Tru

Tru is a play by Jay Presson Allen about the writer Truman Capote, staged at the Menier Chocolate Factory in London with Jesse Tyler Ferguson in the central role and Rob Ashford as director.

The play is set in Capote's New York apartment in December 1975, after an excerpt from his novel Answered Prayers was published and cost him many of the high-society friends he had made. Allen's drama shows the writer alone on stage, looking back over his life and career and the fallout from the book, while he contends with loneliness, addiction and his difficult relationships with others.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson, best known to many viewers for the television series Modern Family, plays the role. Rob Ashford directs the production, which was a sell-out in New York before being brought to London for a limited season. The result is a single-character drama rather than a comedy or musical, so audiences should expect a close, reflective portrait of one man rather than a plot involving several characters.

The Menier Chocolate Factory, a London venue that hosts concerts and shows, presents the production in its own theatre space. The play is likely to suit those interested in American literature of the twentieth century and in dramas built around a single performer.