Picnic Theater Company Presents: The Manchurian Candidate

Picnic Theatre Company returns to Woodlawn garden Wed June 15 with The Manchurian Candidate!

The Manchurian Candidate is a neo-noir, psychological thriller about the infiltration of the American political system by Russian agents during the Cold War. Released in 1962 at the height of US-Soviet tensions during the Cuban Missile crisis, it is described as “a classic bland of satire and political thriller that was uncomfortably prescient in its own time, and remains distressingly relevant today.” In this stage adaptation, a decorated U.S. Army sergeant returns from the Korean War to the frenzy of the McCarthy era in Washington DC, suffused with witch-hunting and anti-Communist paranoia, as counterintelligence agents seeks to unravel an international conspiracy aimed at the heart of American democracy.

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Wednesday June 15

9000 Richmond Hwy Alexandria VA

6pm Cocktail

7pm Show

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Directed by Steve Rochlin

Cast: Sara Cook * Nova Daly* Ali Dukakis * Robert Gerber * Chaitan Jain * Suvi Jarvela-Hagstrom* Charles Kovatch* Nihal Krishan* Alexa Newlin* Antonio Olivo* Kevin Rooney* Adam Ruben* Jayne Sandman *Christina Sevilla * Hugo Verges* David White

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Picnic Theater Company is made up of Washington D.C. professionals with a love of the stage. They perform twice a year to support cultural institutions in the D.C. area, including here at Woodlawn & Pope-Leighey.

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The site will open for cocktails at 6PM for wine, beer, and snacks available to buy. Feel free to bring your own picnic dinner to enjoy. No outside alcohol allowed.

The performance will begin at 7 PM in the large event tent!

Tickets $18 to benefit Woodlawn and Pope Leighey educational programs.

Questions? Email: [email protected]

Host or Publisher Woodlawn & Pope-Leighey House