August: Osage County

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Event August: Osage County
Venue Belvoir St Theatre, Surry Hills, NSW
First Date 9 November 2024
Last Date 22 December 2024
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Part of a Tour Yes
Description Pawhuska, Oklahoma, 2007. Charismatic poet-patriarch Beverly Weston has gone – where, nobody knows. His wife Violet careers downhill into opiate addiction, and the three daughters dutifully return to their childhood home, spouses, children and unfinished business trailing behind. The family’s (almost) together -for the first time in years.

Of course, old wounds have to be dressed, and old scores have to be settled. But there are even deeper secrets, sitting right there at the table. And what erupts is as uproarious as it is scarifying. This American tragicomedy explores the pain and joy pa
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Secondary Genre Drama
Subjects Addiction
Family
Trauma
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Tamsin Carroll Actor Barbara Fordham
Bee Cruse Actor Johnna Monevata
John Howard Actor Beverly Weston
Bert LaBonté Actor Bill Fordham
Amy Mathews Actor Ivy Weston
Johnny Nasser Actor Sheriff Deon Gilbeau
Rohan Nichol Actor Steve Heidebrecht
Will O'Mahony Actor Little Charles Aiken
Pamela Rabe Actor Violet Weston
Anna Samson Actor Karen Weston
Greg Stone Actor Charlie Aiken
Helen Thomson Actor Mattie Fae Aiken
Esther Williams Actor Jean Fordham
Guy Simon Assistant Director
Margaret Thanos Assistant Director
Rebecca Dilley Assistant Stage Manager
Sybilla Wajon Assistant Stage Manager
Rachael Dease Composer & Sound Design
Ella Butler Costume Designer
Laura Farrell Dialect Coach & Vocal Coach
Eamon Flack Director
Morgan Moroney Lighting Designer
Nigel Poulton Movement Director & Fight Director, Intimacy Coordinator
Bob Cousins Set Designer
Luke McGettigan Stage Manager
Lauren A Proietti Wig Stylist & Supervisor
Tracy Letts Writer
Works
Text Nationality United States of America
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Season extended from 15/12/2024 until 22/12/2024
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Web https://belvoir.com.au/productions/august-osage-county/
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 207183