Auditions for "Picnic"
Announcing auditions for Stained Glass Playhouse's production of “Picnic”!
Written by William Inge
Directed by Gregg Vogelsmeier
AUDITION DATES:
Monday and Tuesday, February 17 & 18, 2025, from 7-9 pm each night
Please be sure to sign up for an audition date here:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C084EA5AD23A7FFC25-54687478-auditions
(Note: You are not required to sign up in order to audition; it just helps us plan for your participation.)
PERFORMANCE DATES:
May 2-4, 9-11, & 16-18, 2025
Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm, Sundays at 3 pm
LOCATION:
Stained Glass Playhouse
4401 Indiana Avenue
Winston-Salem, NC 27105
(in the former sanctuary of Marvin United Methodist Church)
WHAT TO BRING/PREPARE:
Auditions are open to actors/actresses of all gender, ethnic, and racial identities, regardless of experience.
Those auditioning will need to complete an audition form, including a list of any conflicts from February 19 through May 18, 2025. Auditioners can either:
- Download and fill out the audition form in advance (link below) -- please print TWO copies and bring them with you to the auditions
- Wait and complete the audition form at auditions
Audition Form (PDF):
https://stainedglassplayhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Picnic-audition-form.pdf
Nothing else needs to be prepared in advance (monologues, songs, etc.). The auditions will consist of readings of segments of the script ("sides") prepared by the director.
ABOUT THE SHOW:
On a sweltering Labor Day morning, the women of a small town in Kansas are preparing for the annual picnic. This seemingly placid environment is disrupted when Hal Carter, a muscular and charming young drifter, hops off the freight train. Hearts are broken and lives are changed in the following twenty-four hours, as Hal's lively, dangerous energy wakes up the sleepy community.
ROLES/CHARACTERS:
Madge Owens - The most beautiful girl in town, but feels that is all people see in her. Not book-smart, but warm and charming. She yearns for and is searching for an escape from small time life.
Hal Carter - A good looking, masculine, well-built vagabond. Can be a braggart, but is lonely and wants desperately to fit in somewhere, with someone.
Millie Owens - Madge's younger sister. Very intelligent, an assertive and smart-mouthed tomboy, but also likeable and shy. Developing into a young woman with conflicting feelings.
Flo Owens - Fiercely protective mother with faded beauty and a hard exterior. Loves her daughters very much and wants better lives for them than she has had.
Rosemary - A schoolteacher. Bawdy, outrageous, boastful, and self-righteous on the outside, but desperate, lonely, and fragile on the inside. She feels she must change her circumstances and will do anything to get married.
Howard Bevans - Rosemary's longtime boyfriend, a local business owner. Meek, mild-mannered, a good friend and neighbor. Enjoys a drink and a pretty girl. He is satisfied with not being married, but genuinely cares about Rosemary.
Helen Potts - An older widow whose past is filled with heartache from long-lost love. Pleasant, warm, friendly, kind and a true romantic.
Alan Seymour - Madge's home-town boyfriend who wants to marry her. Nice looking, smart, wealthy and polished. Awestruck by Madge, but can't get past her beauty to see any deeper.
Irma Kronkite - Also a schoolteacher. A loud, funny jokester who enjoys her single life.
Christine Schoenwalder - Also a schoolteacher. Quiet and shy; a follower.
Bomber - A newsboy and smart-mouthed bully who picks on Millie, but worships Madge.
See you soon! Sign up for an audition date here:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C084EA5AD23A7FFC25-54687478-auditions
"Picnic" is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. www.dramatists.com
General Audition Info
Auditions are open to everyone, regardless of experience. We may occasionally restrict auditions to ages 16 and up (at the discretion of each production's director).
We hold auditions four times a year, once for each of our productions. We usually announce auditions 3 to 4 weeks in advance, but in general they are in mid to late May (for the summer musical), mid to late August (for the fall play), mid November (for the winter play), and mid to late February (for the spring play).
Auditions for PLAYS typically consist of cold readings of segments of the script (called "sides") prepared by the director.
Auditions for the MUSICAL will also typically include a vocal audition -- 16-32 bars of a prepared, memorized song of your choice in the style of the show, for which you must bring sheet music in the correct key for the provided accompanist to play from (please do not plan to sing a cappella or use an accompaniment track unless specified in the show's audition announcement). Musical auditions may also include a short dance/movement combination prepared by the choreographer.
At all auditions, you will need to complete a short audition form, and provide a list of all known schedule conflicts from the audition date through the final performance of the show.
We will post dates and other specific information for each audition here when we know it, as well as on our Facebook and Instagram pages and in our marketing emails. Be sure to check out our current season to see what shows are coming up!