(From left) Chelsea Heddy, of Teaneck, as Karen Weston; Sarah Strickland, of Washington Township, as Barbara Fordham; Gabrielle Denola, of Washington Township, as Ivy Weston; and Kim Borzi, of Waldwick, as Violet Weston.
PARAMUS, N.J. – Bergenstages’ upcoming student production tackles subjects such as depression, addiction and family dysfunction in “August: Osage County.” The 2008 Pulitzer Prize-winning dark comedy by Tracy Letts opens Friday, Dec. 2 at Bergen Community College’s Anna Maria Ciccone Theatre, 400 Paramus Road.
The show follows the interactions of the Weston family, specifically the drug-addicted, emotionally-tattered matriarch Violet and her three daughters, after the disappearance of their patriarch, world-class poet and alcoholic, Beverly Weston. Holed up in the family estate in Osage County, Oklahoma, tensions boil over in the ruthless August heat.
Rated for mature audiences, the show will open Friday, Dec. 2 and continue with performances Saturday, Dec. 3, Thursday, Dec. 8, Friday, Dec. 9 and Saturday, Dec. 10 at 7:30 p.m. A special panel discussion and talk back as part of the College’s addiction series will follow the Dec. 2 performance. Additionally, on Saturday, Dec. 3 and Dec. 10, matinee performances will take place at 2 p.m.
Ticket prices for the general public are $15, with discounts offered to senior citizens, Bergen faculty and students. Guests can purchase tickets by calling (201) 447-7428 or online at tickets.bergen.edu.
Based in Paramus, Bergen Community College (www.bergen.edu), a public two-year coeducational college, enrolls 15,000 students at locations in Paramus, the Philip Ciarco Jr. Learning Center in Hackensack and Bergen Community College at the Meadowlands in Lyndhurst. The College offers associate degree, certificate and continuing education programs in a variety of fields. More students graduate from Bergen than any other community college in the state.
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