Osage County in San Francisco

Posted by admin on August 4th, 2009 filed in Art and Culture

San Francisco has a vibrant theatre scene. Original works are strongly supported and major touring companies receive sell out audience support. The Curran Theatre in San Francisco is one of the city’s theatrical staples. It has an ongoing selection of major touring shows, and one of its upcoming options is the Tony Award winning play August: Osage County. The show completed its phenomenal sold out run at the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago in August of 2007 and is one of the leading theatrical productions in the country. It also recently completed its run in New York and closed at the Music Box Theatre in June. Theatre tickets for this and other shows are available by contacting the box office and certain Internet services.

The play was written by Tracy Letts and is a dark comedy that centers on the reunion of the Weston family in Oklahoma. The title of the play refers to the region in Oklahoma that is just northwest of Tulsa. It incorporates many issues into the characters and plot structure, such as substance abuse, death, incest, racism and infidelity. It has a large cast that is composed of various family members and servants and friends that eventually unveil the multiple circumstances and issues present in the family. Anna D. Shapiro directed both the Chicago and New York debut productions. In November of 2008 it made its London debut at the National Theatre. It has also been translated into Spanish and was produced in Buenos Aires.

August: Osage County has received great critical acclaim and has won many awards. In addition to the Tony Award for best play it won a Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Drama Desk Award and the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award, among many others. Part of its brilliance is the darkly comedic presentation of these delicate and disturbing topics that are more commonly found in individuals and families than most people are willing to admit.

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