Farragut North (play)

Farragut North (play)

"Farragut North" is a play written by Beau Willimon about the 2004 Democratic primary campaign of Howard Dean. The script was awarded the 2005 Dayton Playhouse FutureFest award. It is slated to open on Broadway in 2008, in the lead up to the 2008 US presidential election.

Stephen is a wunderkind press secretary who has built a career that men twice his age would envy. During a tight presidential primary race, however, Stephen's meteoric rise falls prey to the backroom politics of more seasoned operatives, and his one night stand with a teenage staffer proves to be more complicated than casual. Farragut North is a classic tale of hubris set against a contemporary landscape – about the lust for power and the costs one will endure to achieve it.

The play is titled after Farragut North, a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C., on the Red Line. Farragut North serves downtown Washington and is located just north of Farragut Square near Connecticut Avenue. Willimon chose the name as the station is located in the center of the lobbyist district.cite web
title = DiCaprio, Clooney to star in movie about Howard Dean
publisher = The Guardian
date = October 11, 2007
url = http://film.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2188505,00.html
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The play is currently in rehearsal and will be produced by The Atlantic Theater Company and directed by Doug Hughes. It stars John Gallagher, Jr., Chris Noth, and Olivia Thirlby. A movie version is also in the works.

References

External links

* [http://www.backhouseproductions.org/ Back House Productions]
* [http://www.backhouseproductions.org/about.htm#beau Willimon's bio]


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