[NEohioPAL] Lakeland Theatre: Professional Premiere: August: Osage County

[Martin Friedman via NEohioPAL]

*Lakeland Theatre*

Announces

Pulitzer Prize-winning drama

*August: Osage County*

*by *

*Tracy Letts*

Directed by Martin Friedman

Sets and Lights Designed by Keith Nagy

Costume Design by Tesia Benson

Sound Design by Eric Simna

Production Stage Manager  Nicole Vencl



Featuring Anne McEvoy as Violet

*THE STORY:* Winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award. "I'd bet the
farm that no family has ever been as unhappy in as many ways—and to such
sensationally entertaining effect—as the Westons of AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY, a
fraught, densely plotted saga of an Oklahoma clan in a state of
near-apocalyptic meltdown. Fiercely funny and bitingly sad…[a]
turbo-charged tragicomedy…" —NY Times. "In Tracy Letts' ferociously
entertaining play, the American dysfunctional family drama comes roaring
into the twenty-first century with eyes blazing, nostrils flaring and fangs
bared, 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." —Variety. "Tracy Letts, in his Broadway debut,
creates a hugely ambitious, highly combustible saga that will leave you
reeling. AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY may make you think twice about going home for
the holidays…it's a great big exhilarating gift." —NY Daily News. "Packed
with unforgettable characters and dozens of quotable lines, AUGUST: OSAGE
COUNTY is a tensely satisfying comedy, interspersed with remarkable
evocations on the cruelties and (occasional) kindnesses of family life."
—NY Sun. "This is a play that will leave us laughing and wondering,
shuddering and smiling, long after the house lights come back on." —NY
Newsday. "This original and corrosive black comedy deserves a seat at the
dinner table with the great American family plays." —Time Magazine.

*Production Dates:*

August: Osage County *will open on Friday, September 19 and run through
October 5, 2014--Friday through Sunday.*

*Friday, September 19 @ 7:30 p.m.*

*Saturday, September 20 @ 7:30 p.m.*

*Sunday, September 21 @ 2:00 p.m.*

*Friday, September 26 @ 7:30 p.m.*

*Saturday, September 27 @ 7:30 p.m.*

*Sunday, September 28 @ 2:00 p.m.*

*Friday, October 3 @ 7:30 p.m.*

*Saturday, October 4 @ 7:30 p.m.*

*Sunday, October 5 @ 2:00 p.m. *

*Tickets: $13 adults, $10 seniors, $7 students                    **For
more information please feel free to either email me, Martin Friedman, at
martinfriedman98 at gmail.com <martinfriedman98 at gmail.com> or call
440.525.7134 <440.525.7526>. Group rates are available. *
*The Roles:*
*Violet Weston: Anne McEvoy                    Barbara Fordham: Diane
Mull                           Jean Fordham: Natalie Welch   *
*Ivy Weston: Courtney Auman                       Karen Weston: Debbie
Lenartz                    Mattie Fae Aiken: Rose Leininger
Charlie Aiken: Jeff Glover                         Little Charles Aiken:
Jeremy Jenkins              Johnna Monevata: Caitlin
Post                       Steve  Heidebrecht: Aaron
Elersich                  Sheriff Deon Gilbeau: Michael
Vitovich                Beverly Weston: Bob Ableman*



Performances will be held in the Performing Arts Center at Lakeland
Community College . Take I 90 east and exit at the second exit, Route #306.
Turn right (south) on Rt. #306. Turn left into the Lakeland Community
College , the first light. Get in the right lane. Turn right at the stop
sign. Turn right at the next stop sign. Turn left into the faculty/staff
parking lot. The theatre is to the left of the clock tower.
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