Moore Directs All-Star Cast in AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY

Tracy Letts' acclaimed play about a dysfunctional family coming to terms with one another - August: Osage County - opens at Nashville's iconic Darkhorse Theater on November 6, directed by Bradley Moore and featuring a veritable who's who of Nashville actors. August: Osage County, running through November 21, is presented by ACT 1 as its second show of the 2015-16 season.

In Letts' play, the mystery of their missing father brings three sisters to the home of their mother, Violet an acid-tongued, pill-popping cancer patient. Daughters Barbara, Karen and Ivy - along with their significant others and various other kinfolk - feel the full force of their dysfunctional matriarch's venom, as Violet tells every one of them exactly what she thinks of them.

Director Bradley Moore, a 2015 First Night Star Award recipient, has cast a reputable group of storytellers/actors to bring this story of family dysfunction to life onstage, including Debbie Kraski as Violet Weston, 2011 First Night Honoree Layne Sasser as Mattie Fae Aiken, David Arnold as Charlie Aiken, Dietz Osborne as Bill Fordham and Cat Arnold as Barbara Fordham.

Completing Moore's ensemble are Rob Wilds, Taylor Novak, 2013 First Night Most Promising Actor Jenna Pryor, Jess Miller, Elizabeth Ayres Turner, Dollie Mayfield, Gerald Pitts and Kurt Jarvis.

Show dates and times are: November 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20 and 21 at 7:30 p.m. and Novermber 8 and 15 at 2:30 p.m. at Darkhorse Theater, 4610 Charlotte Avene, Nashville. For ticket information and other details, go to www.act1online.com. August: Osage County is intended for mature audiences.

Pictured are, left to right: David Arnold, Taylor Novak, Dietz Osborne, Jess Miller, Jenna Pryor, Elizabeth Ayers Turner, Debbie Kraski, Cat Arnold, Dollie Mayfield, Layne Sasser, Kurt Jarvis, Gerald Pitts, and Rob Wilds. - photo by Chris Malone

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