Company of Fools presents AUGUST: Osage County Sep 30 - Oct 17
Name:
Company of Fools presents AUGUST: Osage County Sep 30 - Oct 17
Date:
September 30, 2015
Time:
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM MDT
Website:
http://www.sunvalleycenter.org
Event Description:
Company of Fools Presents August: Osage County by Tracy Letts
By Company of Fools: a proud part of The Sun Valley Center for the Arts
WHEN: September 30 – October 17, 2015
WHERE: The Liberty Theatre, Hailey
Company of Fools (COF) will present the critically acclaimed and award-winning play, August: Osage County, by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tracy Letts for the second show of their 20th Season. Lett’s jaw-dropping masterpiece opens September 30 and runs through October 17, 2015 at the Liberty Theatre in Hailey, Idaho. Critics have hailed this winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award for Best Play as a play that "… leaves us laughing and wondering, shuddering and smiling, long after the house lights come back on." (NY Newsday). Variety proclaimed that in “Tracy Letts' ferociously entertaining play, the American dysfunctional family drama comes roaring into the twenty-first century with eyes blazing, nostrils flaring and fangs bared, laced with corrosive humor so darkly delicious and ghastly that you're squirming in your seat even as you're doubled-over laughing.”
Brutal and hilarious, August: Osage County shook audiences to their core when it exploded onto the American stage. A vanished father. A pill-popping mother. Three sister’s harboring shady little secrets. When the large Weston family unexpectedly reunites after Dad disappears, their Oklahoman family homestead explodes in a maelstrom of repressed truths and unsettling secrets. Mix in Violet, the drugged-up, scathingly acidic matriarch, and you’ve got play that unflinchingly – and uproariously – exposes the dark underbelly of the modern American family.
Directed by guest director, John Moon (Richmond, Virginia), the standout 13-member cast features local Company members Andrew Alburger, Jana Arnold, Scott Creighton, David Janeski, Courtney Loving, Denise Simone, Joel Vilinsky and Aly Wepplo as well as guest actors Tim Blough (Portland, Oregon), Suzanne Gray (New York City), Keegan Keith (a Boise-based actor making her COF debut), Danielle Kennedy (Los Angeles) and Adrian Rieder (New York City).
Rounding out the creative team for August: Osage County are Joe Lavigne (Set Design), John Glenn (Light and Costume Design), Ann Price (Dialect Coach) and K.O. Ogilvie (Stage Manager).
The Playwright/ Tracy Letts
Tracy Letts has been an ensemble member of Steppenwolf Theatre since 2002 and performed at Steppenwolf in Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf? (Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play), Betrayal, The Pillowman, Last of the Boys, The Pain and the Itch, The Dresser, Homebody/Kabul, The Dazzle, Glengarry Glen Ross (also in Dublin and Toronto), Three Days of Rain, Road to Nirvana, Picasso at the Lapin Agile and the Steppenwolf for Young Adults production of The Glass Menagerie (1988). He was awarded the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play for August: Osage County which premiered at Steppenwolf in 2007, played on Broadway and London’s National Theatre. Other writing credits include Man from Nebraska, which was produced at Steppenwolf in 2003 and was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize; Killer Joe, which has been produced in Chicago, London and New York; and Bug, which has played in New York, Chicago and London.
Company of Fools’ 20th Season sponsors are Bob Disbrow & Kim Kawaguchi, Linda & Bill Potter, Walt Witcover Legacy Gift, Theresa Castellano Wood & Benjamin Wood and Barbara & Stanley Zax with support from Ali Long, The Shubert Foundation, The Deer Creek Fund, The Michael S. Engl Family Foundation, High Country Fusion, Priscilla Pittiglio, Linda & Bob Edwards, Arrow ‘R Storage, Richard & Judy Smooke and Scott Miley Roofing.
TICKET INCENTIVES
Pay What You Feel Night – Wednesday, September 30 (7PM)
Join us for the first performance of August: Osage County and literally pay whatever you’d like! Tickets go on sale at the Liberty Theatre box office one hour prior to the performance. Simply buy your ticket, find a seat and enjoy the show. There are reserved seats available at full price and they may be purchased in advance.
Educator Night – Saturday, October 1 (7PM)
$15 tickets are available to currently employed educators and school administrators for this designated night. These tickets may be purchased in advance. Limit two per person.
Girl’s Night Out – Saturday, October 3 (7PM)
Girls’ Night Out! Includes:
- Chance to win a Fabulously Foolish Goodie Bag
- Discount on wine & beer at the Liberty Theatre
- 40% Discount on wine at CKs
Immediately following the performance stay, for a thought-provoking and fun discussion with the artists of August: Osage County.
Backstage Tour – Sunday, October 11 (immediately following show)
Immediately following the performance, enjoy a behind-the-scenes tour of the design elements that went into creating the show with COF’s resident set designer Joe Lavigne.
“10 for $10”
Ten seats are sold for $10 each on each night at the box office starting one hour prior to the performance. Limit two tickets per person.
