Letts, Tracy. August: Osage County. New York: Theatre Communications Group INC, 2008. Print.
When Beverly Weston goes missing, his whole family comes back into town. As they spend more and more time together, secrets get revealed, relationships come to a head, and love gets tested as this dysfunctional family tries to live on after one of them has left them forever. I don't know if I would read this text with my classroom. There is much coarse language that might prove to be problematic. Also, there does not seem to be much deep context within the play. It is a good play, just not one I think I would deeply analyze. However, it would be interesting to have them read a modern theatre classic. As for staging it, the language might prove to be a problem. I think if you had a good tech designer and really talented female actress, you might be able to pull this off. I think it would need to cut and you would have to figure out how to have students play older characters, but they might be able to pull it off.
When Beverly Weston goes missing, his whole family comes back into town. As they spend more and more time together, secrets get revealed, relationships come to a head, and love gets tested as this dysfunctional family tries to live on after one of them has left them forever. I don't know if I would read this text with my classroom. There is much coarse language that might prove to be problematic. Also, there does not seem to be much deep context within the play. It is a good play, just not one I think I would deeply analyze. However, it would be interesting to have them read a modern theatre classic. As for staging it, the language might prove to be a problem. I think if you had a good tech designer and really talented female actress, you might be able to pull this off. I think it would need to cut and you would have to figure out how to have students play older characters, but they might be able to pull it off.