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 Fordham

Shannon Cochran as Barbara Fordham

Rosemarie DeWitt as Ivy Weston

Deanna Dunagan as Violet Weston (Tony Award®, Best Leading Actress)

Kimberly Guerrero as Johnna Monevata

Francis Guinan as Charlie Aiken

Scott Jaeck as Sheriff Deon Gilbeau

Ron Livingston as Little Charles

Robert Maffia as Steve Heidebrecht

Mariann Mayberry as Karen Weston

Robert Pine as Beverly Weston

Rondi Reed as Mattie Fae Aiken (Tony Award®, Best Featured Actress)

David Warshofsky as Bill Fordham

Directed by Bart DeLorenzo. Recorded by L.A. Theatre Works before a live audience.

"Outrageously funny...and touching." --AudioFile Magazine

"At its heart is Mama Violet, played to shrewish perfection by Deanna Dunagan...the reactions and interactions of the excellent cast are just as well developed and delivered." --Publishers Weekly