PIcnic at Hanging ROck

words & music By Daniel Zaitchik

based on the novel by Joan Lindsay

Valentine's Day, 1900. Victoria, Australia. The girls from Appleyard College are released from their studies for an afternoon picnic. the wilderness is seductive. the girls are enraptured. the mystery begins . . .

Daniel Zaitchik’s Picnic at Hanging Rock is a haunting musical adaptation of one of Australia’s most treasured novels, With an evocative score that weaves together layers of choral harmony, two grand pianos, and didgeridoo, Zaitchik’s dreamlike reimagining is a delicate balance of the epic and intimate, exploring the boundless unknown and the chilling experience of loss during adolescence.

Originally developed at lincoln center theatre, it was further workshopped at The Eugene O'neill Theater Center and Goodspeed Musicals, with productions at Princeton University, Weber State University, and others.

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Nico Krell’s Princeton production at McCarter Theatre’s Berlind Stage. Photographs by Frank Wojciechowski.

The demos here feature Katie Rose Clarke, Whitney Bashor, Megan McGinnis, Emily Walton, Elena Shaddow, Sarah Shahinian, Carey Anderson, Liz Wisan, and Deborah Abramson REcorded by Deborah Abramson.