[NEohioPAL]Workshop Players presents "Picnic"

[WSPAmherst at aol.com]

Workshop Players
Theatre-in-the-Round
44820 Middle Ridge Rd.
Amherst, OH  44001
Phone:  (440) 988-5613      email:  WSPAmherst at aol.com
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For Immediate Release

Workshop Players will open it's 54th season with William Inge's classic 
American drama, "Picnic."

Set in a small town outside of Kansas City in the mid 1950's, it's the story 
of a group of people preparing doe the annual Labor Day picnic everyone is 
going about their business when Mrs. Potts (Joyce Parks) hires a 
down-on-his-luck drifter (Ryan Downey) to do some chores in exchange for 
breakfast. Without meaning to, he brings out some of the secret dreams, 
desires and prejudices of the town's residents and ends up falling for the 
girlfriend (Rachel Endrezzi) of the only person who ever treated him decently 
(Matt Kiedrowski).

Director Mike Leuszler notes that "This play is about desire vs. social 
expectations. In the 50's, America was a lot different than it is now. You 
were expected to conform to certain standards and behave in certain ways. It 
was almost like high school with the amount of peer pressure and cliquish 
behavior that was around. And many things we take for granted now were 
considered taboo, if not illegal back then, like premarital sex and adult 
themes in literature, at least in some states."

Also in the cast are: Melissa Crum, Sarah Boesger, Nick Hoy, Dave Cotton, Joy 
Marling, Krista Phillips and Kathy Whitmore. James Nunamaker is assistant 
director.

Performance dates are September 6, 7, 8, 14, 15, 21 and 22 at 8:00 p.m. There 
will also be matinee performances on September 16 & 23 at 3:00 p.m. Tickets 
are $8.50 each and may be reserved by calling the box office at 440-988-5613. 
Group discounts are available for groups of 10 or more. Workshop Players 
Theatre is located on Middle Ridge Road in Amherst, halfway between Rt. 2 and 
Rt. 58.

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Contact: Mike Leuszler at 440-960-2061/e-mail: Leuszler at aol.com or Kathy 
Whitmore at 440-988-2256.


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