AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY

AUGUST:
OSAGE COUNTY

  • 9 Nov – 15 Dec 24
    27 Feb – 16 Mar 25
  • Approx 3 hours 30 minutes*
    (incl. 2 x 15 minute intervals)

AUGUST:
OSAGE COUNTY

TOURING

A play by Tracy Letts

Directed by Eamon Flack

  • Dates 9 Nov – 15 Dec 24
    27 Feb – 16 Mar 25
  • Duration Approx 3 hours 30 minutes*
    (incl. 2 x 15 minute intervals)
  • Content warning

    Content warnings will also be uploaded to each production page as they are advised.

    *The runtime is liable to change up to the opening night.

    Should you wish to speak to a member of staff regarding running times, content warnings or any other show related queries, our box office can be contacted on 02 9699 3444.

One of the monumental plays of the 21st century, up close and personal.

Pawhuska, Oklahoma, 2007. Charismatic poet-patriarch Beverly Weston has gone – where, nobody knows. His wife Violet careers downhill into opiate addiction, and the three daughters dutifully return to their childhood home, spouses, children and unfinished business trailing behind. The family’s (almost) together -for the first time in years.

Of course, old wounds have to be dressed, and old scores have to be settled. But there are even deeper secrets, sitting right there at the table. And what erupts is as uproarious as it is scarifying. This American tragicomedy explores the pain and joy passed from generation to generation, and the vicious parts of ourselves that we try to hide.

What a ride this one is. It’s as massive as the prairies and comes out of a long tradition of full-on high-stakes American classics of dysfunctional families and finally telling the truth. Pamela Rabe, Helen Thomson, Bert LaBonté – it’s a 24-carat cast in a show that has pedigree. Do you know what? Book right now. If you miss it you’ll kick yourself. – Eamon

TEAM

  • Tracy Letts
    Writer
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    TRACY LETTS is the author of the plays The Minutes, Linda Vista, Mary Page Marlowe, Superior Donuts, August: Osage County, Killer Joe, Bug, Man From Nebraska (Pulitzer Prize finalist and named one of Time Magazine’s Top Ten Plays of 2003) and an adaptation of Chekov’s Three Sisters. He is an ensemble member of the Steppenwolf […]

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  • Eamon Flack
    Director
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    Eamon Flack is the Artistic Director of Belvoir St Theatre in Sydney. He is a director, writer, dramaturg and script developer for stage and screen.  Eamon was born in Singapore and grew up in Singapore, Darwin, Cootamundra and Brisbane. He has a BA (English and History) from the University of Queensland, and trained as an actor […]

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  • Sydney Cast

  • Tamsin Carroll
    Barbara Fordham
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    Tamsin Carroll is a prolific Australian theatre actor. Tamsin’s Belvoir theatre credits include INTO THE WOODS, and THREE PENNY OPERA. Other theatre credits include THE LISTMAKER and MEASURE FOR MEASURE (Bell Shakespeare), INTO THE WOODS, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, TWELFTH NIGHT (Melbourne Theatre Company), HAIR, BYE BYE BIRDIE, HIGH SOCIETY (The Production Company), SHOUT directed […]

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  • Bee Cruse
    Johnna Monevata
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    Born of Aboriginal, American Indian and Chinese descent, Bee Cruse is a Cultural Storyteller. Her family come from the Kamilaroi, Wiradjuri and Yuin-Monaro people of NSW. August: Osage County marks Bee’s debut with Belvoir.Bee’s past screen credits include: The Australian Wars, Total Control, Ten Pound Poms, The Shore, Nightwalkers, Dark Place, Las Rosas, After the […]

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  • John Howard
    Beverly Weston
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    Belvoir St Theatre: PACKER AND SONS, MARK COLVIN’S KIDNEY, TWELFTH NIGHT, IVANOV, EVERY BREATH, A DOLL’S HOUSE. Black Swan Theatre Company: SHRINE, RISING WATER. Dramaturgical Services Inc: OTHELLO. Ensemble Theatre: SORTING OUT RACHEL, MONGRELS. Melbourne Theatre Company: MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA. Nimrod Theatre Company: KING LEAR, ON OUR SELECTION. Royal Queensland Theatre Company: TOP SILK. State […]

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  • Bert LaBonté
    Bill Fordham
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    One of Australia’s leading men, Bert LaBonté recently captivated audiences as Toulouse-Lautrec in Moulin Rouge! The Musical. Other musical theatre credits include: The Book of Mormon (Watchtower Productions), Helpmann Award Winner An Officer and a Gentleman (Gordon Frost Organisation), Chess (The Production Company), Grey Gardens (The Production Company), and others. His Melbourne Theatre Company credits include: The Truth, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Lungs, Rupert, […]

