Triad Stage

Reviews:

Picnic at Triad Stage is a Triumph

Theatre North Carolina

September 15, 2009

I'm sorry to say that I was not familiar with William Inge's masterpiece PICNIC. I was thrilled to have the opportunity to attend the opening night performance of Triad Stage's production of this "summer romance".

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Triad Stage's Picnic Is a Superb Rendition of a Theater Classic

Classical Voice of North Carolina

September 11, 2009

Staging a period production is always a challenge: modernizing it inflicts change, and audiences don’t always like change; keeping the integrity of the era in which it was written runs the risk of seeming old-fashioned and stilted.

Triad Stage’s Picnic manages to overcome both challenges: while keeping the feel and face of the 1950s, when William Inge wrote the play, Triad Stage artistic director Preston Lane has made the show as fresh and titillating as a work wet off the press.

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News:

Sod Story: NC Picnic, Opening Sept. 11, Comes Complete With Layer of Grass

Playbill.com

September 11, 2009

Theatregoers at Triad Stage's revival of Williams Inge's Picnic, the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama set over a hot Labor Day weekend, have been getting to their seats by crunching across a carpet of dead sod.

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PICNIC: Triad Stage Kicks Off New Season!

Community Arts Cafe: Greensboro Edition

September 11, 2009

Triad Stage has opened their “Season Together” with a winner! Their production of William Inge’s “Picnic” was energetic and moving, comedic and heartbreaking, much like the human condition.

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News:

'Picnic' gets a perfect setting: real (dead) grass

GoTriad Greensboro News & Record

September 10, 2009

GREENSBORO — Howard C. Jones designs big dreams.

So when the Triad Stage scenic designer envisioned a lawn for his set of William Inge's drama, "Picnic," he naturally pictured real grass.

But not a lush, plush lawn.

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