POTUS - Headshot/resume submissions
Arena Stage | Washington, DC
LORT Non-Rep
$1096 weekly minimum (LORT B+) -
Fichandler Stage
Equity actors for roles in POTUS: OR, BEHIND EVERY GREAT DUMBASS ARE SEVEN WOMEN TRYING TO KEEP HIM ALIVE (see breakdown).
Please submit using the following form: https://airtable.com/shrYPffAQPULqY10h. Any submissions received after APRIL 10, 2023 will not be considered.
Deadline: 04/10/2023
Joseph Pinzon, Artistic Associate – Casting
Margot Bordelon - Director
Teresa Sapien - Associate Artistic Director
First Rehearsal: 9/12/23
First Preview: 10/13/23
Opens: 10/19/23
Closes: 11/12/23
Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to submit.
All roles will be understudied.
SYNOPSIS: When the Commander-in-Chief publicly calls his wife a “See You Next Tuesday,” all H-E-
Double Hockey Sticks breaks loose. In this searingly funny Broadway hit, POTUS follows how seven women of dramatically different backgrounds minimize the damage done by male arrogance and
political posturing, in an endearing homage to the women who keep things running behind the scenes.
[HARRIET] – She/her. Late 40s-60s. Any ethnicity. Chief of Staff. A political bulldog who has chosen
every aspect of her life, appearance, and personality in service of her career. A sexless and
humorless middle-aged woman who lives and dies by the polls. Starts the play at a 7 and skyrockets
from there. Everything is a means to the end.
[JEAN] – She/her. Late 40s-60s. Any ethnicity. Press Secretary. A hawk in a turtleneck. A high-strung,
quick-witted woman who can handle any pressroom and sterilize any scandal. A single working
mother whose pristine life is threatened only by her knee-weakening attraction to disastrous sexual
partners—one, in particular. Harriet’s more polished and more tactful counterpart. Think CJ from West
Wing, but with more bite, cynicism, and learned paranoia.
[STEPHANIE] – She/her. 20s-30s. Any ethnicity. Presidential secretary. An obedient and diminutive
millennial, terrified of failure and perpetually on the edge of nervous breakdown. Deeply brilliant, just
crippled by her own imposter syndrome. So much potential energy and rage just waiting to be set free.
[DUSTY] – She/her. 20s-30s. Any ethnicity. President’s plaything. A glowing, curious, sex-positive girl
with a multitude of skills and a bright future! Loves civic duty! Loves democracy! Determined to make
the world better!
[BERNADETTE] – She/her. Late 30s-50s. White/Caucasian. President’s sister. A total trash fire. Strife
and mayhem. A coked-up tornado with raw sexual charisma, fiery temper, and fantastic sense of
humor. Jean’s kryptonite.
[CHRIS] – She/her. 30s-40s. Black/African-American. A journalist. Overburdened, under-slept,
postpartum, newly-divorced, on the brink of irrelevancy. A dogged reporter with much to gain and
everything to lose.
[MARGARET] – She/her. Late 40s-60s. Black/African-American. The First Lady. An impeccable
combination of high fashion, corporate experience, and legal savvy. Regal, sophisticated, brimming
with bitterness and pent-up rage. Goes for the jugular.
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