A Vanished Father. a Pill-Popping Mother. Three Sisters Harbouring Shady Little Secrets. When the Extended Weston Family is Reunited After Dad Disappears, the Oklahoma Household Explodes in a Maelstrom of Repressed Truths and Unsettling Secrets. After a Sell-Out Run at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre, "August Osage County" Has Been Hailed on Broadway As the 'Best American Drama of the Past Decade' ("Usa Today"). Its Themes of Family Secrets and Retribution - and Its Truly Epic Scope - Had Critics Rushing to Declare Its Author the New Eugene O'neill.