Picnic

In collaboration with ConVal, Conant, Milford and Mascenic High Schools as well as Franklin Pierce and Keene State Colleges, The Peterborough Players is proud to present Picnic, the Pulitzer prize winning play written by William Inge.

Picnic will be performed Thursday, May 31 at 8pm; Friday, June 1 at 8pm; Saturday June 2 at 2pm and 8pm, and Sunday, June 3 at 2pm.

Picnic takes place in the backyards of two houses in Kansas during Labor Day weekend. One house belongs to Flo Owens, who lives there with her two maturing daughters, Madge and Millie, and a boarder, Rosemary Sydney, who is a spinster school teacher. The other house belongs to Helen Potts, who lives with her elderly and invalid mother. This neat little feminine world is thrown into chaos with the arrival of Hal Carter, a mischievous and irresistible drifter who upsets the orderly, low-key town with his false stories and macho behavior. Inge's exploration of small town life and his focus on family relationships has struck a chord with audiences since its debut in 1953 and we hope you will enjoy it too.

Nine ConVal, Conant, and Milford students including Julia Bascom, Caroline Eichler, Emily Fernandes, Griffen Fletcher, Christina Howard, Caity Joy, Sam MacIntire, Kel Sauer, and EliseWilliams have been cast along with a three professional actors James M. O’Connell, Kathy Manfre, and Jon L. Egging in this production. It is a chance to give the students, most of who are interested in pursuing a theatrical career, a chance to work in a professional theatrical environment. They are asked to work on a professional schedule and are supported by a design and production team from the Players. The show is directed by Players Artistic Director Gus Kaikkonen, Franklin Pierce professor Lee Dunholter is designing the set, Lisa Liebetrau is designing the costumes and Craig Lindsay from Keene State is designing the lights.
Picnic is rated “PG”.