Steppenwolf Theatre Company is pleased to announce that most of the original Chicago/Broadway cast members of its critically-acclaimed American play August: Osage County by ensemble member Tracy Letts will reprise their roles for a six-week run at Sydney Theatre Company, August 13 - September 25, 2010. The Sydney production will be directed by ensemble member Anna D. Shapiro.
The Sydney cast includes (in alphabetical order): ensemble member Gary Cole (Steve Heidebrecht), Deanna Dunagan (Violet Westin), Kimberly Guerrero (Johnna Monevata), ensemble member Mariann Mayberry (Karen Weston), ensemble member Amy Morton (Barbara Fordham), ensemble member Sally Murphy (Ivy Weston), Paul Vincent O'Connor (Charlie Aiken), ensemble member Jeff Perry (Bill Fordham), Molly Ranson (Jean Fordham), ensemble member Rondi Reed (Mattie Fae Aiken), Chelcie Ross (Beverly Weston), Troy West (Sheriff Deon Gilbeau) and Gary Wilmes (Little Charles).
Sydney Theatre Company and The Sydney Morning Herald presents Steppenwolf Theatre Company's AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY by Tracy Letts
13 August - 25 September 2010, Opening Night 17 August 2010 at 7.30pm.
Sydney Theatre, 22 Hickson Road, Walsh Bay
Sydney Theatre Company hosts one of the world's greatest ensembles, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, with the originating production of August: Osage County by Tracy Letts, directed by Anna D. Shapiro (Sydney Theatre, 13 August - 25 September 2010). Hailed as the first American classic of the 21st Century, the play is an entertaining, meticulously detailed and deeply moving tragicomedy of family dysfunction.
Steppenwolf's production premiered in its Chicago hometown, earning Letts the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Transferring to Broadway the hit show won five Tony Awards (Best Play-Tracy Letts, Best Direction-Anna D. Shapiro, Best Leading Actress-Deanna Dunagan, Best Featured Actress-Rondi Reed and Best Scenic Design-Todd Rosenthal) and became an international sensation. The production also played a sold-out eight-week engagement at London's National Theatre and an extensive North American tour.
