Playwright Tracy Letts

Tracy Letts is the author of the play August: Osage County, which premiered at the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago, Illinois, USA in 2007.  Letts has been an ensemble member of the Steppenwolf Theatre since 2002 where he has been involved in 20 productions—17 as an actor and 3 as the author, one being August: Osage County.

Letts was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma and grew up in a very academic household in Durant, Oklahoma where both of his parents taught at Oklahoma Southeastern State University. Letts has two siblings, Dana and Shawn. His mother Billie Letts is a novelist, and her parents served as the model for the characters Beverly and Violet Weston in August: Osage County. His father Dennis Letts was an English professor turned actor who originated the role of Beverly Weston in August: Osage County at the Steppenwolf. Dennis Letts died of cancer early into the Broadway run in February 2008.

Tracy Letts continues to work in Chicago as an Ensemble Member of the Steppenwolf Theatre.

Websites on Tracy Letts

http://123nonstop.com/biography/Letts,_Tracy

Timeline Biography, Pictures, and List of Works of Playwright Tracy Letts

http://www.steppenwolf.org/ensemble/members/details.aspx?id=41

Profile of Steppenwolf Ensemble Member Tracy Letts, Including Biography, Articles, Videos, Podcasts, and Photo Gallery

http://tracyletts.com/

Tracy Letts Official Website

Articles on Tracy Letts

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/03/AR2011030306297.html?wprss=rss_print/style

Washington Post Article on Tracy Letts as Actor and Playwright

March 6, 2011

http://www.tulsapeople.com/Tulsa-People/December-2009/Online-exclusive-Billie-and-Tracy-Letts-talk-about-their-award-winning-literary-careers/

Tulsa People Interview with Mother and Son Writers, Billie and Tracy Letts

December 2009

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-ca-tracy-letts6-2009sep06,0,1611019.story?page=1

LA Times Article on Tracy Letts in the Aftermath of August: Osage County

September 6, 2009

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/20/theater/20heal.html?scp=13&sq=August%20Osage%20County&st=cse

NYT Interview with Playwright Tracy Letts after Winning the Tony for Best New Play for August: Osage County

July 20, 2008

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17680929

NPR Interview with Tracy Letts Listen to Audio and Read Transcript

December 28, 2007

http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/July-2007/Mr-Danger/           

ChicagoMag.com Analyzes Playwright Tracy Letts’ Plays Killer Joe, Bug, and August: Osage County

July 2007

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/14/theater/for-an-okie-playwright-and-actor-a-life-with-drama-of-its-own.html?ref=tracyletts

NYT Article on Tracy Letts in 2004 Before August: Osage County

April, 14, 2004

Videos of Tracy Letts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1u6vsrUGjg&feature=relmfu

Video of Tracy Letts Acceptance Speech for Best New Play Tony Award for August: Osage County

http://www.chicagoreader.com/TheBlog/archives/2010/06/22/tracy-letts-on-the-interview-show

Video Part 1 and 2 of Mark Bazer Interviewing Tracy Letts on The Interview Show

June 22, 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zByNGVm5EnU

Video of Tracy Letts Interview for Steppenwolf’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMZRrhft9LU           

Video Clip of Steppenwolf’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf starring Tracy Letts

http://www.youtube.com/user/steppenwolftheatre#p/search/4/CWoAfBqv1CE

Video on Tracy Letts’ Creative Process and on Acting for American Buffalo

Images of Tracy Letts

http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Arts/Arts_/Pictures/2008/04/08/letts460.jpg

Tracy Letts on a City Street

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/04/07/arts/Letts1.jpg           

Tracy Letts on Set

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Tracy Letts Pensive