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PICNIC

BY WILLIAM INGE

DIRECTED BY JACK CUMMINGS III

 

FEBRUARY 23 – APRIL 23, 2017

The Gym at Judson
243 Thompson St at West 4th St

Performed in rotating repertory with
Come Back, Little Sheba

When a gorgeous drifter Hal arrives in a small Kansas town, no one is prepared. He brings with him the possibilities and promises — some true some false — of a life with real options. His instant and incendiary chemistry with local 18-year old Madge unexpectedly destroys the illusions of comfort harbored by everyone we meet in this heartland’s physically expansive and emotionally suffocating landscape.  Inge’s legendary Pulitzer-prize winning play Picnic is over 60 years old but the American questions of sex as currency, of class as possibility, and youth as opportunity are timeless.

Cast

John Cariani
Hannah Elless
Ginna Le Vine
Heather Mac Rae
David T. Patterson
Michele Pawk
Jennifer Piech
Krystal Rowley
Emily Skinner
Rowan Vickers

Creative Team

Jack Cummings III

Director

Dane Laffrey

Set Design

Ásta Bennie Hostetter

Costume Designer

R. Lee Kennedy

Lighting Designer

Miles Polaski

Sound Designer

Michael John LaChiusa

Original Music