"Tru"

"Tru": Truman Capote's Truly Fascinating Life

"I'm an alcoholic. I'm a drug addict. I'm homosexual. I'm a genius." Thus Truman Capote, the man who sketched ruthless killers in "In Cold Blood" and exquisite socialites in "Breakfast at Tiffany's", once famously described himself. These four facets of his most remarkable personality -- not to mention numerous others -- are explored in "Tru", a one-man show adapted from the author's own words and work by Jay Presson Allen. It's 1975, a week before Christmas, and Capote is holed up in his Manhattan apartment, weathering the social storm brought on by the publication of an excerpt of his upcoming novel, the scandalous "Answered Prayers". Aided by copious amounts of pills, vodka, cocaine and chocolate truffles, one of America's greatest literary figures reflects on his complicated life and career, in this two-act monologue starring "Greater Tuna"'s Jaston Williams.