South Bend Civic Theatre Presents AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY, Opening 5/10

South Bend Civic Theatre presents the acclaimed drama August: Osage County by Tracy Letts May 10-19 in the Wilson Mainstage Auditorium. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Tony award for Best Play, this blistering portrait of a family in crisis has been hailed as the greatest American play of our time. When the patriarch of the Weston clan goes missing, the family gathers together at the homestead in Oklahoma, revealing years of pain, addiction, abuse, and infidelity. Ruthlessly profane and savagely funny, you will not want to miss this astounding and monumental work by the playwright of Superior Donuts.

Director Aaron Nichols (SBCT's The Violet Hour) leads a fantastic cast in this intimate epic: Lisa Blodgett, Paul Hanft, Julie Hoven, Scott Jackson, Stacie Jensen, Seyhan Kilic, Lucinda Moriarty, Mark Moriarty, Scot Shepley, Doug Streich, Leigh Taylor, Mary Toll, and Carl Wiesinger.

Premiering at the Steppenwolf Theatre in 2007, August: Osage County took the theatrical world by storm, garnering Tony awards on Broadway, Olivier awards in London, and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama before a successful national and international tour. Critics have placed the play alongside such landmarks as Long Day's Journey Into Night and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in the pantheon of American masterworks.

*** Please note: the play features strong adult language and themes. ***

Thanks to sponsors Villing and Company, and the Community Foundation of St. Joseph County.

Performances will take place in South Bend Civic Theatre's Wilson Mainstage Auditorium, 403 N. Main Street in South Bend, May 10-19. Performance times are 7:30 PM for all shows Wednesday, Fridays and Saturdays, with Sundays at 3:00 PM. Tickets are $18 Friday, Saturday, and Sunday; $15 Wednesday. Tickets may be purchased at the SBCT Box Office (open 12-6 weekdays) at 574-234-1112 or online at www.sbct.org.

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