SYNOPSIS

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Playwright, William Inge, received critical acclaim for his first play, Come Back Little Sheba, and PICNIC won Inge a Pulitzer Prize, The Drama Critic Circle Award, The Outer Circle Award, and The Theatre Club Award.  Several of his plays made it to the silver screen.

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In 1960, Inge’s first screenplay, Splendor in the Grass was filmed in New York.  Splendor in the Grass was a triumph for Inge and won him an Academy Award for Best Screenplay.

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Bus Stop is a blend of comic and serious themes that explore love, loneliness, coming of age and sacrifice.  All that in a small mid-western diner snowed in at a Bus Stop.

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For auditions the director will provide cold readings from the play and may add additional acting exercises as time allows.  The director requests that actors refrain from watching any existing movies of this play prior to auditions.  Please provide a photo and summary of past stage experience as well as any commitments that could conflict with rehearsal schedules. Every effort will be made to adjust schedules, but please note that the schedule will, of necessity, occur over the Thanksgiving/Hanukkah/Christmas and New Year holidays.