August: Osage County Announces Three-Week Broadway Extension

Steppenwolf Theatre Company has announced plans to extend its New York production of Tracy Letts' August: Osage County by three weeks to help recover lost dates from the strike by Local One stagehands. The ongoing strike has prompted August: Osage County, which began previews at the Imperial Theatre on October 30, to indefinitely postpone its November 20 opening. The added performances will extend August's Broadway run through March 9, 2008.

"We sympathize with our talented New York company and the many theater fans affected by this unfortunate labor dispute," David Hawkanson, Steppenwolf's Executive Director, said in a statement. "We hope this extension will allow August to realize its full potential in New York and afford Broadway theatergoers the opportunity to experience this extraordinary production." August: Osage County is being produced on Broadway by Jeffrey Richards, Jean Doumanian, Steve Traxler, Jerry Frankel, Ostar Productions, Jennifer Manocherian, The Weinstein Company, Debra Black/Daryl Roth, Ronald & Marc Frankel/Barbara Freitag and Rick Steiner/Staton Bell Group.

August: Osage County is the sprawling story of the troubled Weston clan of rural Oklahoma. When their patriarch vanishes, the three Weston daughters must return home to their troubled mother to get to the heart of the matter. With insight and humor, Letts paints a vivid portrait of a Midwestern family at a turning point. August: Osage County is directed by Steppenwolf ensemble member Anna D. Shapiro.

Most of the cast from the acclaimed original Steppenwolf production of August: Osage County are reprising their roles for the Broadway run: Ian Barford, Deanna Dunagan, Kimberly Guerrero, Francis Guinan, Dennis Letts, Mariann Mayberry, Amy Morton, Sally Murphy, Jeff Perry, Rondi Reed, and Troy West. Joining the Broadway cast are Brian Kerwin and Madeleine Martin.