August: Osage County

Winner of the 2008 Tony Award(R) for Best Play, Tracy Letts' darkly comic epic offers a painfully funny look at a family struggling in the desolate heart of America. An L.A. Theatre Works full cast recording, featuring members of the original Steppenwolf Theatre and Broadway productions: Tara Lynne Barr as Jean Fordham Shannon Cochran as Barbara Fordham Rosemarie DeWitt as Ivy Weston Deanna Dunagan as Violet Weston (Tony Award(R), Best Leading Actress) Kimberly Guerrero as Johnna Monevata Francis Guinan as Charlie Aiken Scott Jaeck as Sheriff Deon Gilbeau Ron Livingston as Little Charles Robert Maffia as Steve Heidebrecht Mariann Mayberry as Karen Weston Robert Pine as Beverly Weston Rondi Reed as Mattie Fae Aiken (Tony Award(R), Best Featured Actress) David Warshofsky as Bill Fordham Directed by Bart DeLorenzo. Recorded by L.A. Theatre Works before a live audience. "Outrageously funny...and touching." --AudioFile Magazine "At its heart is Mama Violet, played to shrewish perfection by Deanna Dunagan...the reactions and interactions of the excellent cast are just as well developed and delivered." --Publishers Weekly