All-Star Cast Set For World Premiere Docudrama THE TUG OF WAR
With the world on the brink of war, the judgment of an untested president is called into question. What kind of intellectual and emotional stamina does it take to make the right decision? As Soviet nuclear missiles move ever closer to Cuba, President John F. Kennedy must parse his inner circle's conflicting counsel to prevent nuclear annihilation.
This original L.A. Theatre Works commission by David Rambo (Empire, CSI) stars Matthew Arkin (Spaceman) as ambassador to the Soviet Union Llewellyn Thompson; Hugo Armstrong (Stitchers) as Lyndon B. Johnson; Seamus Dever (Castle) as Robert McNamara; Matthew Floyd Miller (Broadway productions of Not About Nightingales, The Invention of Love) as Robert F. Kennedy; James Morrison (24) as CIA director John McCone; David Selby (Falcon Crest, Dark Shadows) as Dean Rusk; Rich Sommer (Mad Men) as national security adviser McGeorge Bundy; Josh Stamberg (The Affair, Parenthood) as President John F. Kennedy; Nick Toren (General Hospital) as JFK speechwriter and adviser Ted Sorensen; John Vickery (Star Trek: Deep Space 9, Babylon 5) as Nikita Khruschev; and Jules Willcox (Antaeus Theatre Company, Netflix series Bloodline) as Jackie Kennedy.
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