August: Osage County

"The most exciting new American play Broadway has seen in years." The New York Times

Beverly Weston has disappeared. His wife Violet has hit the pain killers...hard.

With Mom and Dad in crisis there's no alternative but for the reluctant family to reunite and descend on their rambling country house in Oklahoma. Someone is going to have to take control of the situation.

Now that Beverly is out of the way, Violet is ruling the roost. She may be too strung out to string a sentence together but - if it comes to a tussle for supremacy - even that won't stop her from hauling skeletons out of long-locked closets.

Hailed by critics as the great American play of our time, August: Osage County is a rare gem of a drama. In the tradition of Eugene O'Neill, Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller, playwright Tracy Letts tells a story of grand scale that is at once entertaining, funny and deeply moving. By showing us this family in meltdown Letts' play holds a magnifying glass up to American society today, revealing its tragic dysfunction and lost idealism.

In 2010 we are delighted to play host to Steppenwolf Theatre, arguably the finest ensemble company in the US, with their originating production of this internationally renowned Pulitzer Prize-winning play.


Director Anna D. Shapiro
Set Designer Todd Rosenthal
Costume Designer Ana Kuzmanic
Lighting Designer Ann G. Wrightson
Sound Designer Richard Woodbury
Composer David Singer
Fight Choreographer Chuck Coyl

With Gary Cole, Deanna Dunagan, Kimberly Guerrero, Mariann Mayberry, Amy Morton, Sally Murphy, Paul Vincent O'Connor, Jeff Perry, Molly Ranson, Rondi Reed, Chelcie Ross, Troy West, Gary Wilmes

The US cast are appearing with the permission of the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance.


3 Hours 15 Minutes, Including 2 Intervals

Frequent strong language, recommended for audiences aged 14 years plus

Tickets for this production are currently only available on the STC website