STAGE TUBE: Meet the Cast of PICNIC!

Roundabout Theatre Company is currently presenting Picnic, starring Reed Birney as "Howard Bevans", Maggie Grace as "Madge Owens", Elizabeth Marvel as "Rosemary Sydney", Sebastian Stan as "Hal Carter", Mare Winningham as "Flo Owens" and Ellen Burstyn as "Helen Potts." The cast will also feature Madeleine Martin (Millie Owens), Ben Rappaport (Alan Seymour), Cassie Beck (Christine Schoenwalde), Maddie Corman (Irma Kronkite), Chris Perfetti (Bomber).

Check out the recently released commercial for the show below and meet the cast with videos of them from past productions and roles!

This production of Picnic, by William Inge will be directed by Sam Gold, began previews on December 14, 2012 and open officially on January 13, 2013 at the American Airlines Theatre on Broadway (227 West 42nd Street). This will be a limited engagement through February 24, 2013.

Sensual, passionate and delightfully funny, Picnic is a timeless American classic about the line between restraint and desire. It's a balmy Labor Day in the American Heartland, and a group of women are preparing for a Picnic... but they'll have to lay a lot on the line before they can lay out the checkered cloths. When a handsome young drifter named Hal (Stan) arrives, his combination of uncouth manners and titillating charm sends the women reeling, especially the beautiful Madge (Grace). When Hal is forced out of town, Madge must decide whether their fleeting encounter is worth changing the course of her life.

Reed Birney (Howard Bevans). Reed Birney appeared last summer as Vanya in the Soho Rep production of Annie Baker's translation of Uncle Vanya, directed by Sam Gold. In 2011 he received a Special Drama Desk Award honoring his thirty six years of work as an actor. He made his Broadway debut in Albert Innaurato's smash hit, Gemini, in 1977. Recent New York productions include: Kim Rosenstock's Tigers Be Still and David West Read's The Dream of the Burning Boy (Drama League, Outer Critics Circle nominations), both at The Roundabout Underground, and Adam Bock's A Small Fire at Playwrights Horizons, where he has appeared a record-breaking eight times. Reed was seen last fall at The Atlantic in Dreams Of Flying, Dreams Of Falling by Adam Rapp. He was Ian in the New York premiere of Sarah Kane's Blasted in 2008 at Soho Rep, for which he was nominated for a Drama Desk Award. He received an OBIE and Drama Desk Award for his performance in Annie Baker's Circle Mirror Transformation also at Playwrights Horizons. He was Tony Blair in the acclaimed Public Theater production of Stuff Happens. Other notable roles include the world premiere of Tony Kushner's revised Homebody/Kabul at Steppenwolf, The Taper and BAM; Bug (OBIE award); The Common Pursuit at the Promenade Theater; Gaev in The Cherry Orchard at Williamstown Theater Festival. He made his film debut in Arthur Penn and Steve Tesich's Four Friends, and has appeared in Clint Eastwood's Changeling, Morning Glory with Harrison Ford and Jeff Lipsky's Twelve Thirty. Upcoming film roles include: Imogene with Kristin Wiig and Annette Benning; Jeff Lipsky's Molly's Theory of Relativity; Joss Whedon's In Your Eyes and Adult World with John Cusack. TV work includes episodes of "The Good Wife," "Gossip Girl," "Kings" and "My Generation" and the upcoming "House of Cards" for Netflix, directed by 3 David Fincher. He won a 2006 Obie Award for Sustained Excellence in Performance and Actor's Equity awarded him the Richard Seff Award in 2011.

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