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Throughout the 1970s and '80s, playwright Sam Shepard was American theater’s tough guy. He fooled around with punk poet Patti ...

Shepard’s Academy Award–nominated turn as test pilot Chuck Yeager (in 1983’s The Right Stuff) was the role that ... He gnawed that bone until it broke. Sam Shepard, dead at 73.

Directing this show in Westwego is Kirschner’s first work with JPAS. He’s the founder of Intramural Theater, which focuses on ...

Shepard was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of pilot Chuck Yeager in The Right Stuff (1983). Born Samuel Shepard Rogers IV in Fort Sheridan, Illinois ...