August: Osage County -

The story is calibrated around the emotional vacuum created by substance abuse. While Violet claims her pills help her cope with the truth, they actually serve as a mask that eventually replaces her identity, driving away everyone she loves.

: Often classified as a dark comedy or a modern Southern Gothic drama, it uses grotesque family dynamics to provide a "scintillating criticism" of the modern American family structure. August: Osage County

: The play's antagonist and a "model of a bad mother". Battling oral cancer and a severe addiction to prescription pills, she uses her illness and trauma as a weapon to maintain control over her children. The story is calibrated around the emotional vacuum