Cast Set for National Tour of August: Osage County, Starring Estelle Parsons

Casting is complete for the forthcoming national tour of Tracy Letts’ August: Osage County, starring Estelle Parsons. The Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning play will kick off its tour in Denver at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House on July 24.

Joining Parsons as matriarch Violet Weston are Shannon Cochran as Barbara Fordham, Jon DeVries as Beverly Weston, Libby George as Mattie Fae Aiken, Stephen Key as Little Charles, Emily Kinney as Jean Fordham, Laurence Lau as Steve Heidebrecht, Marcus Nelson as Sheriff Deon Gilbeau, Paul V. O’Connor as Charlie Aiken, Jeff Still as Bill Fordham, DeLanna Studi as Johnna Monevata, Angelica Torn as Ivy Weston and Amy Warren as Karen Weston. Understudies will include Avia Bushyhead, Stephen D’Ambrose, Barbara Kingsley, Bryn Magnus and Kim Martin-Cotten.

August: Osage County tells the story of the Westons, an extended clan that comes together at their rural Oklahoma homestead after the alcoholic patriarch disappears. Forced to confront unspoken truths and astonishing secrets, the family must also contend with Violet, a pill-popping, deeply unsettled woman at the center of the storm.

First produced at Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago in 2007, the play is continuing its Broadway run at the Music Box Theatre.