Tracy Letts
August: Osage County
A family estate in Oklahoma. The sudden disappearance of Beverly, the head of the family, brings together his three daughters, their partners and children, as well as other family members to gather around their mother, Violet. A sombre premonition dominates the beginning of the play. Woefully, it turns out to be true. Beverly is found drowned, and all the clues indicate to a suicide. As the family members cope with their loss each in their own way, many an old wound is opened under the roof of what used to be a shared family home.
August: Osage County, 2007
Drama
First Slovenian production
Performance length is 3 hours and 30 minutes and has 2 pauses.
Creators
Translator
Tina Mahkota
Director
Janusz Kica
Dramaturg
Petra Pogorevc
Set designer
Karin Fritz
Costume designer
Bjanka Adžić Ursulov
Language consultant
Maja Cerar
Music selector
Darja Hlavka Godina
Lighting designer
Andrej Koležnik
Sound designer
Sašo Dragaš
Assistant to director
Jure Srdinšek (študijsko)
Assistant to dramaturg
Manca Lipoglavšek in Ula Talija Pollak (študijsko)
Actors
Beverly Weston
Boris Kerč
Violet Weston, Bev's wife
Judita Zidar
Barbara Fordham, Bev and Violet's daughter
Jana Zupančič
Bill Fordham, her husband
Gregor Gruden
Jean Fordham, their daughter
Klara Kuk k. g.
Ivy Weston, Bev and Violet's daughter
Ajda Smrekar
Tina Potočnik Vrhovnik
Karen Weston, Bev and Violet's daughter
Tjaša Železnik
Mattie Fae Aiken, Violet's sister
Nataša Tič Ralijan
Charlie Aiken, Mattie Fae's husband
Alojz Svete k. g.
Little Charles Aiken, their son
Jernej Gašperin
Filip Samobor
Johnna Monevata, housekeeper
Diana Kolenc k. g., Mojka Končar k. g.
Steve Heidebrecht, Karen's fiancé
Gaber K. Trseglav
Sherif Deon Gilbeau
Tomo Tomšič
Violet, the domineering mother of Barbara, Ivy and Karen, is dying of throat cancer, and is also addicted to prescription drugs and alcohol.
As a result of traumatic family relationships, skeletons start falling out of cupboards, many a harsh word is uttered, and family secrets are gradually exposed.
Letts’ play is a tongue-in-cheek exploration of taboo subjects such as drug and alcohol addiction, dysfunctionality of marriage, terminal illness, suicide and incest. The play is distinguished by brilliant dialogues and psychologically multi-layered characters, especially the female ones.
August: Osage County by the American playwright, screenwriter and actor Tracy Letts was the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award in 2008. It opened in 2007 at the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago and soon transferred to Broadway and London. In 2013 it was adapted into a film, directed by the American director and producer John Wells, with an all-star cast featuring Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Julianne Nicholson, Juliette Lewis, Sam Shepard, Benedict Cumberbatch and many others.
In 2013 it was adapted into a film, with an all-star cast featuring Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Benedict Cumberbatch and many others.
The song Space for Two was written for the character of Little Charles by Jernej Gašperin.