Theatre PalisadesPRE S EN T S

Directed by

Sherman WayneProducer

Martha Hunter

Assistant Director Choreographer

Martha Hunter Drew Fitzsimmons

Set Design

Sherman Wayne & William Pitcher

Lighting Design

Sherman Wayne & Andrew Frew

Costume Design Sound Design

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Cast of Characters(in order of appearance)

Helen Potts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Laura Goldstein

Hal Carter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nicholas Dostal

Millie Owens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jessica Mason

Bomber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Marcus Maia

Madge Owens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Krystyna Ahlers

Flo Owens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sue Hardie

Rosemary Sydney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wendy Taubin

Alan Seymour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Spencer Rodman

Irma Kronkite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nancy Woods

Christine Schoenwalder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tamara Ashton

Howard Bevans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Manfred Hofer

Setting: A small Kansas town in the yard shared by Flo Owensand Helen Potts

Time: 1955

ACT I

Labor Day, early morning.

ACT II

Same day, just before sunset.

ACT III

Scene 1: Early next morning, before daylight.

Scene 2: Later the same morning, after sunrise.

There will be a 15-minute intermission following Act I.

Production StaffDirector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sherman WayneAssistant Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Martha HunterProducer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Martha HunterChoreographer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Drew FitzsimmonsSet Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sherman Wayne, William PitcherLighting Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sherman Wayne, Andrew FrewSound Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Susan StanglCostume Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .June LissandrelloPoster Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Joanne ReichProperties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Maria O’Connor

with Laura Goldstein and Tamarah AshtonScenic Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .William PitcherLighting & Sound Operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Andrew FrewSet Construction & Painting . . . . . . . . . . .William Pitcher, Rich Little,

Drew Fitzsimmons, Les Hardie, Spencer Rodman, Zeno,Nona Hale, Pat Perkins

Auditions . . . . .Sherry Coon, Shirley Churgin, Nona Hale, Tony TorrisiOn-Book Prompters . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Margott Rifenbark, Carolyn FieldPre-Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sherry CoonPublicity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pam SommerMarketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brett ChapinPhotography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rich LittleProgram Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Manfred HoferProgram Facilitator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nona HaleProgram Advertising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Eva HolbergMailing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sigrid Hofer, Arnold HoferPoster Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Phil Azelton, Eva Holberg,

June Lissandrello, Pam SommerBox Office Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Diane Grant FelthamHouse Managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sigrid & Arnold Hofer, Eva Holberg,

Sherry Coon, Sylvia Grieb, Gisela Moriarty, Naomi Nedelman,Elaine Noll, Pat Perkins, Pam Sommer

Opening Night Reception . . . . . . . .Martha Hunter, Maria O’Connor,Steve Holland, Steve DeLuca

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Director’s NotesTheatre Palisades is delighted to present William Inge’s Pulitzer Prize-winning

drama, Picnic (which also won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award). Thisplay has long been a favorite of Sherman Wayne’s, and he campaigned for years toadd this important and meaningful American classic to one of our seasons. Andso we have. With the wonderful cast that he chose and the set designed and readyto be built, Sherman was off to a great start the week before Thanksgiving. Unfor-tunately, on December 5th Sherman had to have emergency surgery. And althoughhe is recovering well, thanks to excellent medical care, he was unable to continueas the director of Picnic. As producer, I felt his plan and vision for Picnic neededto continue to move forward. Thanks to the help and encouragement from myown family and the wonderful Theatre Palisades family, the rehearsals continued,the set got built, the costume and props were procured and the sound and lightingdesigns are in place. Sherman and I want to especially thank William Pitcher, TonyTorrisi, Drew Fitzsimmons, Zeno and our amazing cast for their help and genuineconcern during Sherman’s hospitalization and recovery.Stepping in as the director, I feel honored to help bring William Inge’s moving

exploration of small town life to our stage. The relationships and the lonelinessthat permeates its character’s lives continue to strike a chord with audiences inthe years since the play’s debut on Broadway in 1953. I had the privilege of playingthe role of Millie Owens in a production of Picnic back in 1968 at Santa MonicaCity College (as it was called then) directed by Marjorie Chandler. The message,as it did in 1953 and now in 2017, still resonates with each generation. Althoughthe dialogue may seem archaic and even politically incorrect at times, Picnic illus-trates how human nature doesn’t really change throughout the decades. All of uscan relate to at least one of these characters up there on the stage, set in a small townin Kansas on a hot Labor Day. I thank you for coming and Sherman does too.

— Martha Hunter

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Krystyna Ahlers (Madge Owens) currently trains with LarryMoss and Adele Cabot (voice) with additional training withLesly Kahn and Aaron Speiser. She is best known for the fea-ture films Girls Gone Dead, Altered Reality and Last Ride onthe Midwest Pacific. Recent credits include the features Buck-shot and The Demo. She also works as a pop singer/songwriter;her song “We’ll Light It Up” was the opening song in the Life-time movie Flirting with Madness. Instagram: krystynaahlers

Tamarah Ashton (Christine Schoenwalder) is thrilled to bemaking her debut at Theatre Palisades. Special thanks toSherman and Martha for this opportunity! Tamarah becameinvolved in music, dance and all things theatrical at a veryearly age. By day you will find her teaching at CSUN, but herabsolute favorite place to be is on the boards! Tamarah waslast seen as Mama Euralie in the CSH Playhouse’s Once onthis Island.

