Johanna Day will take over the role of Barbara Fordham in Tracy Letts' award-winning play August: Osage County on Tuesday, October 14. She replaces Amy Morton, who will appear in the show's upcoming London production.

On the same day, Scott Jaeck will take over the role of Deon, Michael Milligan will assume the role of Little Charles, and Dee Pelletier will assume the role of Ivy.

Day received a Tony Award nomination for her role in Proof. Her many other stage credits include A Midsummer's Night Dream, Peter and Jerry, Almost an Evening, The Rainmaker, Satellites, and How I Learned to Drive.

August: Osage Country is directed by Anna D. Shapiro and also stars Robert Foxworth, Kimberly Guerrero, Brian Kerwin, Madeleine Martin, Mariann Mayberry, Michael McGuire, Estelle Parsons, Molly Regan, and Frank Wood. The play won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 2008 Tony Award among numerous other honors.