Native American Festival Actors to Visit Guerrero in AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY 2008/11/03

Native American Festival Actors to Visit Guerrero in AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY

Monday, November 3, 2008; Posted: 05:11 PM - by BWW News Desk

Kimberly Guerrero has been playing Broadway's most popular Native American character for almost a year now as Johnna, the new housekeeper to the Weston family, in August: Osage County.

On Wednesday, fellow Native American actors Wes Studi (Dances with Wolves, Last of the Mohicans), Sheila Tousey (Thunderheart, Skinwalkers) and several other native artists from around Manhattan, will be supporting Ms. Guerrero as they attend her show over at the Music Box Theatre.

The Native American Theater Festival kicks-off on November 12th! For more information, check-out http://www.publictheater.org/content/view/160/.

Directed by Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award Winner Anna D. Shapiro, August: Osage County is the explosively funny comedy-drama focusing on the Weston family following the disappearance of the family's patriarch.

Voted #1 play of the year by Time, The Associated Press, Entertainment Weekly, and TimeOut New York, Charles Isherwood of The New York Times has called August: Osage County "The most exciting new American play Broadway has seen in years."

August: Osage County performs Tuesday-Friday at 7:30PM, Matinees on Wednesday and Saturdays at 2:00PM, Saturdays at 8:00PM and Sundays at 3:00PM. Tickets can be purchased at Telecharge.com, or by calling (212) 239-6200. Outside the NY Metro (800) 432-7250.

The Music Box Theatre is located at 239 West 45th Street.

Photo of Kimberly Guerrero with Deanna Dunagan in August: Osage County by Joan Marcus

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