Sam Shepard FAQ

Shepard Plays in British Columbia

  • 1973: Tooth of Crime, The Theatre Group (TPG), UBC.
  • 1975: Cowboys 2, Tamahnous Theatre Workshop
  • 1978: The Unseen Hand, Touchstone
  • 1979: Angel City, Touchstone
  • 1981: True West, Tamahnous
  • 1981: Buried Child, West Coast Actors
  • 1983: Cowboys 2, Lunch Theatre, with Theatre-To-Go
  • 1984: Fool For Love, UVic
  • 1986: Fool For Love, Arts Club (Seymour Street)
  • 1987: True West, Fend Players (Belfry, then Firehall)
  • 1988: A Lie of the Mind, Vancouver Playhouse
  • 1988: Curse of the Starving Class, William Head Institution
  • 1993: States of Shock, Fend Players (Station Street)

  • Date ?: Fool For Love, Caravan Farm Theatre

Note: Does not include student or fringe festival productions.
Credits: Paul Crepeau, Alex Taylor, Tony Bancroft, Susan Poitras (PACT), Malcolm Page, Ian Fenwick

Sam Shepard. Salon.com, 2001

Shepard Plays (Date of First Production)

  • The Late Henry Moss (2001)
  • Eyes for Consuela (1998)
  • Simpatico (1995)
  • States of Shock (1992)
  • A Lie of the Mind (1985)
  • The War in Heaven (1985)
  • Fool For Love (1983)
  • Superstitions (1981)
  • True West (1980)
  • Jacaranda (1979)
  • Savage/Love (1978)
  • Tongues (1978)
  • Buried Child (1978)
  • Seduced (1978)
  • Curse of the Starving Class (1977)
  • Inacoma (1977)
  • The Sad Lament of Pecos Bill on the Eve of Killing His Wife (1976) Sam Shepard. Brigitte Lacombe, 1984
  • Suicide in Bb (1976)
  • Angel City (1976)
  • Killer's Head (1975)
  • Action (1975)
  • Little Ocean (1974)
  • Geography of a Horse Dreamer (1974)
  • Blue Bitch (1973)
  • The Tooth of Crime (1972)
  • Back Bog Beast Bait (1971)
  • Cowboy Mouth (1971)
  • Mad Dog Blues (1971)
  • Shaved Splits (1970)
  • Operation Sidewinder (1970)
  • The Unseen Hand (1969)
  • The Holy Ghostly (1969)
  • Forensic and the Navigators (1967)
  • Cowboys 2 (1967)
  • Melodrama Play (1967)
  • La Turista (1967)
  • Fourteen Hundred Thousand (1966)
  • Red Cross (1966)
  • Icarus's Mother (1965)
  • Chicago (1965)
  • Rocking Chair (1965)
  • Dog (1965)
  • Up to Thursday (1964)
  • The Rock Graden (1964)
  • Cowboys (1964)

Film and TV Credits

  • Just to Be Together (2001)
  • All The Pretty Horses (2000)
  • The Pledge (2000)
  • Texas (2000)
  • Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)
  • Dash and Lilly (1999) [TV]
  • Purgatory (1999) [TV]
  • Curtain Call (1999)
  • Hamlet (1999)
  • Texas (1999)
  • The Only Thrill (1998)
  • Lily Dale (1996) [TV]
  • Streets of Laredo (1995) [TV]
  • The Good Old Boys (1995) [TV]
  • Safe Passage (1994)
  • The Pelican Brief (1993)
  • Thunderheart (1992)
  • Voyager (Homo Faber) (1991)
  • Bright Angel (1991)
  • Defenseless (1990)
  • Steel Magnolias (1989)
  • Baby Boom (1987)
  • Crimes of the Heart (1986)
  • Fool for Love (1985)
  • Paris, Texas (1984)
  • Country (1984)
  • The Right Stuff (1983)
  • Frances (1982)
  • Raggedy Man (1981)
  • Resurrection (1980)
  • Days of Heaven (1978)
  • Renaldo and Clara (1978)
  • Brand X (1970)
  • Bronco Bullfrog (1969)

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Film Writing Credits

  • Simpatico (1999)
  • Curse of the Starving Class (1994/1995)
  • Silent Tongue (1992/1994)
  • Far North (1988/1989)
  • Fool for Love (1985/1987)
  • Paris, Texas (1984/1985)
  • True West (1983/1987)
  • Renaldo and Clara (1978)
  • Oh! Calcutta! (1972)
  • Zabriskie Point (1970)
  • Maxagasm (1970)
  • Me and My Brother (1968)

Film Director

  • Silent Tongue (1992/1994)
  • Far North (1988/1989)
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