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Picnic

September 30 - October 16, 2016

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Cupid's Cabaret Heart

Picnic

By William Inge

This beautiful drama written by one of the world’s most admired playwrights takes place on Labor Day weekend in the joint backyards of two middle-aged widows. One house belongs to Flo Owens, who lives there with her two maturing daughters, Madge and Millie, and a boarder who is a spinster school teacher. The other house belongs to Helen Potts, who lives with her elderly and invalid mother. Into this female atmosphere comes a young man named Hal Carter, whose animal vitality seriously upsets the entire group. Hal is a most interesting character, a child of parents who ignored him, self-conscious of his failings and his position behind the eight ball. Flo is sensitively wary of temptations for her two daughters. Madge, bored with being only a beauty, sacrifices her chances for a wealthy marriage for the excitement Hal promises. Her sister, Millie, finds her balance for the first time through the stranger’s brief attention. And a spinster school teacher is stirred to make an issue out of the dangling courtship that has brightened her life in a dreary, minor way.
Presented by special arrangement of Dramatist Play Services

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The Cast

Cast
Christine Shoenwalder.....Alyssa Robinson
Howard Bevans.....Frank Connelly
Flo Owens.....Holly Johnson
Alan Seymour.....Jakob Cansler
Madge Owens.....Lauren Moylan
Rosemary Sydney.....Lauren Vollette
Hal Carter.....Lawrence Nichols
Millie Owens.....Noveigh Vollette
Irma Kronkite.....Siarra Bouches
Helen Potts.....Vickie Anderson
Bomber.....Zachary Echols

The Production Team

Production Team
Director.....Joe Petrolia
Production Manager.....Charity Robinson
Stage Manager.....Kathleen Veer
Costume Design.....Pam Revill
Costume Assistance.....Jan Clapp Bomar
Maggie Morgan
Jeff Nicoloff
Lighting Design.....Jared Alexander
Properties.....Sandy Brockman
Choreographer.....Lauren Vollette
Set Construction.....John Wilt (head)
Ellen Eames
Jen Thomas
Pam Revill
Marvin Sylvest
Sandy Brockman
Scenic Artists.....Ellen Eames (head)
Sandy Brockman
Diana Starmer
Alyssa Robinson
Sound Design.....Christopher Grafton
Hair / Makeup Design.....Neely Vollette

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