Details

Abstract / Summary

Winner of the 2008 Tony Award® for Best Play, Tracy Letts' darkly comic epic offers a painfully funny look at a family struggling in the desolate heart of America.An L.A. Theatre Works full cast recording, featuring members of the original Steppenwolf Theatre and Broadway productions:Tara Lynne Barr as Jean FordhamShannon Cochran as Barbara FordhamRosemarie DeWitt as Ivy WestonDeanna Dunagan as Violet Weston (Tony Award®, Best Leading Actress)Kimberly Guerrero as Johnna MonevataFrancis Guinan as Charlie AikenScott Jaeck as Sheriff Deon GilbeauRon Livingston as Little CharlesRobert Maffia as Steve HeidebrechtMariann Mayberry as Karen WestonRobert Pine as Beverly WestonRondi Reed as Mattie Fae Aiken (Tony Award®, Best Featured Actress)David Warshofsky as Bill FordhamOriginal music by David Singer.Directed by Bart DeLorenzo. Recorded in Los Angeles before a live audience at The James Bridges Theater, UCLA in July of 2014.

Field of Interest

Drama

Accolades / Awards

Won 2008 Pulitzer Prize, Drama, Won 2008 Tony Award, Best Play, Won 2008 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Play, Won 2008 Drama League Award, Distinguished Production of a Play, Won 2008 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding Broadway Play, Won 2008 New York Drama Critics' Circle Award, Best Play

Copyright Message

Copyright © 2014 L.A. Theatre Works

Director

Bart DeLorenzo

Content Type

Spoken word recording

Duration

2 hours 44 mins

Warning: Contains explicit content

No

Format

Audio

Sub Genre

Drama

Label

L.A. Theatre Works

Performer

Tara Barr, Shannon Cochran, 1958-, Rosemarie DeWitt, 1971-, Deanna Dunagan, Kimberly Norris Guerrero, fl. 1988, Francis Guinan, Scott Jaeck, Ron Livingston, Robert Maffia, Mariann Mayberry, 1965-2017, Robert Pine, Rondi Reed, David Warshofsky

Playwright

Tracy Letts, 1965-

Producer

Susan Loewenberg

Publisher

L.A. Theatre Works

Place Published / Released

Los Angeles, CA

Date Recorded

2014-07-09

Release Date

2014

Setting

A large country home outside Pawhuska, Oklahoma

Subject

Drama, Theatre, Literature & Language, Music & Performing Arts, Drama, American Theater, Drama, Teatro Norte-Americano, Teatro Norteamericano, Jean Fordham, Barbara Fordham, Ivy Weston, Violet Weston, Johnna Monevata, Charlie Aiken, Sheriff Deon Gilbeau, Little Charles, Steve Heidebrecht, Karen Weston, Beverly Weston, Mattie Fae Aiken, Bill Fordham

Keywords and Translated Subjects

Drama, Teatro Norte-Americano, Teatro Norteamericano