Sam Shepard, the featured writer of our 17th season, is one of the most influential playwrights of the 20th and 21st century. His plays are distinctly of the West, rooted in dreams and longings we all recognize – for family, home, and self-understanding – but moving to their own rhythm. Shepard captures what it feels like to be an American – the good, bad, ugly, and profoundly beautiful.;xNLx;;xNLx;We are honored to be able to commit an entire season to one of the most passionate writers of our time. Shepard’s work is uniquely balanced between the sacred and the profane and though sometimes absurd, each play is filled with emotional truth, working the heart as well as the psyche.
US has been at war for almost two years
Samuel Shepard Rogers III born November 5 in Fort Sheridan Illinois to Jane (teacher) and Sam Rogers II (Army Pilot)
The Invasion of Normandy was the invasion and establishment of Western Allied forces in Normandy, during Operation Overlord in 1944. It was the largest amphibious invasion to ever take place. D-Day, the date of the initial assaults, was Tuesday 6 June 1944 and Allied land forces that saw combat in Normandy on that day came from Canada, the Free French Forces, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
American troops invade Iwo Jima, Hitler commites suicide, Germany surrenders unconditionally to the Allies, U.S. bombs Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Western Bloc countries, led by the United States, enters into a state of political and military tension with the Soviet Union and its Eastern Bloc allies. The conflict continues into the 1990's.
Father leaves army
Truman approves going to war with Korea
After three years of a bloody and frustrating war, the United States, the People's Republic of China, North Korea, and South Korea agree to an armistice, bringing the Korean War to an end. The armistice ended America's first experiment with the Cold War concept of "limited war."
Rosa Parks is arrested in Montgomery Alabama for refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger. Her arrest catalyzed a bus boycott throughout the city of Montgomery, which was one of the first major campaigns in the fight for desegregation and civil rights in America.
