Sunday, June 27, 2010

The As Yet Unnamed Theatre Company presents the Drama

“PICNIC”

written by William Inge on
When: July 16, 17, 23, 24, 2010 @ 8:00 p.m.
and July 18 and 25, 2010 @ 2:30 p.m.
Where:the MEX Theater in the Kentucky Center.
Tickets are $16.00.
For reservations contact the KCA Box Office at 584-7777.
For more information, please contact Sandy Richens Cohrs at ayutc@aol.com or myspace.com/ayutc.

About the Play:
“PICNIC”
by William Inge
a Drama
Winner of the 1953 Pulitzer Prize
Directed by Gary Tipton
Synopsis:
The play takes place on Labor Day weekend in the joint backyards of two middle-aged women. One house belongs to Flo Owens, her two awakening young daughters, Madge and Millie and a boarder who is a spinster schoolteacher. The other house belongs to Helen Potts, who lives with her elderly and invalid mother. Helen takes pity on a young good for nothing drifter, Hal and offers him food and a bit of work. Flo is sensitively wary of the temptations Hal poses for her daughters. But Madge, bored with being merely a beauty, sacrifices
her chances for a wealthy marriage for the excitement that Hal promises.
The original movie featured: William Holden, Kim Novak and Rosalind Russell.The Broadway Production starred: Ralph Meeker, Kim Stanley, Janice Rule, Eileen Heckart, Paul Newman and Arthur O’Connell.
Our Cast: Carolyn Holbrook, Jeff Ketterman, Victoria Barnes, Andrew McGill, Carrie Cooke, Grace Poganski, Sandy Cohrs, Josh O'Brien, Elaine Hackett, Jane Schuster, Emily Miller, and Howard Whitman.

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