William Inge's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Picnic returns to Broadway in a striking new production helmed by acclaimed director Sam Gold (Roundabout’s Look Back in Anger, Seminar). Academy Award® winner Ellen Burstyn stars alongside theatre veterans Reed Birney (The Dream of the Burning Boy) and Elizabeth Marvel (Other Desert Cities), rising stars Maggie Grace (“Lost”) and Sebastian Stan (“Gossip Girl”), Emmy® Award winner Mare Winningham (recently seen in Tribes), Madeleine Martin (August: Osage County) and Ben Rappaport (Hope Springs).
It’s a balmy Labor Day in the American Heartland, and a group of women are preparing for a picnic... but they'll have to lay a lot on the line before they can lay out the checkered cloths. When a handsome young drifter named Hal (Stan) arrives, his combination of uncouth manners and titillating charm sends the women reeling, especially the beautiful Madge (Grace). When Hal is forced out of town, Madge must decide whether their fleeting encounter is worth changing the course of her life.
Sensual, passionate and delightfully funny, Picnic is a timeless American classic about the line between restraint and desire.
Picnic Cast
- Howard Bevans
- Reed Birney
- Madge Owens
- Maggie Grace
- Rosemary Sydney
- Elizabeth Marvel
- Hal Carter
- Sebastian Stan
- Flo Owens
- Mare Winningham
- Helen Potts
- Ellen Burstyn
- Millie Owens
- Madeleine Martin
- Alan Seymour
- Ben Rappaport
- Christine Schoenwalde
- Cassie Beck
- Irma Kronkite
- Maddie Corman
- Mrs. Potts' Mother u/s Mrs. Potts, Flo Owens, Irma Kronkite
- Lizbeth Mackay
- Bomber
- Chris Perfetti
- u/s Howard
- Peter Bradbury
- u/s Hal, Bomber, Alan
- Matthew Goodrich
- u/s Millie, Madge, Christine, Mrs. Potts' Mother
- Dani De Waal
Picnic Creative
- Playwright
- William Inge
- Director
- Sam Gold
- Set Designer
- Andrew Lieberman
- Costume Designer
- David Zinn
- Lighting Designer
- Jane Cox
- Sound Designer
- Jill BC DuBoff
- Hair & Wig Designer
- Tom Watson
- Choreographer
- Chase Brock
- Fight Director
- Christian Kelly-Sordelet
- Dialect Coach
- Kate Wilson
- Production Stage Manager
- Jill Cordle
Presented at
Todd Haimes Theatre
227 West 42nd Street, New York, NY
between 7th and 8th Avenues