Center Stage at Southampton Cultural Center to Presnet AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY, 3/20-4/6

Center Stage at Southampton Cultural Center will present the Long Island premiere of Tracy Letts', Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning August: Osage County, from Thursday, March 20 through April 6,, 2014 at SCC's Levitas Center for the Arts.

August: Osage County, the darkly comedic and dysfunctional drama by Tracy Letts was the recipient of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play premiered at the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago and made its Broadway debut, in 2007, at the Imperial Theater, transferred to the Music Box Theatre and closed after 648 performances. August: Osage County was the winner of 5 Tony Awards, including Best Play, Leading Actress and Director.

August: Osage County takes place in the Weston home in Pawhuska, Oklahoma of Beverly, a once well-known poet - now missing - and his wife, Violet, an addictive and manipulative matriarch.

The Weston daughters, Barbara, Karen and Ivy, assemble, with their significant others, when alerted of Beverly's disappearance. What ensues are three wicked weeks of secrets unveiled, truths uncovered and beliefs shattered.

The film adaptation starred Oscar nominated Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts.

Michael Disher directs.

August: Osage County features Paul Consiglio, Bonnie Grice, Samantha Honig, John Leonard, Joan Lyons, Joseph Marshall, Linda McKnight, Philip Reichert, Stephan Scheck, Emily Selyukova, Mark Strecker, Josephine Wallace and Edna Winston.

Performances of August: Osage County will run March 20 - April 6: Thursdays at 7:30 PM, Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 PM and Sundays at 2:30 PM on the stage of The Levitas Center for the Arts, 25 Pond Lane, across from Agawam Park in Southampton Village. General admission is $22 and student rate (under 21 with ID) is $12. Group rates are available and reservations are encouraged.

For tickets, call Southampton Cultural Center at 631-287-4377 or purchase tickets online at www.scc-arts.org. The specific performance dates of individual performers can also be found online at www.scc-arts.org.

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