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Picnic: Millie’s transformation

Posted on May 3, 2005 by sheila

Millie, the part I played, was a 16 year old girl, shy, awkward, but covering it up with tomboy brashness and rebellion. She smoked in secret. She screamed obscenities at the newspaper boy. And yet deep inside, she kept alive … Continue reading →

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Happy birthday, William Inge

Posted on May 2, 2005 by sheila

Today is the birthday of American playwright William Inge (list of his plays here). William Inge wrote, among other things, the play Picnic, and my experience playing the part of Millie in Picnic, when I was 17, changed my life. … Continue reading →

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