August: Osage County

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directed by kenneth kelleher

MARCH 30 - APRIL 24, 2022

WINNER! 2008 Tony Award for Best Play
WINNER! 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama

The Stage’s long-awaited postponed production due to COVID-19.

This Pulitzer Prize-winning play erupts with biting wit. After the disappearance of their alcoholic patriarch, three sisters along with their partners, reunite in AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY to console their razor-tongued, drug-addled mother Violet. As the family careens toward a near-apocalyptic meltdown; old grievances are aired, family secrets unearthed, and new wounds are sowed.  This provocative Tony Award-winning play unflinchingly—and uproariously—explores the challenge of escaping the inescapable.

With a riveting story and marvelous ensemble cast, ‘August: Osage County’ is a smashing success... best of the season yet, it is simply not to be missed.
— Joy Diamond | THE DAILY CALIFORNIAN
Stunning... The Stage’s production of Tracy Letts’ 2008 Pulitzer winner is an outright force.
— David John Chávez | THE MERCURY NEWS, EAST BAY TIMES
...A superb, searing ensemble in this powerhouse production... Make this your first journey back to live theatre.
— Vince Mediaa | VMedia Arts
 
San Jose Stage delivers an absolutely riveting production with captivating performances... a most rewarding theatrical experience.
— Vic Cordell | cordellreports.com
...witness a cast and company that has more than enough mettle to portray the full, rambunctious, no-holes-barred life of the Westons.
— Eddie Reynolds | TALKIN' BROADWAY
 
 

CAST


*Members of Actors’ Equity Association

CREATIVES


KENNETH KELLEHER | DIRECTOR

MADELINE BERGER | COSTUME DESIGN

MAURICE VERCOUTERE | LIGHT DESIGN

STEVE SCHOENBECK | SOUND DESIGN

LEE THOMPSON | PROJECTIONS DESIGN

JENN TRAMPENAU | PROPS COORDINATOR

BILL VUJEVICH | SCENIC PAINT

JUSTIN TRAVIS BUCHS* | STAGE MANAGER

 

About the Playwright


"All the writing I've done has taken a big piece out of me, and I've learned from everything I've written...I was trying to get at something with that play, and I didn't even know it when I was working on it, but ultimately that's WHY I was working on it." -Tracy Letts

Tracy Letts, a long-time company member of Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, is a multifaceted award-winning actor and playwright. AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY premiered at the Steppenwolf Theatre on June 28, 2007, and closed on August 26, 2007. It went on to have its Broadway debut at the Imperial Theater on December 4, 2007, and the production transferred to the Music Box Theatre on April 29, 2008. The Broadway show closed on June 28, 2009. Letts received the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY and a Tony Award for his portrayal of George in the revival of WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? He has written the screenplays of three films adapted from his own plays: BUG and KILLER JOE, both directed by William Friedkin, and AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY directed by John Wells.

TRACY LETTS OFF CAMERA INTERVIEW


Watch Sam Jones with OFF CAMERA interview Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning Tracy Letts, playwright of AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY. In this interview, Letts delves into the autobiographical nature of this raw and intense play.

 
 
 
 
 
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