Rondi Reed Wins Best Featured Actress In A Play!

 Rondi Reed has won the 2008 Tony Award for best featured actress in a play!

Rondi Reed has been a Steppenwolf member since 1979, and has appeared in over 60 Steppenwolf productions. Rondi Reed received a Joseph Jefferson award for The Fall to Earth. Among Rondi's many other Steppenwolf credits are the Pulitzer-nominated Man From Nebraska, Side Man (also Australia, Ireland), Picasso at the Lapin Agile (also Off-Broadway, Los Angeles, San Francisco) and The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (also Broadway). She has also directed at Steppenwolf, including Lydie Breeze which was also performed in Australia at the Festivals of Sydney and Perth, Steppenwolf's first production to travel overseas. Rondi most recently appeared and to great acclaim at that, as Madame Morrible in the Chicago production of Wicked, proving she can do just about anything on a stage!

Her many Broadway credits include The Grapes of Wrath, Rise and Fall of Little Voice and of course her current Best Featured Actress in a Play Tony nominated role of Mattie Fae Aiken in Tracy Lett's August: Osage County. We caught up with her at the Tony Nominee's Brunch where she discussed the play and it's journey from Chicago to Broadway.

Direct from a sold-out engagement at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, the highly anticipated new American play by Pulitzer Prize finalist Tracy Letts (Bug, Killer Joe) August: Osage County began previews Tuesday, October 30 at the Imperial Theatre (249 West 45th Street).

"When their patriarch vanishes, the Weston clan must return to their three-story home in rural Oklahoma to get to the heart of the matter. With rich insight and brilliant humor, Letts paints a vivid portrait of a Midwestern family at a turning point," state press notes.

Anna D. Shapiro (The Pain and the Itch, Iron) directs the production. The design team featured sets by Todd Rosenthal, costumes by Ana Kuzmanic, lighting by Ann Wrightson, sound design by Richard Woodbury and David Singer created original music.

The ensemble from Steppenwolf reprised 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. Brian Kerwin joins the cast in New York.

The performance schedule is as follows: Tuesdays – Fridays at 7:30PM, Saturdays at 8PM, Wednesdays & Saturdays at 2PM and Sundays at 3PM.

Tickets are priced at $26.50-$99.50 and are available at Telecharge.com or (212) 239-6200.  Visit the official show website here: AugustOnBroadway.com

Photo Credit Walter McBride/Retna Ltd.

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