True West is a play by American playwright Sam Shepard. Like most of his works it is inspired by myths of American life and popular culture. True West is about the sibling rivalry between two estranged brothers. Austin (Sean Kanan), is a college educated, Hollywood screenwriter working on a screenplay while house sitting for his mother. Enter his older brother, Lee (David Steen), a drifter and a thief who has been living in the desert. Lee decides to rob the neighborhood. Instead, Lee steals Austin's production deal with a pitch about an idea for a western causing Austin to lose his mind. The only problem is Lee can't type. By the end the brothers have switched roles and nearly killed each other, but were never closer.