The Late Henry Moss, Eyes for Consuela, When the World Was Green

These three plays by Pulitzer Prize winner Sam Shepard are bold, explosive, and ultimately redemptive dramas propelled by family secrets and illuminated by a searching intelligence. InThe Late Henry Mosswhich premiered in San Francisco, starring Sean Penn and Nick Noltetwo estranged brothers confront the past as they piece together the drunken fishing expedition that preceded their father's death. InEyes for Consuela,based on Octavio Paz's classic story "The Blue Bouquet," a vacationing American encounters a knife-toting Mexican bandit on a gruesome quest. And inWhen the World Was Green,cowritten with Joseph Chaikin, a journalist in search of her father interviews an old man who resolved a generations-old vendetta by murdering the wrong man. Together, these plays form a powerful trio from an enduring force in American theater.

Sam Shepard's new collection of stories, <i>Great Dream of Heaven</i> (0-375-40505-4), will be published by Knopf in October 2002. Shepard lives in Minnesota.