Goodman Theatre's NEW STAGES Festival Starts Today
Newcomers and Chicago favorites are cast in Goodman Theatre's 12th annual NEW STAGES, a festival of new plays designed to give playwrights an opportunity to experience their work with set, lighting, costume and sound elements and to implement audience response.
Australian AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY Opens, 8/13
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.
Photo Coverage: Daley Toasts Sydney Cast of AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
The Honorable Richard M. Daley raised a glass and recognized the cast of Steppenwolf's critically acclaimed play August: Osage County as one of Chicago's great cultural ambassadors as they depart to Australia for a six-week engagement at the prestigious Sydney Theatre Company (Cate Blanchett & Andrew Upton, Artistic Directors).
Dunagan, Morton, Reed Reprise Roles For Australian AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
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.
AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY Is Nominated For Four Olivier Awards
Steppenwolf Theatre Company is very proud to announce its critically-acclaimed American play August: Osage County by Steppenwolf ensemble member Tracy Letts, directed by ensemble member Anna D. Shapiro, is nominated for four 2009 Laurence Olivier Awards including:
Best new play - Tracy Letts
Best company performance
Best actress - Deanna Dunagan
Best set design - Todd Rosenthal