PORTLAND – Mad Horse Theatre Company continues its run of Sam Shepard’s play “The Late Henry Moss” through March 27. Performances are at Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Blvd., Portland.

“The Late Henry Moss” is the latest installment of Shepard’s cycle of family plays. Two brothers meet up after the death of their estranged alcoholic father. As the brothers struggle to piece together the events surrounding his death, the elusiveness of memory and the legacy of dysfunction become apparent with devastating and violent consequences.

The play features Mad Horse Company members Peter Brown and Burke Brimmer, and guest artists Matt Delamater, Karen Ball and Harlan Baker.

Also appearing in the production is David Blair in the role of Henry Moss. Blair directed Vintage Repertory Theater in the 1990s.

Chris Horton directs the show.

” ‘The Late Henry Moss’ is the most directly autobiographical” of Shepard’s family plays, Horton said.

“Shepard’s father was plagued by alcoholism and the violence and anger that often accompany this life-destroying disease. Shepard approaches the subject matter with his typically dark humor, posing questions about this most important relationship in a man’s life.”

 

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