Are our current politics so absurd that they’re beyond the reach of satire? Not for playwright Selina Fillinger, whose clever 2022 farce, POTUS: Or, Behind...
The production of Selina Fillinger’s wild 2022 play, subtitled ‘Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive,’ features sharp performances by its female cast.
Kristin McCollum as the president's secretary in Stage West Theatre's regional premiere of Selina Fillinger's "POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive."signals its outrageous intentions with an off-kilter, in-character curtain speech by the actor portraying the president’s secretary. But it’s nothing compared to the hell that breaks loose when the normally mousy secretary ingests several tablets she mistakes for Tums.
Laurel L. Collins, left, as the president's sister and Olivia Cinquepalmi as his mistress in Stage West Theatre's regional premiere of Selina Fillinger's "POTUS."Part of what makes the characters so familiar is they, like many of us, live in a high-stakes world marked by high-pressure jobs, stifled personal lives and the omnipresent media. The main difference is they’re responsible for running the country. God help us.
The cast in one of many volatile moments in Stage West Theatre's regional premiere of Selina Fillinger's "POTUS.") takes center stage, further complicating an already bizarre set of circumstances, Cinquepalmi’s scintillating sendup of dumb-blonde cliches almost but doesn’t quite steal the show. The more cerebral first act gives way to a lot of physical humor after intermission, especially when the president’s secretary eats those “Tums.” After a couple of hours of guffawing, audience members might need the real thing.Longtime Dallas actor Sally Vahle makes her Dallas Theater Center directorial debut with British playwright Duncan Macmillan's 'Every Brilliant Thing,' opening this week at the center.The Booker T.
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