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  • Amy Mathews
    Ivy Weston
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    This is Amy’s first show for Belvoir Street Theatre. Notable theatre productions include Toast, Water, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll and Comaland (for Black Swan State Theatre Company), Bite The Hand (for Last Great Hunt), Othello, The Comedy of Errors, The Tempest, Macbeth, Taming of the Shrew (for Sport for Jove), The Anzac Project, Richard […]

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  • Johnny Nasser
    Sheriff Deon Gilbeau
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    Johnny Nasser is a graduate of The National Theatre Drama School.  Recent theatre credits include A Fool in Love (Sydney Theatre Company), The Memory of Water (Ensemble), Grand Horizons (Sydney Theatre Company), Night Slows Down (Bakehouse Theatre Company), Queen Fatima & Lady Tabouli (Riverside’s National Theatre of Parramatta), Dead Cat Bounce (Griffin Theatre), Wilde Tales (B Sharp), Vampirella (Darlinghurst Theatre Company), The Effect (Redline Productions), Mr. Stink (CDP)and The Ham […]

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  • Rohan Nichol
    Steve Heidebrecht
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    Rohan graduated from WAAPA in 1999. His theatre credits include A Cheery Soul for Belvoir Street Theatre/Sydney Theatre Co, The Beast for Ambassador Theatre Group, Shane Warne The Musical for GWB Entertainment, Queen Lear for Melbourne Theatre Company, Taming of the Shrew for Sydney Theatre Company and Plainsong for Black Swan Theatre Co / Perth Festival. Rohan’s film work includes Pirates […]

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  • Will O’Mahony
    Little Charles Aiken
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    Will O’Mahony is an actor, writer and director practicing on Noongar country in Perth, Western Australia. Acting credits include: Things I Know To Be True;  Oil;  The Tempest;  Assassins;  Hir;  Angels In America, Part One;  Glengarry Glen Ross;  Flood;  Twelfth Night;  Pool (no water);  and The Dark Room — all forBlack Swan State Theatre Company. […]

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  • Pamela Rabe
    Violet Weston
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    Pamela’s most recent Belvoir credits include THE CHERRY ORCHARD, DANCE OF DEATH, GHOSTS and THE GLASS MENAGERIE. From over 100 productions, other theatre highlights include THE CHILDREN, LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES, GREY GARDENS, THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, PRIVATE LIVES, A ROOM OF ONE’S OWN, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, THE WIZARD OF […]

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  • Anna Samson
    Karen Weston
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    A graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts, Anna has gone on to perform extensively in theatre, film and television. Anna’s theatre credits include THE MASTER AND MARGARITA for Belvoir and BLISS for Belvoir and Malthouse Theatre. SKYLIGHT, BIRDLAND, THE SUBLIME and THE HERETIC for Melbourne Theatre Company, POMPEII L.A at Malthouse Theatre, LOVE […]

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  • Greg Stone
    Charlie Aiken
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    Greg Stone has performed in over 90 theatre productions, recent theatre shows include Hir and Hamlet (Belvoir), Jacky, A Doll’s House Part 2 and The Weir (Melbourne Theatre Company), Girl form the North Country (GWB), Cloudstreet (Malthouse Theatre Company), Oklahoma! and Funny Girl (The Production Company) and Ladies in Black (Queensland Theatre Company). Recent TV […]

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  • Helen Thomson
    Mattie Fae Aiken
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    Helen Thomson’s renowned theatre career includes Things I Know to Be True, Hir, Ivanov, Mark Colvin’s Kidney, Summer of The Seventeenth Doll, Measure for Measure (Belvoir); The Importance of Being Earnest, Death of a Salesman, No Pay? No Way!, Mary Stuart, Top Girls, Harp in TheSouth, Hayfever, After Dinner, Children of The Sun, Mrs Warren’s […]

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  • Esther Williams
    Jean Fordham
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    Esther Williams graduated from Excelsia College in 2020 with a Bachelor of Dramatic Art. Her theatre credits include THE SWEET SCIENCE OF BRUISING & MORNING STAR (Flight Path Theatre). During her time at Excelsia, she performed in various plays such as CLINCHFIELD, THE TEMPEST, THE LOST BOYS, and her one-woman show THE COLORED MUSEUM, which […]

