Maria Bello, Alexandra Billings star in feminist farce, POTUS
Geffen Playhouse has announced the full cast for its Los Angeles premiere of the three-time Tony Award-nominated play POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive, written by Selina Fillinger (Apple TV+’s The Morning Show) and directed by Jennifer Chambers.
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The cast includes Ito Aghayere (Bernhardt/Hamlet) as Chris; Maria Bello (Beef) as Bernadette; Alexandra Billings (Transparent) as Margaret; Lauren Blumenfeld (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) as Stephanie; Shannon Cochran (A Doll’s House, Part 2) as Harriet; Jane Levy (Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist) as Dusty; and Elizabeth Rodriguez (Orange Is the New Black) as Jean.
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A derogatory comment, a summit gone awry, an anal abscess—it’s a bad day at the White House. When the President unwittingly spins a PR nightmare into a global crisis, it inevitably falls on the seven women he relies on most to clean up the mess. Take a raucous romp through the halls of the West Wing in a riotous and irreverent farce about the men who hold the power vs. the women who get the job done.
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Previews for POTUS begin Wednesday, January 17, 2024, in the Gil Cates Theater at Geffen Playhouse. Opening night is Thursday, January 25, 2024. Tickets currently priced at $30.00 – $129.00. Available by phone at 310.208.2028 or online.