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Asheville actors Charlie Flynn-McIver and Scott Treadway play estranged brothers in Sam Shepard’s acclaimed True West, February 17 – March 7, 2010 at North Carolina Stage Company. This brilliant and dangerous comedy premiered in 1980 and established Sam Shepard as a master of American theatre. Treadway and Flynn-McIver have appeared in three sold-out productions at NC Stage, as well as several successful comedies at Flat Rock Playhouse. One sweltering summer night, estranged brothers Lee and Austin converge on their mother’s suburban California home while she is away on a cruise. Austin is a successful Hollywood screenwriter, while Lee is a petty thug, but the longer they longer they bicker and banter, the more their similarities are revealed. The thin veneer of civilization and control is stripped away, leaving a funny and sometimes violent sibling rivalry. Sam Shepard is a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, as well as an acclaimed actor, director, and screenwriter. True West is one of his best-known plays, along with Buried Child (1978) and A Lie of the Mind (1985). True West debuted at the Magic Theatre in San Francisco in 1980, and went on to several famous productions, including its NYC debut at the Joseph Papp Public Theatre starring Tommy Lee Jones and Peter Boyle; the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago starring a then-unknown John Malkovich and Gary Sinise; and a recent revival on Broadway, in which Philip Seymour Hoffman and John C. Reilly alternated the roles of Lee and Austin. Scott Treadway is the Associate Artistic Director at Flat Rock Playhouse, and has appeared in some of the Playhouse’s most successful comedies. Charlie Flynn-McIver is Artistic Director and co-founder of North Carolina Stage Company. Since 2004, they have paired up for The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged), Stones in His Pockets, and Moonlight and Magnolias at NC Stage. In 2006 the Asheville Citizen-Times “So they might not be Abbott and Costello or Martin and Lewis, but there’s no denying actors Charlie Flynn-McIver and Scott Treadway have some kind of acting chemistry going on.” The play also features Lance Ball as Hollywood producer Saul Kimmer, and Kay Galvin as Lee and Austin’s mother. True West is directed by Producing Director and co-founder Angie Flynn-McIver. Ms. Flynn-McIver has directed her husband several times, including Lee Blessing’s surreal comedy Chesapeake, and Complete Works, which co-starred Scott Treadway.
Tickets for True West are $16-$26, and the theatre offers several lower-cost options, including group discounts, $10 student rush tickets, and a “Pay What You Can Night” Wednesday February 17th ($6 minimum, reservations highly recommended). North Carolina Stage Company is Asheville’s professional non-profit theatre, presenting a year-round season of classic and contemporary plays, plus community-centered programs like the grassroots Catalyst Series and No Shame Theatre. Founded in 2001, NC Stage focuses on classic plays and the best of contemporary theatre: award-winning plays that are being presented on Broadway, off-Broadway and in regional theatres across the country. NC Stage has been named Best Local Stage Company by readers of the Mountain Xpress for four years in a row (2006 - 2009). North Carolina Stage Company’s 2009-2010 Season is sponsored by Blueprints for Business, The Colorful Palate Catering, Elizabeth Keel, PLLC, Imaging Technologies, the North Carolina Arts Council, Treadshots Photography. Onstage Playbill Sponsors are Charlotte Street Computers and Wick and Greene Jewelers. For more information and a full calendar of events, visit www.ncstage.org or call (828) 239-0263. (Image provided by NC Stage Company.)
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