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  • Perth Cast

  • Caroline Brazier
  • Bee Cruse
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    Born of Aboriginal, American Indian and Chinese descent, Bee Cruse is a Cultural Storyteller. Her family come from the Kamilaroi, Wiradjuri and Yuin-Monaro people of NSW. August: Osage County marks Bee’s debut with Belvoir.Bee’s past screen credits include: The Australian Wars, Total Control, Ten Pound Poms, The Shore, Nightwalkers, Dark Place, Las Rosas, After the […]

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  • Geoff Kelso
  • Bert LaBonté
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    One of Australia’s leading men, Bert LaBonté recently captivated audiences as Toulouse-Lautrec in Moulin Rouge! The Musical. Other musical theatre credits include: The Book of Mormon (Watchtower Productions), Helpmann Award Winner An Officer and a Gentleman (Gordon Frost Organisation), Chess (The Production Company), Grey Gardens (The Production Company), and others. His Melbourne Theatre Company credits include: The Truth, Kiss of the Spider Woman, Lungs, Rupert, […]

    Read full bio
  • Amy Mathews
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    This is Amy’s first show for Belvoir Street Theatre. Notable theatre productions include Toast, Water, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll and Comaland (for Black Swan State Theatre Company), Bite The Hand (for Last Great Hunt), Othello, The Comedy of Errors, The Tempest, Macbeth, Taming of the Shrew (for Sport for Jove), The Anzac Project, Richard […]

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  • Hayley McElhinney
  • Will O’Mahony
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    Will O’Mahony is an actor, writer and director practicing on Noongar country in Perth, Western Australia. Acting credits include: Things I Know To Be True;  Oil;  The Tempest;  Assassins;  Hir;  Angels In America, Part One;  Glengarry Glen Ross;  Flood;  Twelfth Night;  Pool (no water);  and The Dark Room — all forBlack Swan State Theatre Company. […]

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  • Ben Mortley
  • Rohan Nichol
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    Rohan graduated from WAAPA in 1999. His theatre credits include A Cheery Soul for Belvoir Street Theatre/Sydney Theatre Co, The Beast for Ambassador Theatre Group, Shane Warne The Musical for GWB Entertainment, Queen Lear for Melbourne Theatre Company, Taming of the Shrew for Sydney Theatre Company and Plainsong for Black Swan Theatre Co / Perth Festival. Rohan’s film work includes Pirates […]

    Read full bio
  • Pamela Rabe
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    Pamela’s most recent Belvoir credits include THE CHERRY ORCHARD, DANCE OF DEATH, GHOSTS and THE GLASS MENAGERIE. From over 100 productions, other theatre highlights include THE CHILDREN, LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES, GREY GARDENS, THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, PRIVATE LIVES, A ROOM OF ONE’S OWN, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, THE WIZARD OF […]

    Read full bio
  • Anna Samson
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    A graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts, Anna has gone on to perform extensively in theatre, film and television. Anna’s theatre credits include THE MASTER AND MARGARITA for Belvoir and BLISS for Belvoir and Malthouse Theatre. SKYLIGHT, BIRDLAND, THE SUBLIME and THE HERETIC for Melbourne Theatre Company, POMPEII L.A at Malthouse Theatre, LOVE […]

    Read full bio
  • Greg Stone
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    Greg Stone has performed in over 90 theatre productions, recent theatre shows include Hir and Hamlet (Belvoir), Jacky, A Doll’s House Part 2 and The Weir (Melbourne Theatre Company), Girl form the North Country (GWB), Cloudstreet (Malthouse Theatre Company), Oklahoma! and Funny Girl (The Production Company) and Ladies in Black (Queensland Theatre Company). Recent TV […]

    Read full bio
  • Esther Williams
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    Esther Williams graduated from Excelsia College in 2020 with a Bachelor of Dramatic Art. Her theatre credits include THE SWEET SCIENCE OF BRUISING & MORNING STAR (Flight Path Theatre). During her time at Excelsia, she performed in various plays such as CLINCHFIELD, THE TEMPEST, THE LOST BOYS, and her one-woman show THE COLORED MUSEUM, which […]

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  • Creatives

  • Bob Cousins
    Set Designer
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    Theatre design includes Cloudstreet, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Strange Interlude,  Waiting for Godot , Babyteeth, Mother Courage, and Mortido for Belvoir;  Season at Sarsaparilla, War of the Roses, King Lear, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui  for Sydney Theatre Company;  Moving Target for Malthouse Theatre;  Medea , Husbands and Wives and Flight 49 for Toneelgroep/International Theater Amsterdam; Medea for Burgtheater, Vienna; Eine Griechische Trilogie for Berliner Ensemble […]

