[NEohioPAL] Lakeland's AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY continues run

[Martin Friedman via NEohioPAL]

*“This is a long and monumentally demanding show, and director Martin
Friedman finds the bones of this script by having his actors dig hard. In
the prime role of Violet, Anne McEvoy is a shattered collision of a human
being, but she continually pulls herself together long enough to torment
anyone within earshot.”*

*- Christine Howey, Scene Magazine*


*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

*Winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize      *

*Winner of the 2008 Tony Award for Best Play                              *



*“The Lakeland production, under the direction of Martin Friedman, is a
well conceived, if overly long, staging.  While the first act drags a
little, the second act speeds towards its upsetting conclusion at a roller
coaster pace.  The characters are clearly etched.  For the most part, there
is a nice level of character development rather than actors just playing
roles.” *

- Roy Berko



*“The first act seems to build tension a bit too slowly, with the actors
often tucked up stage in little corners of Keith Nagy’s necessarily complex
set. But the second act is mostly a downhill rush to destruction, with the
actors and the audience hanging on for dear life.”*

*- Christine Howey, Scene Magazine*





*Production Dates:*

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

*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 and $7 students.

Call 440.525.7134 for ticket reservations and

information about group discounts





*“Alcoholism, drug addiction, adultery, sexual misbehavior: The list of
pathologies afflicting one or another of the Weston family is seemingly
endless, and in some ways wearily familiar. But Mr. Letts’s antic
recombination of soapy staples is so pop-artfully orchestrated that you
never see the next curveball coming, and the play is so quotably funny I’d
have a hard time winnowing favorite lines to a dozen. “ --*Ben Brantley, *New
York 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. *





*The Roles:*

*Violet Weston: **Anne McEvoy *

*Barbara Fordham: **Diane Mull *

*Bill Fordham: **Andrew Narten *

*Jean Fordham: **NatalieWelch *

*Ivy Weston: **Courtney Auman *

*Karen Weston: **Debbie Jenkins *

*Mattie Fae Aiken: **Rose Leninger *

*Charlie Aiken: **Jeff Glover *

*Little Charles Aiken: **Jeremy Jenkins *

*Johnna: **Caitlin Post *

*Steve Heidebrecht: **Aaron A. Elersich *

*Sheriff Deon Gilbeau: **Michael Vitovich *

*Beverly Weston: **Bob Ableman*




















































































































































































































"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.
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