True West (2019)

“Carly Conklin’s direction and the performances from Houck and Hite struck this balance between maintaining a veneer of realism and allowing Shepard’s more playful exploration of storytelling come to the foreground.”
— Dara Homer, Broadway World

True West by Sam Shepard
Produced at Oklahoma State University (2019)

Directed by Carly Conklin
Scenic Design: Eric Barker
Lighting Design: Denis Hutchinson
Costume Design: Renee Garcia
Sound Design: Lee Brasuell
Fight Choreography: Lloyd Caldwell
Production Stage Manager: Reagan Burns

Devin Hite as Lee
Evan Houck as Austin
Tyrin Baldtrip as Saul
Mira Owens as Mom
(Photography by Michele Hockersmith)

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"Lee, look -- I don't want any trouble, all right?"
"Lee, look -- I don't want any trouble, all right?"

Devin Hite as Lee, Evan Houck as Austin

"Yeah, well you never knew too much about me did ya'?"
"Yeah, well you never knew too much about me did ya'?"

Devin Hite as Lee, Evan Houck as Austin

"I don't know the first thing about golf."
"I don't know the first thing about golf."

Devin Hite as Lee, Tyrin Baldtrip as Saul, Evan Houck as Austin

"I got a Western that'd knock yer lights out."
"I got a Western that'd knock yer lights out."

Devin Hite as Lee, Evan Houck as Austin, Tyrin Baldtrip as Saul

"We're partners now."
"We're partners now."

Devin Hite as Lee, Evan Houck as Austin

"What'd you do, beat him up or something?"
"What'd you do, beat him up or something?"

Devin Hite as Lee, Evan Houck as Austin

"It's not the machine's fault that you can't write."
"It's not the machine's fault that you can't write."

Devin Hite as Lee

"You hear a stupid line you change it. That's yer job."
"You hear a stupid line you change it. That's yer job."

Devin Hite as Lee, Evan Houck as Austin

"Now we're cookin! That has a real ring to it."
"Now we're cookin! That has a real ring to it."

Devin Hite as Lee, Evan Houck as Austin

"What happened in here?"
"What happened in here?"

Evan Houck as Austin, Mira Owens as Mom, Devin Hite as Lee