ShepardFest, the only festival in the world dedicated to celebrating the life and work of Sam Shepard, returns to St. Augustine this summer, bringing together artists, scholars, students, and audiences through performances, readings, films, music, and conversation. Led by Founding Artistic Director Raines Carr, this year's festival runs July 30 through August 3 at The Waterworks and features a full-scale production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning BURIED CHILD, a staged reading of KICKING A DEAD HORSE, three lectures on theatre design and dramaturgy, and screenings of the films THUNDERHEART and DAYS OF HEAVEN. Longtime Shepard researcher Robert M. Dowling, author of COYOTE: THE DRAMATIC LIVES OF Sam Shepard, serves as this year's special guest.
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