[NEohioPAL] Press Release: The University of Akron Spring Production of Picnic by William Inge

Arts Administration administration.arts at gmail.com
Mon Feb 3 08:42:06 PST 2014


 PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


*Date: February 4, 2014*
   From:     School of Dance, Theatre, and Arts Administration

               The University of Akron



Contact:  Thurayya UmBayemake, (330) 972-7895 or

 Administration.arts at gmail.com



Akron, OH -- The University of Akron (UA) Theatre Program presents *Picnic *by
William Inge with eight performances in March at Sandefur Theatre in
Guzzetta Hall.

Directed by UA Adjunct Professor and Equity actress Aubrey Caldwell Davis,
performances are March 5-8 and 13-15 at 7:30 p.m., and March 9 at 2 p.m. In
addition, high school students registered for UA's Spring 2014 High School
Drama Day will attend a special matinee performance on March 8.
Participants in the High School Drama Day will also have the optional
opportunity to see an evening performance of *Bus Stop* by William Inge at
the Actor's Summit, Akron's professional theater, in downtown Akron.

Tickets for *Picnic *are $12 general admission; $10 for seniors and UA
faculty, staff and alumni; and $6 for students. Discounts are available for
groups of 10 or more. Guzzetta Hall is at 139 Buchtel Ave., Akron. For more
information on performances or UA's High School Drama Day, call (330)
972-7895 <file://localhost/tel/%2528330%2529%20972-7895> or visit
http://www.uakron.edu/dtaa.

A Pulitzer Prize-winner, *Picnic* takes place on Labor Day Weekend in the
early 1950s in the adjoining back yards of two middle-aged widows. One
house belongs to Flo Owens, who lives there with her two maturing
daughters, Madge and Millie, and a spinster schoolteacher boarder. 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 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 daughters. Madge, bored with being only a beauty,
sacrifices her chances for a wealthy marriage for the excitement Hal
promises. Millie finds her balance for the first time through the
stranger's brief attention. And the spinster is stirred to make an issue
out of the dangling courtship that has brightened her dreary life in a
minor way.

The mission of the Theatre Program at The University of Akron is to provide
undergraduate students the opportunity to explore and expand their
educational and cultural horizons through comprehensive experience in all
facets of theatre arts.





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Graduate Student
University of Akron
Graduate Assistant, Arts Administration
Phone: (330) 972.7895
Email: administration.arts at gmail.com
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