Nicholas Dostal (Hal Carter) is thrilled to be making his sec-ond appearance at the Pierson Playhouse. He was last seenhere playing Bill in Perfect Wedding. Earlier this year, hewrote, directed and produced a short film, There I Go, inwhich he played the starring role. Nicholas would like tothank the entire cast and crew of Picnic for their hard work,commitment and solidarity. A very special thanks to Sher-man Wayne.

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Laura Goldstein (Helen Potts) is appearing in her secondproduction at the Pierson Playhouse and she is happy to beback. She was last seen as Scraps in Talking With. Some of hermore recent roles were Kitty Dean in The Royal Family andBertha Aaron in For This Moment Alone. She has appearedin the films Porky’s Revenge and Jaws 3D.

Sue Hardie (Flo Owens) is pleased to return to Theatre Pali -sades where she first appeared as Caroline Amory in AgathaChristie’s Black Coffee and most recently as Kitty Warren inMrs. Warren’s Profession. Other roles have included Miss Fur-nival in Black Comedy at Santa Monica’s Morgan-WixsonTheatre, and Claudine in The Oldest Living Graduate at MalibuPlayhouse. Many thanks to the talented cast and crew, TPAT,her supportive family and especially to Sherman Wayne.

Manfred Hofer (Howard Bevans) was last seen at TP as Prof.Moriarty in Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure. Other favoriteroles were in The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940, Requiem fora Heavyweight and Bad Seed, as well as Sueño and Macbeth atthe Morgan. He also played guitar player as a founding memberof the legendary L.A. rock bands The Leaving Trains and TheNymphs. Manfred dedicates this one to TP’s beloved Ray Dan-nis, whom he saw play Howard in Rustic Canyon back in 1981.

Marcus Maia (Bomber) is ecstatic to be a part of TheatrePalisades for the first time and to be a part of such an in-credible cast. He is currently a student at Palisades CharterHigh School, where he has only recently become seriouslyinvolved in theater. He thanks our director for this amazingopportunity.

Jessica Mason (Millie Owens) is excited to be making herdebut with Theatre Palisades this season! She is a recentgraduate of Chapman University with a BFA in TheatrePerformance. Some of her favorite credits include: TheRimers of Eldritch, Hamlet, Once in a Lifetime, The Serpentand A Night of Noh Theatre. A special thank you to the castand crew of Picnic, Martha Hunter, and Sherman Wayne.

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Sherman Wayne (Director/Set Design) is on the board of directors of TheatrePalisades as VP of Production and has directed, produced, managed, designed andbuilt sets for the theatre for more years than he would like to admit. Beginning ascompany manager of The Fantasticks in NYC, he worked extensively both off andon Broadway. Moving back home to California, Sherman worked for The CentreTheatre Group, the Greek Theatre and spent 25 years teaching high school the atre.He has directed many plays at TP, including Noises Off, Plaza Suite, Sherlock Holmes:The Final Adventure and Don’t Dress for Dinner. Along with his numerous TPAwards, Sherman received both the Christofer Cariello Award and the Lelah T. Pier-son Award for his never-ending support and commitment to Theatre Palisades.

Martha Hunter (Assistant Director/Producer) This is Martha’s second involve-ment with William Inge’s classic play Picnic. The first time she played the pre-cocious Millie Owens. Now almost 50 years later, Martha’s role is as produceras well as assistant director. Picnic is the 29th show she has produced. She hasworked with Sherman on more than thirty productions and she hopes to makehim proud. Martha’s true passion is acting. Among her many shows at TheatrePalisades, some of her favorite roles were in Hay Fever, Perfect Wedding, The For-eigner, Moon Over Buffalo, Plaza Suite, Noises Off, Cash On Delivery! and Rumors.Three years ago Martha spearheaded the Theatre Palisades Actors Troupe (TPAT).She offers thanks and congratulations to Sherman and the wonderful cast; toSherman, William, Rich, Drew and Zeno for the fabulous Kansas set; to Tony forhis sage advice; and to the entire hardworking production staff and crew. Thanksespecially goes to her supportive family and to her mother, Harriett. “This willbe my first play without my biggest fan in the audience—my mother.”

William Pitcher (Set Co-Designer, Scenic Artist) is a PaliHi parent who becamea part-time volunteer when he discovered Sherman Wayne working on the set forThe Game’s Afoot; or Holmes For the Holidays—and offered to help. Offer accepted!He has been Sherman’s right hand man since, assisting with design and constructionon all five main-stage productions this pst year. When not busy with the set,William centers himself in throwing porcelain ceramics at The Clayhouse potterystudio in Santa Monica. He is also a husband and father.

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Theatre Palisades2017 Season

JANUARY 13 – FEBRUARY 19

PicnicBy William Inge

JUNE 2 – JULY 9

Vanya and Sonia andMasha and Spike

By Christopher Durang

MARCH 31 – MAY 7

The HollowBy Agatha Christie

SEPTEMBER 1 – OCTOBER 8

The FantasticksBook and lyrics by Tom Jones,Music by Harvey Schmidt

NOVEMBER 3 – DECEMBER 10

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