Nixon's Nixon

It’s a historical fact that, on the night before he announced his resignation, President Richard Nixon summoned Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to the White House. What might have transpired between these two larger-than-life characters is the subject of Lees’ tragically funny political satire about that secret meeting on August 7, 1974. Paranoid and on the verge of hysteria, Nixon knows he must resign but wants to be talked out of it. Steely and rational, Kissinger does not want to lose his position as Secretary of State. Both men's egos are out of control. As the liquor flows, they wrestle with history, re-enact scenes of their political triumphs and eventually devise a dizzying and doomed plot to keep Nixon in office.

Cast & Crew

ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION OF NIXON’S NIXON

By Russell Lees
Directed by Judith Swift

Set Design by Katryne Hecht
Costume Design by Marilyn SalvatoreLighting Design by Matt Terry
Sound/Music Direction by Charles Cofone
Technical Direction by Dade Veron
Stage Management by Stef Work*

Dialect Coach, Wendy Overly; Props Master, Marc Dante ManciniJennifer Madden; Assistant Stage Manager, Mark McClure; Production Assistant, Rachel Pontbriand

CAST

Jim O’Brien,* President Richard Nixon
Christopher Francis Byrnes,* Secretary of State Henry Kissinger

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.