A vanished father. A pill-popping mother. Three estranged sisters harboring shady little secrets. When the Weston clan unexpectedly reunites at the family homestead in Osage County, Oklahoma after the disappearance of their father, a maelstrom of repressed truths and unsettling confrontations breaks loose. Mix in Violet, the drugged-up, acid-tongued Weston matriarch, and you've got August: Osage County — a play that unflinchingly (and uproariously) exposes the dark side of the Midwestern American family.

We’re with Variety on this one: “Tracy Letts’ ferociously entertaining play [is] laced with corrosive humor so darkly delicious and ghastly that you’re squirming in your seat even as you’re doubled over laughing. A massive meditation on the cruel realities that often belie standard expectations of conjugal and family accord—not to mention on the decline of American integrity itself.”

“Hugely entertaining! A rip-snorter full of blistering, funny dialogue, acid-etched characterizations and scenes of no-holds-barred emotional combat.”
~ The New York Times

“AUGUST is crackling entertainment, an edge-of-the-seat roller-coaster ride through the ultimate in family dysfunction…”
~ Variety

“A tremendous achievement in American playwriting: a tragicomic populist portrait of a tough land and a tougher people.”
~ Time Out New York

CAST:

BILL ROUGH ...... Beverly Weston
KATE MONAGHAN ...... Violet Weston
BOOMIE PEDERSEN ...... Barbara Fordham
LARRY GOLDSTEIN ...... Bill Fordham
ANNIE MCELROY ...... Jean Fordham
MARY COY ...... Ivy Weston
LISA GRANT ...... Karen Weston
GERI SCHIRMER ...... Mattie Fae Aiken
LEO ARICO ...... Charlie Aiken
SCOTT DUNN ...... Little Charles Aiken
CHRISTINA BALL ...... Johnna Monevata
KURT VOGELSANG ...... Steve Heidebrecht
JONAS COLLINS ...... Sheriff Deon Gilbeau

PRODUCTION TEAM:

VICTORIA BROWN ...... Producer & Dramaturg
FRAN SMITH ...... Director
MORGAN BROPHY ...... Production Stage Manager
KATHLEEN MUELLER ...... Assistant Stage Manager
MARIANNE KUBIK ...... Movement/Choreographer
RAY MCDAVITT ...... Vocal/Dialect Coach
JERRY KING ...... Scenic Designer
BRIAN MENARD ...... Assistant Set Designer/Set Dresser
JOHN TRIMMER ...... Assistant Set Dresser
HOWARD PAPE ...... Master Carpenter
DALE MARSHALL ...... Lighting Designer
JOE MONAGHAN ...... Light Board Technician
ANNA STOCKDALE ...... Costume Designer
SUMIT SHARMA ...... Assistant Costume Designer
JULIE MIGNOSA ...... Dresser
SASHA DOFFELMEYER ...... Dresser
EDWINA HERRING ...... Properties Designer
FRANCINE BRADY ...... Assistant Props Designer
J TAYLOR ...... Sound Designer
MARY HUNTER ...... Sound Board Technician
LORI PINKEY ...... Sound Board Technician
ANNA COMAROVSCHI ...... Hair/Makeup Designer

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There are always opportunities to help build sets, work on costumes, locate and fabricate props, and all the other sundry things that go into making each show spectacular. Drop by Tuesdays from 6pm – 10pm or Saturday from 10am – 2pm and we’ll put you to work! Can’t make it those days? Contact Tracie Skipper at 434-977-4177x107 or email tracie@livearts.org for specific volunteer opportunities.