Winner of the 2008 Tony Award?for Best Play, Tracy Letts' darkly comic epic offers a painfully funny look at a family struggling in the desolate heart of America.An L.A. Theatre Works full cast recording, featuring members of the original Steppenwolf Theatre and Broadway productions:Tara Lynne Barr as Jean FordhamShannon Cochran as Barbara FordhamRosemarie DeWitt as Ivy WestonDeanna Dunagan as Violet Weston (Tony Award? Best Leading Actress)Kimberly Guerrero as Johnna MonevataFrancis Guinan as Charlie AikenScott Jaeck as Sheriff Deon GilbeauRon Livingston as Little CharlesRobert Maffia as Steve HeidebrechtMariann Mayberry as Karen WestonRobert Pine as Beverly WestonRondi Reed as Mattie Fae Aiken (Tony Award? Best Featured Actress)David Warshofsky as Bill FordhamDirected by Bart DeLorenzo. Recorded by L.A. Theatre Works before a live audience."Outrageously funnynd touching." ?i>AudioFile Magazine"At its heart is Mama Violet, played to shrewish perfection by Deanna Dunaganhe reactions and interactions of the excellent cast are just as well developed and delivered." ?i>Publishers Weekly