{
  "id": 4879528,
  "title": "The Time Sam Shepard Taught Playwriting Way Out West",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/the-time-sam-shepard-taught-playwriting-way-out-west",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-01T14:54:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "American Theatre",
    "slug": "american-theatre",
    "url": "https://www.americantheatre.org/2026/09/01/the-time-sam-shepard-taught-playwriting-way-out-west/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Recruited by Padua Hills Playwrights founder Murray Mednick, Shepard joined an ad-hoc faculty in 1978 for the experimental workshop. Among his pupils: a young David Henry Hwang.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}