<DIV><p>"One of our most valuable playwrights."?<I>Time Out New York</I></p><p>"A hideously funny tabloid noir. . . . Letts' balance of irony and empathy continues to impress."?<I>LA Weekly</I></p><p>A definitively dysfunctional family gives in to its basest instincts and is forced to face hidden truths in this twisted modern-day fairy tale by the Pulitzer Prize?winning author of <I>August: Osage County</I>. Performed in fifteen countries and twelve languages since its 1998 stage debut, <I>Killer Joe</I> is "a terrifically tasty potboiler. . . . It has the enjoyable hairpin turns of the standard mystery thriller, but it's the skewed shifting relationships that keep you hooked" (<I>The New York Times</I>). Now a critically acclaimed film adapted by the playwright and starring Matthew McConaughey.</p><p><B>Tracy Letts</B> is the author of the Pulitzer Prize? and Tony Award?winning play <I>August: Osage County</I> (soon to be a feature film starring Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts). His other plays include <I>Bug</I>, <I>Superior Donuts</I>, and <I>Man from Nebraska</I>, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He is an ensemble member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago as playwright and actor.</p><BR></DIV>