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Scott Glenn, Sam Shepard team up for Boise Contemporary Theater

Two old friends sip bourbon on a porch at an isolated cabin, waiting for a total eclipse of the moon on a summer night. That’s the set up for Sam Shepard’s “Ages of the Moon.”

Their reunion comes out of desperation. They reflect, bicker and test each other until 50 years of love, friendship and rivalry are pushed to the boiling point. From there, it’s anyone’s guess.

These kinds characters are the mark of a Shepardian play: Rough, untethered, they live outside the mainstream by wit, humor and, often, their fists.

They will be played by two iconic American actors when Shepard and Scott Glenn perform a reading of “Moon” to benefit Boise Contemporary Theater on July 28.

Shepard is larger than life both personally and professionally.

He lived with seminal rocker Patti Smith and now shares a home with two-time Oscar-winning actress Jessica Lange. He wrote a song with Bob Dylan, contributed material to “Oh, Calcutta!”, worked the rodeo circuit, and developed a serious film career. Shepard received an Oscar nomination for 1983’s “The Right Stuff,” which costars Glenn.

He also is considered one of America’s greatest playwrights with a list of taut, visceral plays as disturbing as they are funny, including “Cowboy Mouth” (with Smith), “True West,” “Fool for Love,” “Curse of the Starving Class” and “Buried Child,” which won a Pulitzer in 1979.

On the other side of the stage is Glenn, one of Hollywood’s most prolific and respected actors. He’s starred in such diverse films as “Silence of the Lambs,” “Silverado,” “The Bourne Ultimatum” and “W.”

One of his more recent films, the indie feature “Magic Valley” written and directed by Idaho’s Jaffe Zinn, helped provide the connection for this reading.

Idaho native Heather Rae produced Zinn’s film Buhl. She’s also a longtime friend of Shepard. When the idea to do a reading to benefit BCT came up, it was Rae who suggested “Moon” and the deal fell into place, says BCT producing artistic director Matthew Cameron Clark.

“Both of these busy, iconic men of stage and film have a real interest in helping keep American theater going,” he says. “That they’ll do this to benefit a company that’s working to produce new work in Idaho is pretty amazing.

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