My Review of “Picnic” at the Montgomery Theatre
I continued to be wow’ed by the productions at the small Montgomery Theater in Souderton, and Picnic is no exceptoin. This is a pretty old script, but the cast did a wonderful job of breathing new life into it. Speaking of the cast. They say that 90% of the work for a new production is casting the play, and Tom Quinn did a stellar job. And it was no small task because this is a huge cast ! Especially for a small space. I don’t know how they did it, but the large cast really comes together. At some points, all 11 people are running around stage at the same time, but somehow it works beautifully.Now I’m the first to admit that I see more theatre than the average “Joe”, and being entertained is hugely important. I’m rather Type A, and no matter how good the play, I usually find myself looking at my watch at least once during the show. Not this time. Not once.
Big Disclaimer : My girl is in this show (http://www.meghanheimbecker)… I try to not let this sway my opinion… In fact, she’s kissing other boys during this show, so’d you think it would actually sway my opinion against the show. No so… like I said, hugely entertaining (except for the kissing part :) Definitely go so this… Particulary if you’ve never been to a small theatre.