August Forman (they/he) is an actor, playwright, and educator based in Chicago, IL. Theatrical Credits Include: Rachel Bloom: Death Let Me Do My Show (Steppenwolf); King Lear (Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival); Pericles (Catskill Mountain Shakespeare); Into the Woods (Kokandy Productions;

Jeff Nom Best Supporting Actor); Romeo and Juliet, Elizabeth Rex, and The Fair Maid of the West (Oak Park Festival Theatre); Hand to God, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Little Shop of Horrors (Paramount Theatre); Grease (Drury Lane Theatre); Tiny Beautiful Things (Victory Gardens Theater and TheatreSquared); Light Falls (Steep Theatre); Rutherford and Son (TimeLine Theatre); Plot Points in Our Sexual Development and A Kind of Weather (Diversionary Theatre); Big Love ([producingbody]); Once Upon a Mattress (Theo Ubique; Jeff Nom Best Supporting Actor); Twelfth Night (Midsommer Flight); The Lady Demands Satisfaction (Babes with Blades); and Girl in the Red Corner (Broken Nose Theatre. Voice Over Credits Include: The Owl House (Disney). August received a Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Supporting Actor for their portrayal of Gina in Broken Nose Theatre’s production of A Girl in the Red Corner, and a best Ensemble Award for their work in Kokandy Productions’ Into the Woods. As a playwright their work has premiered across the country. They are an ensemble member with Oak Park Festival Theatre, and a longtime actor and facilitator with Imagination Theater. August is represented by Gray Talent Group.


TUTA acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency, The Light A City Fund, and the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation.