Four friends seek solace in each other's company by sharing a house over the Christmas holidays after a catastrophic event has thrown the world into chaos. They perform ordinary tasks like cooking a turkey, drinking coffee, going fishing, hanging laundry to dry, and telling stories, as well as unusual pastimes like tap dancing, acting like bears, and claiming a Barcalounger as their own personal kingdom. Their actions are tinged with a darkly funny absurdity.
Action is considered to be among Sam Shepard’s most important works and has been compared to the work of Samuel Beckett.