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  • Ella Butler
    Costume Designer
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    Ella is a Sydney-based Production and Costume Designer for theatre, film and live performance. Informed by her beginnings in theatre, Ella’s work has evolved through contrived spaces, searching for the extraordinary found in the everyday.Ella’s work as Costume Designer at Belvoir includes Tell Me I’m Here, The Weekend and Scenes From the Climate Era. Her […]

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  • Morgan Moroney
    Lighting Designer
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    MORGAN MORONEY (he/him) is a lighting and video designer working across theatre, opera, dance and installation. Morgan’s work as Lighting Designer includes: NAYIKA: A DANCING GIRL (Belvoir), SHITTY (Belvoir 25A), DIDO & AENEAS (Pinchgut Opera), THE TURN OF THE SCREW (Hayes Theatre), THE QUEEN’S NANNY, SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER, CLYDE’S, MR. BAILEY’S MINDER, COLDER THAN HERE (Ensemble), […]

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  • Rachael Dease
    Composer and Sound Designer
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    Rachael is a composer and sound designer whose practice spans art music, dance,  and theatre scoring, installation and song writing.  Her music projects have garnered critical acclaim and multiple awards. Belvoir credits include: AUGUST OSAGE COUNTY (debut). Other credits include: for Black Swan State Theatre Company, DIRTY BIRDS, CITY OF GOLD (with Sydney Theatre Company), […]

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  • Laura Farrell
    Vocal/Dialect Coach
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    Laura Farrell (she/her) is a Voice and Dialect Coach living and working on Gadigal land. She holds a Masters of Fine Arts in Voice from NIDA; a Post Graduate Diploma in Voice from the Victorian College of the Arts; and a Bachelor of Music Theatre from the Victorian College of the Arts. A current lecturer […]

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  • Nigel Poulton
    Movement and Fight Director, Intimacy Coordinator
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    Nigel is an award-winning movement director, fight and intimacy coordinator, SAG-AFTRA/MEAA stunt performer and actor, with over 25 years of professional experience. Selected theatre credits include: for Belvoir St Theatre, Holding the Man, The Master and Margarita, Miss Peony, Packer and Sons, Things I Know To Be True, Stop Girl, Blessed Union, At What Cost?, […]

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  • Guy Simon
    Assistant Director
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    Guy Simon is a proud Birripi, Worimi, Waddi Waddi and Walbunga man and is the 2024 Balnaves Fellowship recipient. His theatre credits include: My Brilliant Career (Belvoir), Jasper Jones (Belvoir- Return Season & NSW Tour,) The Visitors (STC), Jacky (MTC), The Tempest (STC), White Yella Tree (Griffin Theatre Company), The Return (Malthouse Theatre), Grand Horizons […]

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  • Margaret Thanos
    Assistant Director
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    Margaret Thanos is an award-winning Cypriot-Australian director, writer and actor for theatre and film. She is also the owner of Queen Hades Productions, a production company that works to bring together activism and art. Margaret’s directing credits include Not Now, Not Ever: A Parliament of Women (25A), the 5-star sell-out season of I Hate People; […]

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  • Luke McGettigan
    Stage Manager
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    Luke is Belvoir’s Resident Stage Manager. For Belvoir, he has stage managed Holding the Man, Master and Margarita, The Weekend, Scenes from the Climate Era, Blessed Union, The Jungle and the Sea, Tell Me I’m Here, Opening Night, The Boomkak Panto, Stop Girl, My Brilliant Career, A Room of One’s Own, Packer & Sons, Things […]

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  • Rebecca Dilley
    Assistant Stage Manager
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    Hailing from Donnybrook, Western Australia, Bec Dilley is a freelance stage manager excited to be making her debut with Belvoir St Theatre on ‘August: Osage County’. With a BPA in Stage Management from WAAPA, Bec graduated in 2023 as the inaugural winner of the Peter Hurford Award for Excellence. Since then, she has worked on […]

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  • Sybilla Wajon
    Assistant Stage Manager
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    Sybilla (She/Her) is a Sydney based Stage Manager and graduate of NIDA (BFA in Technical Theatre and Stage Management 21’) As Assistant Stage Manager, her credits include: for Sydney Theatre Company: Grand Horizons, The Lifespan of a Fact, Chalkface, Blithe Spirit (Swing), White Pearl (Swing), For GWB: Jagged Little Pill, For David Venn Entertainment: The […]

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