Sam Shepard
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Sep 24, 2026
Tom HollowayGUEST
Yeah.
Tom HollowayGUEST
And so at school we were doing Sam Shepard plays, for instance, and theatre seemed wild and cool and amazing.
Tom HollowayGUEST
And then as I got out of school, the one professional theatre company still around in Hobart went bust.
Tom HollowayGUEST
It was called Zootango.
Adam KempenaarHOST
Well, I use the word commits there, and talking about commitment to a performance, maybe what I appreciate most about you as an actor is your level of commitment.
Adam KempenaarHOST
I was talking with our producer, Sam, about this, that we never doubt that you are 100% all the way in on whatever it is that you're engaged in.
Adam KempenaarHOST
Whether it's life or whether it's art, do you think that commitment, the act of committing to something, is a choice you make, or is it an instinct? Is that just who you are?
Ethan HawkeGUEST
Some of us are predisposed to certain things, um, and some of us, our fears and our insecurities are encouraged by life.
PennyHOST
yeah but it's it's drusilla's king of cups is is spike i think um moving on to a little bit of trivia
DodieGUEST
The episode is named after a play of the same title by Sam Shepard.
DodieGUEST
The play's two protagonists, Eddie and May, struggle with an intense attraction to each other that disgusts them because they are brother and sister.
DodieGUEST
They hate each other, yet cannot stay apart.
KaraHOST
Yeah.
PennyHOST
Yeah.
PennyHOST
Sam Shepard, one of my all-time biggest crushes.
PennyHOST
Yeah.
PennyHOST
yeah but it's it's drusilla's king of cups is is spike i think um moving on to a little bit of trivia
DodieGUEST
The episode is named after a play of the same title by Sam Shepard.
DodieGUEST
The play's two protagonists, Eddie and May, struggle with an intense attraction to each other that disgusts them because they are brother and sister.
DodieGUEST
They hate each other, yet cannot stay apart.
KaraHOST
Yeah.
PennyHOST
Yeah.
PennyHOST
Sam Shepard, one of my all-time biggest crushes.
PennyHOST
Yeah.
Danya TaymorGUEST
But it will always be there, you know? I would love to do some Arthur Miller.
Danya TaymorGUEST
I would love to do some Sam Shepard.
Danya TaymorGUEST
I feel like these plays that have rarely been interpreted by women, it would be really interesting, whether it's me or someone else, to see them through a different gaze.
Danya TaymorGUEST
But yeah, I am dying to do Shakespeare.
Millie De ChiricoHOST
Well, actually, there's probably two.
Millie De ChiricoHOST
I always think that she w- she was great with Sam Shepard in S- Steel Magnolias-
Casey O'BrienHOST
Sure
Millie De ChiricoHOST
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Dave ParkerHOST
Oh, geez.
Dave ParkerHOST
What is the the one with him and Sam Shepard? That's really good.
Dave ParkerHOST
And see Michael Hall.
Dave ParkerHOST
I can't think of it.
Jordan ZeitlerGUEST
I mean, it's a cult classic, but it wasn't done very much.
Jordan ZeitlerGUEST
And then we did Buried Child by Sam Shepard.
Troy SchneiderHOST
Yeah.
Troy SchneiderHOST
That
Bill BurrGUEST
I read all of these great plays.
Bill BurrGUEST
Sam Shepard, I read a bunch of his plays.
Bill BurrGUEST
There's a whole book of his plays.
Bill BurrGUEST
I read those and You know, it's something I'm definitely going to do again, but not until my kids are old enough that they're out of the house, because it's just too much time away living in LA.
Gary LachmanGUEST
But Patti Smith had the skinny tie and the blousy white shirt, and I picked up, it was a skinny tie crowd.
Kevin KautzmanHOST
Gary, did you ever bump into Sam Shepard or see any of that stuff when that was happening?
Gary LachmanGUEST
That was before my time, although I did see, I can't, what was the production? I forget.
Gary LachmanGUEST
One of his plays, she was in, Patti Smith was in.
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