Even with many of its theater majors off acting in summer stock across the country, the Gainesville Theatre Alliance assembled a talented cast of alumni and professionals for a free staged reading of Neil Simon’s romantic comedy "Barefoot in the Park" at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 18. Patrons are invited to bring lawn chairs and a picnic for the reading in Gainesville’s Roosevelt Square, off the downtown square between the Brenau Downtown Center (formerly the Georgia Mountain Center) and the Hall County courthouse. Free parking is available on the square and in the parking garage.