Drama, General & Miscellaneous Drama

August: Osage County

Name: August: Osage County
Author: Tracy Letts
ISBN: 9780822223009

by Tracy Letts

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Overview

One of the most bracing and critically acclaimed plays in recent Broadway history, August: Osage County a portrait of the dysfunctional American family at its finest—and absolute worst. When the patriarch of the Weston clan disappears one hot summer night, the family reunites at the Oklahoma homestead, where long-held secrets are unflinchingly and uproariously revealed.

Winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama

Synopsis

"The most exciting new American play Broadway has seen in years."—The New York Times

About the Author, Tracy Letts

Tracy Letts is the author of Killer Joe, Bug and Man From Nebraska, which was a finalist for the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. He is a member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, where August: Osage County premiered.