Sam Shepard and Loretta Greco at "An Evening with Sam Shepard at Magic Theatre," February 11, 2013. Photo: Jennifer Reiley.

Sam Shepard and Loretta Greco at "An Evening with Sam Shepard at Magic Theatre," February 11, 2013. Photo: Jennifer Reiley.

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Magic Theatre Remembers Sam Shepard

Pulitzer Prize-winning Playwright Sam Shepard passed away on Thursday, July 27 of complications from ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). Shepard spent a decade as playwright-in-residence at San Francisco’s Magic Theatre, where he premiered his masterworks Buried Child (Pulitzer Prize for Drama, 1979), True West (1980), and Fool for Love (1983, starring Ed Harris and Kathy Baker). Shepard returned to Magic in 2000 to direct the world premiere of his new work The Late Henry Moss, starring Sean Penn, Woody Harrelson, and Cheech Marin.