Extras
Volunteer actors to dress circa 1974 and act as party guests, & TV crew, circa 1974
Props/Furniture American flag 3'x5' on inside/parade flag pole with stand and eagle top, 2nd identical flag pole for presidential seal flag, two leather club chairs, presidential desk, vintage cameras circa 1974, vintage newspapers from New York, LA, and London circa 1974
Costumes
Large round black framed glasses for Swifty Lazar character
This slideshow represents a Frost/Nixon rehearsal at WICA from 4/27/12.
Photo credit Darcy Noonan and Jim Carroll.
PETER MORGAN'S "FROST / NIXON."
Directed by Richard Evans
June 08 - 23, 2012
British talk-show host David Frost has become a lowbrow laughing-stock. Richard M. Nixon has just resigned the United States presidency in total disgrace over Vietnam and the Watergate scandal. Determined to resurrect his career, Frost risks everything on a series of in-depth interviews in order to extract an apology from Nixon. The cagey Nixon, however, is equally bent on redeeming himself in his nation's eyes. In the television age, image is king, and both men are desperate to outtalk and upstage each other as the cameras roll. The result is the interview that sealed a president's legacy.
From Ramona's Blog:
"As many who were alive during the 1970′s witnessed, David Frost’s interviews with Richard Nixon represented a critical turning point in history. The nation was in tumult after it became clear that Nixon’s Committee to Re-elect the President had committed numerous legal atrocities, and political analysts feared that the entire institution of the presidency would be compromised. President Ford’s decision to grant the disgraced Nixon a full pardon only prompted further outrage. Americans were itching for a public apology, or a least an admission of guilt from the former president, but no such admission was forthcoming.
“Frost/Nixon” capitalizes gleefully on the dramatic tension of this moment, but what the play also adds to the mix is an compelling glimpse into the internal struggles, hopes, and motivations of these two key figures. Frost, a British talk show host, has watched his career slide slowly downward and hopes that by forcing out that elusive apology he can regain his former glory. Nixon has been hiding away at his estate in San Clemente, waiting out the storm but desperately missing his fast-paced East coast life. If he plays his cards right, he figures, he might be able to exonerate himself in the eyes of the people..." continue reading
"Frost/Nixon" is supported, in part, by a grant from the Washington State Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts.
THE CREATIVE TEAM.
Richard Evans (Director & Scenic Design), Valerie Johnson (Costume Design), Taylor Harrison (Stage Manager)
THE CAST.
Ken Church (Richard Nixon), Jim Scullin (David Frost), Jim Carroll (Manolo Sanchez), Steve Ford (Ollie), Elizabeth Grant (Caroline Cushing), Mikkel Hustad (Swifty Lazar), Michael Morgen (Jim Reston), Darcy Noonan (Stewardess/Waitress), Adam Schults (Bob Zelnick), Tristan A.B. Steel (John Birt), Bob Thurmond (Lt. Jack Brennan)
Ensemble
Kira Keeney, Taylor Harrison, Steve Ford, Darcy Noonan, Steve Smith, Dwight Zehm, Don Zontine
THE CREW.
Assistant Stage Manager
TBA
Sound Board Operator Thoomas Allen
Light Board Operator TBA
Stage Crew
TBA
Scenic Painters/Builders TBA
Technical Intern TBA
CAST EXTRAS & PROPS NEEDED May 14, 2012 Please contact WICA at info@wicalonline.com.
Extras Volunteer actors to dress circa 1974 and act as party guests, and TV crew, circa 1974
Props/Furniture American flag 3'x5' on inside/parade flag pole with stand and eagle top, 2nd identical flag pole for Presidential Seal flag, two leather club chairs, presidential desk, vintage cameras circa 1974, vintage newspapers from New York, LA, and London circa 1974
Costumes Large round black framed glasses for Swifty Lazar character
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