August: Osa
ge County

The failed poet and drinker, Beverly, disappears to take his own life. Worried for her husband, Violet rallies the troops: her sister, her three daughters and their families. A family comes together and they all try not to lose their grip on what’s important. When news arrives that their father has drowned, it sparks a wave of extreme psychological conditions. Wired with mother’s little helpers, Violet reckons with her daughters and their life circumstances.
‘A Family’ puts modern, Western, middle-class life under the microscope: people caught between questions of generation and status, between emancipation, mid-life crisis, unfulfilled expectations and unsolved family conflicts and dependencies.
American actor and dramatist Tracy Letts was awarded the Pulitzer prize in 2008 for his piece well-made-play, which also earned him a Tony award. With ‘A Family,’ Thalia¬ director in residence Antú Romero Nunes tackles this new theatrical genre for the very first time.