[NEohioPAL] "Picnic" Opens Labor Day Weekend at Fine Arts

[Wanda Wareham]

The Fine Arts Association presents 
 
Picnic
By William Inge
 
            Directed by James Mango
 
Production Dates:
August 29, 30 & 31, Sept. 5, 6, 7, 12, 13 & 14, 2008 at 7 p.m.
 
 
on the Marous Brothers Outdoor Stage (Corning Auditorium if rain)
at The Fine Arts Association
38660 Mentor Avenue, Willoughby, Ohio 44094
(bring lawn chairs, blankets and picnics to enjoy beneath the warm
summer sky)
 
 
Tickets:
$22/adults; $20/seniors & students
Call:  440-951-7500 or log on to www.fineartsassociation.org
<http://www.fineartsassociation.org/> 
 
 
 
About the show:
Picnic is a Pulitzer Prize-winning play which was made into a classic
film starring William Holden and Kim Novak.  The play was one of the
first explorations of teen angst in 1950's American culture.  Picnic
deals with society's expectations vs. what your true desires are. The
struggle is paralleled in both the world of the teenager as well as the
grown ups who don't seem to be any more together when you look beyond
the surface.  The basic story revolves around two sisters:  The Beauty
Queen and the Tom Boy, Mr. Right, and the arrival of his loser
flunked-out Heart Throb frat brother who storms into town.  The adult
story line also faces parental expectations and pressure - as well as
the fear and stigmatism of becoming a spinster in 1950's America.
Unlike most of the "rebel without a cause" style dramas, Picnic also
delves heavily into the feminine side of social frustration and its
wonderfully human depiction of the pressures growing up and growing old.
 
Cast:
Christine-Angela Mesner
Alan-Chase Thomson
Irma-Kat Gallagher
Madge-Kiley   McLaughlin
Rosemary-Mary Mahoney
Flo-Dawn Hill
Bomber-Alex Lane
Millie-Julia Disanto
Mrs. Potts- Mary Lu Franks
Hal-Dustin Kaiser
Howard-Greg Gnau
 
Production Team:
Costume Design-Caitlin Sandham
Stage Manager-David Malinowski
 
 
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