Deanna Dunagan Wins Best Actress In A Play!

Deanna Dunagan has won the 2008 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance in 'August: Osage County'!

Dunagan's other Steppenwolf appearances include Wedding Band, Slaughterhouse-Five, The Song of Jacob Zulu, Inspecting Carol and Stepping Out. Other Chicago credits include: The Best Man and A Delicate Balance (Remy Bumppo); Ten Little Indians (Drury Lane Oakbrook); The Chalk Garden (Northlight); Bounce (Goodman); James Joyce's The Dead (Court Theatre); Was (American Music Theatre Project at Northwestern); The Glamour House (Victory Gardens); A Lie of the Mind (ATC); Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Apple Tree) and Butley (Writers' Theatre). She is the recipient of two Jeff Awards and three After Dark Awards.

Direct from a sold-out engagement at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, the highly anticipated new American play by Pulitzer Prize finalist Tracy Letts (Bug, Killer Joe) August: Osage County began previews Tuesday, October 30 at the Imperial Theatre (249 West 45th Street).

"When their patriarch vanishes, the Weston clan must return to their three-story home in rural Oklahoma to get to the heart of the matter. With rich insight and brilliant humor, Letts paints a vivid portrait of a Midwestern family at a turning point," state press notes.

Anna D. Shapiro (The Pain and the Itch, Iron) directs the production. The design team will feature sets by Todd Rosenthal, costumes by Ana Kuzmanic, lighting by Ann Wrightson, sound design by Richard Woodbury and David Singer will create original music.

The ensemble from Steppenwolf will reprise their roles for the Broadway run: Ian Barford, Deanna Dunagan, Kimberly Guerrero, Francis Guinan, Dennis Letts, Mariann Mayberry, Amy Morton, Sally Murphy, Jeff Perry, Rondi Reed and Troy West. Brian Kerwin joins the cast in New York.

The performance schedule is as follows: Tuesdays – Fridays at 7:30PM, Saturdays at 8PM, Wednesdays & Saturdays at 2PM and Sundays at 3PM.

Tickets are priced at $26.50-$99.50 and are available at Telecharge.com or (212) 239-6200.  Visit the official show website here: AugustOnBroadway.com 

Photo Credit Joan Marcus