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Farragut North
Farragut North
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Author: Beau Willimon Publisher: Dramatists Play Service (cover may change) Format: Softcover # of Pages: 70 Pub. Date: 2010 Edition: Acting ISBN-10: 0822223570 ISBN-13: 9780822223573 Cast Size: 2 female, 5 male
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About
the Play:
Farragut North has long
been a favourite of acting teachers for Male Monologues, Female/Male
Scenes, and Male/Male Scenes.
Farragut North is a full-length drama by Beau Willimon.
What happens behind the closed
doors of a tight Presidential campaign? An
up-and-coming press secretary's
career falls prey to the backroom politics of more seasoned
operatives. Farragut North is
a timely story about the lust for power and the costs one will endure
to achieve it.
Farragut North is about
behind-the-scenes election intrigue. Stephen Bellamy is a bright
young man with a ruthless political ambition. At twenty-five, he is
a gifted press secretary who has
built a career that men twice his age would envy. He is
self-confident, charismatic and strategically brilliant. During a
close primary race for the presidency, however, Stephen's meteoric
rise falls prey to backroom politics, the manipulations of veteran
operatives, and the wiles of a seductive young intern. Can Stephen
save his career, and how far will he have to go to do it? Titled
after the metrorail stop closest to Washington D.C.'s geographic
center for think tanks, lobbyists, power plays and spin-doctoring,
Farragut North explores
the hubris, loyalty, and lust for power that accompany the drive to
win. No trick is too dirty, no lie is too outrageous, no spin is too
ingenious if it gets your candidate over the top.
Farragut North premiered
in 2008 at the Atlantic Theater Company off-Broadway in New York City
and was later adapted into the George Clooney-directed film The
Ides of March. The
play has become a favourite scene study vehicle in acting classes and
workshops and is regularly performed in regional, college, and
community theatre productions.
Cast: 2 female, 5 male
What people say:
"Farragut North is
juicy entertainment. [A] whip-smart insider look at the soul-sucking
world of political campaigns…the play's taut scenes crackle with
pithy talk, gripping plot turns and intriguing revelations."
— Variety
"You will find yourself drawn
into Farragut North, Beau Willimon's
supremely entertaining dissection of the machinations behind getting
elected." — Associated Press
"If you think the race for the
presidency is over, step into the world of Farragut North.
Beau Willimon's juicy and timely drama is a
potent reminder that, like Hollywood, politics is a high-stakes game
where one wrong liaison can finish you off." — New
York Daily News
"Willimon writes freshly about
ravenous political appetites. He's attuned to the circuitry of
political careerists, to the ego-stroking access they seek and the
particular ways they seek it." — Washington Post
About the Playwright:
Beau Willimon is an American playwright and screenwriter.
He helped develop the American version of the series House of Cards
and served as showrunner for the first four seasons. The
Oscar-nominated screenwriter of The Ides of March, he
holds a B.A. from Columbia University and an M.F.A. in playwriting
from Columbia University's School of the Arts.
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