PlayComedy SatireOriginalBroadway
Opening Date
Oct 12, 1989
Closing Date
Dec 10, 1989
1st Preview
Sep 22, 1989
1st Preview
Sep 22, 1989
Previews
23
Performances
69
PlayComedy SatireOriginalBroadway

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION

Theatres
Criterion Center Stage Right
(Oct 12, 1989 - Dec 10, 1989)
Setting
Washington, D.C. The Morning After.
Theatre Owned / Operated by B. S. Moss Enterprises (Charles B. Moss, Jr., Executive Director)
Produced by Gene Wolsk
Written by Larry Gelbart; Video Music by Glen Roven
Directed by Michael Engler; Assistant Directed by Michael Sexton
Scenic Design by Philipp Jung; Costume Design by Candice Donnelly; Lighting Design by Stephen Strawbridge; Sound Design by Marc Salzberg; Wig Design by Tom Watson
General Manager: Steven Suskin
Production Stage Manager: Cathy B. Blaser; Stage Manager: Pat Sosnow
Assistant to the Producer: Dorsie Hecht
Casting: Meg Simon and Fran Kumin; General Press Representative: Merle Debuskey; Advertising: A. C. & R. Advertising; Graphic Design by Bob Gill; Press Representative: Bruce Campbell
Video Design by Dennis Diamond
Originally produced by The American Repertory Theatre (Robert Brustein, Artistic Director; Robert J. Orchard, Managing Director)
William Cain
Senior Staffer (Total Network News)
Joseph Daly
Vice President Burden (Witness)
 
Clay Fielder (Total Network News)
John Dossett
Shepherd Hunter (Chief Counsel for the Committee)
Charles Geyer
Page (Total Network News)
Zach Grenier
Mr. Child (Lawyer)
 
Mr. Picker (Lawyer)
 
Mr. Boyle (Lawyer)
 
Mr. Carver (Lawyer)
Steve Hofvendahl
Abel Lamb (Witness)
Merrill Holtzman
TNN Cameraman (Total Network News)
Harold Dean James
TNN Cameraman (Total Network News)
Jerome Kilty
Senator Bowman (The Chairman of the Committee)
Wayne Knight
Representative Byers (Committee)
 
Senator Knight (Committee)
 
Steward Butler (Witness)
Tom McDermott
Representative Proctor (Committee)
 
Secretary of State Bishop (Witness)
Ann McDonough
Wife (Total Network News)
Melinda Mullins
Merry Chase (Total Network News)
Priscilla Shanks
Page (Total Network News)
Katrina Stevens
TNN Director (Total Network News)
Daniel von Bargen
Major Manley Battle (Witness)
Jeff Weiss
Senator Bunting (Committee)
 
Representative Sellers (Committee)
 
Wylie Slaughter (Witness)
Isiah Whitlock Jr.
Page (Total Network News)
Understudies: William Cain (Senator Bowman, Vice President Burden, Clay Fielder, Representative Proctor, Secretary of State Bishop), Charles Geyer (Major Manley Battle, Representative Byers, Senator Knight, Steward Butler, Mr. Boyle, Mr. Carver, Mr. Child, Mr. Picker), Zach Grenier (Senator Bunting, Representative Sellers, Wylie Slaughter), Priscilla Shanks (Merry Chase, Wife), Katrina Stevens (TNN Cameraman) and Isiah Whitlock Jr. (Shepherd Hunter, Abel Lamb)

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1990 Recipient
Daniel von Bargen
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