The Jeff Awards committee announced that August: Osage County is nominated in the following categories: Best Play, Ensemble Cast, New Work (Tracy Letts), Director (Anna D. Shapiro), Principal Actress (Deanna Dunagan), Principal Actress (Amy Morton), Cameo Performance (Dennis Letts) and Scenic Design (Todd Rosenthal). Other Steppenwolf nominations include: Supporting Actor (Michael Shannon, The Pillowman), Principal Actress (Claire Elizabeth Saxe, The Diary of Anne Frank) and Projections Design (Stephan Mazurek, Sonia Flew).