"I think that in order for this play to really work you have to keep the reality in tension with the poetry."
Phillip Breen took on the rewarding and challenging role of director in the revival of Sam Shepard’s modern classic True West.
In this interview Breen explores the dynamic relationship between main characters Austin and Lee, explains why the visual and aural elements of a production must work in union and how asking the simplest questions of the text can reveal new meanings.
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