Tracy Letts News

Steppenwolf Theatre Company Artistic Director Martha Lavey announced today the 2012/13 Subscription Season, including a Steppenwolf-commissioned world premiere and the work of fifteen ensemble members. The season begins in Steppenwolf's Downstairs Theatre with David Lindsay-Abaire's Good People, directed by ensemble member K. Todd Freeman. Up next, ensemble member Anna D. Shapiro directs The Motherf**ker with the Hat by Stephen Adly Guirgis. In the Upstairs Theatre, ensemble member Austin Pendleton directs The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter. In April 2013, ensemble member Tina Landau directs the Steppenwolf-commissioned world premiere of Head of Passes by ensemble member Tarell Alvin McCraney, their first collaboration since the widely-praised The Brother/Sister Plays (2010). The season concludes with Belleville by Amy Herzog, directed by Anne Kauffmann.

After three sold out weeks, Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co. today announced that Superior Donuts by Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Letts has been Jeff Recommended and will be extended through May 6th, 2012. Performances are Thursdays-Saturdays at 8 PM and Sundays at 3 PM. Tickets are $18 on Thursdays and Sundays, $20 on Fridays and $22 on Saturdays. (Parking is available at the Mobil gas station across from the theater for a fee.) For more information on the company and to purchase tickets, visit www.maryarrchie.com.

2nd Story Theatre Artistic Director Ed Shea announced that due to an administrative snafu on the part of the publishing company, the rights to produce John Logan's Red have been rescinded.

Greater Tuna is described as 'a funny, feisty stage comedy set in Tuna… the third smallest town in the great big state of Texas.'

2nd Story Theatre presents the Rhode Island premiere of "August: Osage County" by Tracy Letts, directed by Ed Shea from March 8 - April 1.

Last night before a crowd of 200 theatre makers and theatre lovers, theatreWashington announced the nominees for the 28th Helen Hayes Awards. The National Theatre's Helen Hayes Gallery set the scene for the announcement of nominees in 26 categories for artistic excellence and the announcement of the recipient of the 2012 John Aniello Award for Outstanding Emerging Theatre Company. The Helen Hayes Awards is one of the most prestigious honors for artists and theatre companies in Washington's vibrant theatre scene.

Greater Tuna is described as 'a funny, feisty stage comedy set in Tuna… the third smallest town in the great big state of Texas.'

Tennessee Repertory Theatre will partner with the Frist Center for the Visual Arts for its upcoming installment of the popular REPaloud series.

Tennessee Repertory Theatre will present the Middle Tennessee premiere of Superior Donuts by Tracy Letts, who won the 2008 Tony Award for his play August: Osage County. Superior Donuts runs March 17 - 31 at TPAC's Johnson Theater (with preview performances March 15 - 16).

The Chicago Theater Beat (formerly the Chicago Theater Blog) today announced the nominees for the 1st Annual Chicago Theater Critics' Beat Awards. The Beat Awards provide an opportunity for Chicago's critics to give recognition to outstanding achievements in Chicago's theatre community and the artists involved.

The Phoenix Theatre of Indianapolis presents the opening of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning August: Osage County by Tracy Letts. This fiercely funny play about an American family opens tonight, February 16 on the Phoenix Mainstage. View photos below!

It's official. According to Deadline Hollywood, Meryl Streep will play Violet Weston and Julia Roberts will play Weston's adult daughter, Barbara, in the film version of the Tony Award-winning Broadway play, August: Osage County, written by Tracy Letts. John Wells directs. August follows the Weston family women as their lives suddenly clash when family troubles arise and foce them to return to the Midwest house they grew up in, as well as the unorthodox woman who raised them. The Weinstein Company's Harvey and Bob Weinstein announced Wednesday that the film that will go into production this fall.

Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co. will open Superior Donuts by Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Letts on Thursday, February 16 at 8 p.m. Performances continue Thursdays-Saturdays at 8 PM and Sundays at 3 PM through March 25. Tickets are $18 on Thursdays and Sundays, $20 on Fridays and $22 on Saturdays. There will be previews on February 14 and 15 at 8 p.m. Tickets for previews will be $5.

The Phoenix Theatre of Indianapolis announces the opening of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning August: Osage County by Tracy Letts. This fiercely funny play about an American family opens Thursday, February 16 on the Phoenix Mainstage.

The Old Globe's 2011 production of Tracy Letts' drama "August: Osage County" was the leading honoree at the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle's 10th annual Craig Noel Awards ceremony, held Monday at the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, in La Jolla before an audience of more than 450.

Boston's Lyric Stage production of Tracy Letts' kinder, gentler follow-up to 'August: Osage County' boasts a superb cast of vivid characters grappling with a changing neighborhood and changing times

As BroadwayWorld reported back in 2010, Julia Roberts and Meryl Streep have been in talks to star in the film adaptation of Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize and Tony-winning play, August: Osage County. Producers at the Weinstein Company, which is developing the project alongside the show's producer Jean Dourmanian, had been hopeful to begin filming in the summer of 2011, however the project was sidelined for what was believed to be scheduling conflicts. Not much has been mentioned on its progress since.

Tennessee Repertory Theatre will partner with the Frist Center for the Visual Arts for its upcoming installment of the popular REPaloud series.

The last two shows of Artists Rep's 2011/12 season, Race by David Mamet and Next to Normal by Brian Yorkey, music by Tom Kitt, will switch start dates. This change will allow Associate Artistic Director Jon Kretzu to direct the Broadway-bound It Shoulda Been You by Brian Hargrove, music by Barbara Anselmi, at the Village Theatre near Seattle, where it has its final production before its Broadway premiere this Fall. The show was produced at the George Street Playhouse in New Jersey last Fall and was directed by David Hyde Pierce.

Rehearsals are currently underway for Cygnet's upcoming stunner, Irish Playwright Martin McDonagh's A BEHANDING IN SPOKANE. Guest Director Lisa Berger is tackling the Southern California Premiere of McDonagh's first and only US-based comedy that, despite its change in location, stays true to the playwright's overriding themes of gore and wit. The cast includes Jeffrey Jones, Mike Sears and Cygnet newcomers Kelly Iversen and Vimel. Previews begin January 19th, 2012, and Press Opening is January 28th, 2012.