The 2 estranged brothers met at their mother's house in LA while she's away.
I really like the stage design and the lighting. The house looks fabulous both in night light and in mid-day sun. I like all the actors. There're funny moments, especially all the stolen toaster and the recount of the loss of their father's teeth. But the two characters are too far apart, hard to imagine coming from the same household. I still don't understand why Austin begs Lee to take him to the desert. The story doesn't compute.
After the performance, two in-house artists (one a student) and two professors from Seattle University (one in sociology, one in art history). I like what the student and the sociology professor said, dislike the other two, one who claims being an artist countless times, another didn't say anything relevant.
