POTUS
by Selina Fillinger

Name: POTUS
Brand: Selina Fillinger
SKU: 9780573709999
Rating: 4.25 (530 reviews)

Broadway

Highlights

Female

105 mins Present Day Role(s) for Black Actor(s) Unit Set/Multiple Settings Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes Comedy

Synopsis

One four-letter word is about to rock 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

When the President unwittingly spins a PR nightmare into a global crisis, the seven brilliant and beleaguered women he relies upon most risk life, liberty, and the pursuit of sanity to keep the commander-in-chief out of trouble.

Selina Fillinger’s brilliant, all-female farce took Broadway by storm in a star-studded production that earned three 2022 Tony nominations.

Press Reviews

"A broad, zany, old-school comedy… You can feel how hungry the spectators are to laugh together, and they get to do it often in this silly, fast-paced lark."
— TimeOut NY

"I am woman, hear me roar – with laughter, at POTUS: or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive, playwright Selina Fillinger’s delicious feminist farce… There are no secondary characters here, but a tight, fiercely funny ensemble of women… irresistibly funny."
— Variety

"Sly wit and inspired goofiness."
— The New York Sun

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
HARRIET His chief of staff.	—	—	His chief of staff.
JEAN His press secretary.	—	—	His press secretary.
STEPHANIE His secretary.	—	—	His secretary.
DUSTY His dalliance.	—	—	His dalliance.
BERNADETTE His sister.	female	—	His sister.
CHRIS A journalist.	—	—	A journalist.
MARGARET His wife. The First Lady.	female	—	His wife. The First Lady.
Author’s Note on Casting American power structures are rooted in, and shaped by, white supremacy. Racism permeates our institutions, compounding gender and class inequity everywhere, but especially in electoral politics. This play is a critique of complicity in white patriarchy; thus, the following requirements speak to those dynamics and must be followed. International productions should analyze and reflect in their casting a similar understanding of marginalized communities’ struggle for voice within their governing bodies.	—	—	American power structures are rooted in, and shaped by, white supremacy. Racism permeates our institutions, compounding gender and class inequity everywhere, but especially in electoral politics. This play is a critique of complicity in white patriarchy; thus, the following requirements speak to those dynamics and must be followed. International productions should analyze and reflect in their casting a similar understanding of marginalized communities’ struggle for voice within their governing bodies.