Brenda Bynum to Star in Alliance Theatre's August: Osage County, Opens 4/20
By: Lauren Wolman
Brenda Bynum will star as matriarch Violet Weston in ALLIANCE THEATRE's production of Tracy Letts'August: Osage County, the Pulitzer Prize winning play. The production will be presented April 13-May 8, with an opening date set for April 20. Susan V. Booth will direct.
The cast will also feature Andrew Benator, Jill Jane Clements, Carolyn Cook, Richard Garner, Del Hamilton, Bart Hansard, Chris Kayser, Tess Malis Kincaid, Joe Knezevich, Bethany Anne Lind, Courtney Patterson, and Diany Rodriguez. Think your family has issues? This raucous dark comedy transforms one family gathering into an evening of can't-turn-away blood sport - filled with sex, secrets, and REALLY inappropriate behavior. Revel in this searing and corrosive family trainwreck featuring an ensemble of Atlanta's favorite actors as you've never seen them before . . . like, say, cat-fighting at a funeral.One of the most lauded plays of the decade, August: Osage Countywon the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Tony Award for Best Play, and a well deserved reputation as an emotional Armageddon you don't want to miss. The New York Times calls it "flat-out, no asterisks and without qualifications, the most exciting new American play Broadway has seen in years."
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