Villagers Theatre seeks a male, mid-teenaged actor to play the role of Bomber in "Picnic". The character has about 15 lines at the beginning of the play.
"Picnic" takes place on Labor Day weekend in 1953, in the joint backyards of two middle-aged widows who live on farms in Kansas. The one house belongs to Flo Owens, who lives there with her two maturing daughters, Madge and Millie, and a boarder who is a spinster school teacher. 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 seriously 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. Her sister, 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 life in a dreary, minor way. Bomber tends to reinforce Madge’s beauty and criticize Millie for being the oddball.
The show is directed by Eric Walby, produced by Darren Nye and Paul Carver, and stage-managed by Laura Zahorbenski. It runs at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and at 2 p.m. Sundays April 1-17.
Those who are interested should email the director their resumé, a list of rehearsal conflicts, and a signed release form. Alternatively, they can email Darren Nye.
A list of rehearsal dates can be found here; the release form here. Eric Walby's and Darren Nye's emails are zengolfguy@gmail.com and darren@villagerstheatre.com, respectively. Villagers Theatre is located at 475 DeMott Lane, Somerset.
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