{"product_id":"august-osage-county","title":"August: Osage County","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 2008 Tony Award for Best New Play. Now a major motion picture!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA tremendous achievement in American playwriting: a tragicomic populist portrait of a tough land and a tougher people. --\u003ci\u003eTimeOut New York\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTracy Letts' \u003ci\u003eAugust: Osage County\u003c\/i\u003e is what O'Neill would be writing in 2007. Letts has recaptured the nobility of American drama's mid-century heyday while still creating something entirely original. \u003ci\u003e--New York magazine\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI don't care if \u003ci\u003eAugust: Osage County\u003c\/i\u003e is three-and-a-half hours long. I wanted more. -Howard Shapiro, \u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis original and corrosive black comedy deserves a seat at the table with the great American family plays.\u003ci\u003e--Time\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of the most bracing and critically acclaimed plays in recent history, \u003ci\u003eAugust: Osage County\u003c\/i\u003e is a portrait of the dysfunctional American family at its finest--and absolute worst. When the patriarch of the Weston clan disappears one hot summer night, the family reunites at the Oklahoma homestead, where long-held secrets are unflinchingly and uproariously revealed. The three-act, three-and-a-half-hour mammoth of a play combines epic tragedy with black comedy, dramatizing three generations of unfulfilled dreams and leaving not one of its thirteen characters unscathed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAugust: Osage County\u003c\/i\u003e has been produced in more than twenty countries worldwide and is now a major motion picture starring Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Chris Cooper, Dermot Mulroney, Sam Shepard, Juliette Lewis, and Ewan McGregor. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracy Letts\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eKiller Joe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBug\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMan from Nebraska\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. His plays have been performed throughout the country and internationally. A performer as well as a playwright, Letts is a member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, where \u003ci\u003eAugust: Osage County\u003c\/i\u003e premiered.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46609392337065,"sku":"PHBK-9781559363303","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/9899\/1785\/files\/content_e1b397dd-a7bf-4bb2-98d4-f2fbe6048597.jpg?v=1764698390","url":"https:\/\/myti.com\/products\/august-osage-county","provider":"Myti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}