Truer West / by Jeffrey Lo

TRUER WEST BY JEFFREY LO (DOWNLOAD PDF HERE)

JEFFREY with a notepad and a laptop.

JEFFREY stares at his laptop.

JEFFREY:
True West…

Sam Shepard.

As a joke I was told to write a play today called TRUER West.

Like… the Same Shepard… but not.

Maybe inspired by True West?

Maybe a sequel to True West?

Maybe a…. –

Here’s the thing.

I don’t remember True West.

Like, at all.

I’m not actually entirely sure I’ve ever read True West.

All that’s in my memory is that it’s by Sam Shepard.

So…

Wikipedia.
Yeah.

Let’s see what it says…

JEFFREY reads.

JEFFREY:

Sibling rivalry….

Hollywood screenwriter…

Golf with Saul…

Pause.

JEFFREY:
I should probably read this play.

Blackout.

END OF PLAY.