POTUS: OR, BEHIND EVERY GREAT DUMBASS ARE SEVEN WOMEN TRYING TO KEEP HIM ALIVE"

LOS ANGELES (November 15, 2023) – Geffen Playhouse today 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, Something Clean) and directed by Jennifer Chambers (The Cake, The Enigmatist).

Ito AghayereBy Emily Sandifer

The cast includes Ito Aghayere (Junk, Bernhardt/Hamlet) as Chris; Maria Bello (Beef, A History of Violence) as Bernadette; Alexandra Billings (Wicked, Transparent) as Margaret; Lauren Blumenfeld (The Assembled Parties, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) as Stephanie; Shannon Cochran (A Doll’s House, Part 2; Bug) as Harriet; Jane Levy (Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, Suburgatory) as Dusty; and Elizabeth Rodriguez (Orange Is the New Black, The Motherf**ker with the Hat) as Jean.

Previews for POTUS begin Wednesday, January 17, 2024, in the Gil Cates Theater at Geffen Playhouse. Opening night is Thursday, January 25, 2024. 

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.

POTUS: OR, BEHIND EVERY GREAT DUMBASS ARE SEVEN WOMEN TRYING TO KEEP HIM ALIVE is written by Selina Fillinger and directed by Jennifer Chambers 

Previews: January 17, 2024 – January 24, 2024

Opening Night: January 25, 2024

Closing Night: February 18, 2024

CAST

Ito Aghayere as Chris

Maria Bello as Bernadette

Alexandra Billings as Margaret

Lauren Blumenfeld as Stephanie

Shannon Cochran as Harriet

Jane Levy as Dusty

Elizabeth Rodriguez as Jean

PRODUCTION TEAM 

Set Design by Brett J. Banakis

Costume Designer Samantha C. Jones

Lighting Designer Elizabeth Harper

Original Music & Sound Design by Lindsay Jones

Associate Director Emily Moler

Fight Director Julie Ouellette

Intimacy Director Amanda Rose Villarreal

Dramaturg Olivia O’Connor

Production Stage Manager Darlene Miyakawa

Assistant Stage Manager Colleen Danaher

Casting Director Phyllis Schuringa, CSA

 

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE

Monday, Tuesday          No performance

Wednesday – Friday      8 p.m. 

Saturday                       3 and 8 p.m.

Sunday                         2 and 7 p.m. 

LOCATION

Gil Cates Theater at Geffen Playhouse

10886 Le Conte Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90024

TICKET INFORMATION

Tickets currently priced at $30 - $129. Available by phone at 310.208.2028 or online at www.geffenplayhouse.org. Fees may apply. 

All Geffen Playhouse productions are intended for an adult audience; children under ten years of age will not be admitted.

Rush tickets for each day’s performance are made available to the general public one hour before showtime at the box office. $35 General/$15 Student.

COLLEGE AUDIENCES

Through a variety of events and other opportunities, Geffen Playhouse welcomes college students to experience the live storytelling presented on our stages. We are proud of our association with UCLA’s School of Theater, Film, and Television, and open our doors to all college students throughout Los Angeles. More information is available at www.geffenplayhouse.org/college.