August: Osage County

The play explores the universal themes of family, mother- daughter relationships and sibling and spouse conflicts and does so through

stunning writing, deliciously crafted characters and a wild, pulsating energy that makes the play soar…

Its fiercely funny, extremely powerful, sometimes violent and just explosive throughout…

Introduction to the ‘PLAY’

• August: Osage County is a comedic play by Tracy Letts. The June 28, 2007 world premiere production was produced by the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois and closed on August 26, 2007. Its Broadway debut was at the Imperial Theater on December 4, 2007 and transferred to the Music Box Theatre on April 29, 2008. The Broadway show closed on June 28, 2009 after 648 performances and 18 previews.

• The show made its UK Debut at London's National Theatre in November 2008. A US national tour began on July 24, 2009, with its first performance at Denver's Buell Theatre. On April, 20th, 2011 8 PM the show will kick off at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

The Credential

• Winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize, Tracy Letts’ August: Osage County is worthy of the praise it has received from critics and audiences.

• Already the play is being embraced by college professors, for the text is rich with compelling characters and scintillating criticism of the modern American family. (and as easily applicable to our modern INDIAN one!)

The Credential

• August: Osage County is set on the plains of modern day, middle-class Oklahoma. The Weston family members are all intelligent, sensitive creatures who have the uncanny ability of making each other absolutely miserable. At the Oklahoma farmhouse of the Westons, the patriarch, Beverly, goes missing. The family gathers together at the farmhouse hoping for good news, but, after five days, his body is found in a lake, a presumed suicide.

• The play takes us through the family’s pain, not just over Beverly’s death, but of living in a very dysfunctional family for many years. Violet, the drug-addicted, brain-addled matriarch, her three daughters, and their families try, unsuccessfully, to work out their problems from the time they arrive hoping to find Beverly, through his funeral, and on into the next day. Darkly comic, but also violent and sad, August: Osage County explores the painful issues all families have to face, and then some.

In a nutshell…the Synopsis

• A statement on the degeneration of the modern family, the play explores the relationships between mothers and daughters, siblings and spouses in an absolutely riveting, explosive, searing and fiercely funny way.

In a nutshell…the Synopsis

“August” is probably the most exciting new American playBroadway has seen in years. Oh, forget probably: It is, flat-out,no asterisks and without qualifications, the most exciting newAmerican play Broadway has seen in years….

Fiercely funny and bitingly sad, this turbo-charged tragicomedy — which spans three acts and more than three blissful hours — doesn’t just jump-start the fall theater season, recently stalled when thhe stagehands went on strike. “August” throws it instantaneously into high gear…New York Times

This stunning import from Chicago is indeed one of the truly great nights of American theatre…The Independent

Rave Reviews & Remarks

• 2008 – Pulitzer Prize for Drama

• 2008 – Tony Award For Best Play and 6 other awards

• 2008 – Drama Desk Award for Best New Play

• 2008 – Drama League Award for Distinguished Production of a Play

• 2008 – News York Drama Critic’s Award for Best Play

• 2008 – Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Broadway Play

• 2007 – Jeff Award (Chicago) for Best New Work - Play

• 2007 – Jeff Award (Chicago) for Best Production - Play

Awards & Accolades

• A film production of August: Osage County is being prepared by producers Harvey Weinstein and Jean Doumanian. The film, to be produced and distributed by The Weinstein Company , will be directed by television veteran John Wells.

• Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts will star in the movie. In November 2010, Streep was officially cast as Violet Weston, with Roberts cast as her oldest daughter, Barbara. The film is slated to start production in 2011 with an expected screen release end 2011 by Paramount Studios.

August: Osage County – The MOVIE

The ‘Main Cast To Be’

•Lillete Dubey is a very well known Theatre director who is also a Stage, Television and Film Actor. Ms Dubey runs her own Theatre Company- The Primetime Theatre Company, Mumbai.• As a theatre director she has always chosen work with a strong social, historical or philosophical theme and has been often praised for her choice of themes and her strong directorial and visual sense.•As an actress Ms Dubey has played the lead in over 60 productions on stage over the last 35 years, from plays as diverse as Greek tragedies to Absurd drama, Farces, Shakespeare, Brecht and a gamut of Indian Playwrights. She has worked with some of the best directors in the country including Ranjit Kapoor, Barry John (by whom she was trained) and several others.

• Ira is an Indian film and theatre actor, she gained popularity through her show “Chicks and Flicks which aired on Sony Pix• Ira has acted in films like “Aisha” and “the President is coming” and has received rave reviews for the same• She has grown up with theatre and has acted in plays like “30 days in September” and “Love on the Brink”, a fierce and forthright actor Ira has charmed many from the stage

In the Family…Lilette & Ira Dubey

• Suchitra Pillai is an Indian actress, model, anchor, and VJ• She is also a very well known face in the theatre industry• Having been a part of plays such as ‘Dance like a man’ and “Arre Mad about Money” she has cut nische for herself• She is multi faceted beauty who can talk act and charm

• Sandhya Mridul began her career in television with the popular mega serial 'Swabhimaan, Banegi Apni Baat' and 'Koshish Ek Asha'.• She made her debut in films as Rani Mukherjee's sister in Shaad Ali's 'Saathiya' in 2002. • In 2004, she acted in Pratap Sharma's "Zen Katha", a play based on the life of Buddha in Mumbai opposite Rajeev Gopalkrishnan.

Female Power…Suchitra Pillai & Sandhy Mridul

•Kitu Gidwani is an Indian actress and model and made her television debut in 1984 on the TV soap Trishna, and during the 1980s and '90s, gave some memorable performances in TV serials like Swabhimaan, Air Hostess and Junoon.• In 1997, she played the role of a Hindustani classical singer, Pallavi, who struggles to get her voice back after losing her mentor/mother, in Dance of the Wind . The role won her Best Actress Award at Three Continents Festival, Nantes.

•Mita is an Indian television, film and theatre actress, who graduated from National School of Drama (NSD), New Delhi.•She has worked in off-beat cinema as well as in commercial roles. She has worked in theatre and has written scripts as well. Since 2004, she has performed her solo play in English, Hindi and Kashmiri, titled, Lal Ded, based on life of medieval Kashmiri mystic Lal Ded, all over India.•Meeta has written and produced three short films, as well as a serial for television. She has worked as executive producer on the award winning film 'The name of a River' (A BFI (London)- NFDC (India)- Bangladesh film co-production).

Female Power…Kitu Gidwani & Meeta Vashisht

• Amar Talwar became a household face with the hit serial Shanti• He has acted in a lot of plays including the long running show “30 Days in september• He is a veteran actor with a number of films in his kitty like Partition and Mumbai Matinee

The Theatre Veterans…Amar Talwar

•Denzil Smith is something of a prodigy when it comes to theatre.•Like most obsessions it has a thorough aspect, which may explain why Smith, who has been a veteran of the stage for over 20 years and has appeared in more than 19 films has effortlessly made audiences laugh or cry – depending on the part he's played.•He has acted in a number of plays, here are just a few -Sammuel Becket's "Waiting for Godot", directed by Nasserudin Shah with Nasserudin Shah, Benjamin Gilani, Kenneth Desai and Imad Dalal"On a Muggy night in Mumbai" written by Mahesh Dattani, directed by Lillette Dubey, "Endgame" written by Sammuel Beckett, directed by Naseerudin Shah

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