March 29, 2024

Auditions Set: Newtowne Players’ “Picnic”

Posted for Lexington Park Business and Community Association

The Newtowne Players will hold open auditions for its upcoming production of Richard Inge’s Broadway hit, Picnic.

The auditions will be held Thursday, Jan. 22 at 6 pm and Saturday, Jan. 24 at 10 am. Callbacks are Jan. 24 at 1 pm. Production dates for the show are Thursdays-Sundays, April 17-May 3.

All auditions will be held at Three Notch Theatre, 21744 South Coral Drive in Lexington Park. Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. There are roles for four males (late teens to mid-40s) and seven females (ages 16-50).

For more information, contact the show’s director, Lisa Gregory, at 301-904-5223 (email: [email protected]) or visit www.newtowneplayers.org.

Picnic dramatizes 24 hours in the life of a rural Kansas town set in the mid-20th century United States. It is the story of the proverbial outsider who blows into town and subsequently manages to upturn complacency, shake convention, disrupt, rearrange lives and reset the fates of all those with whom he comes into contact.

The charming Hal Carter turned to wandering after a failed acting career left him loose in the wind. Interested in reuniting with Alan Benson, an old college friend, Carter bums a train ride to a tranquil Kansas town. Alan greets him warmly, and together they join the community in a picnic celebration of Labor Day. However, his welcome quickly sours when sparks ignite between him and Alan’s girlfriend, Madge Owens.

If you are not able to make the scheduled audition time, please contact the Director, Lisa Gregory at (301) 904-5223 or email her at [email protected]

The Newtowne Players is a nonprofit community theatre and is always looking for volunteers. If you are interested in volunteering please check our website at www.newtowneplayers.org.

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