AnyStage Theater Presents WATERGATE… WITH PUPPETS!

Coming soon to The DC Arts Center, Watergate... With Puppets is a new comedy that's exactly what it sounds like. Written by John-Nicholas Walsh and directed by Walsh and Kirsten Grady, a cast of four comic actors play dozens of 1970's political figures in an effort to tell the "real" story of Puppet President Nixon's greatest scandal. However, this version of history is one you won't find on Wikipedia. Gerald Ford is convinced that he's Princess Margaret of England, the anonymous White House source called Deep Throat won't stop flirting with Bob Woodward, and Nixon's Chief of Staff keeps whacking everyone with a giant rubber fish.

This isn't the first time AnyStage Theater has taken ridiculous liberties with historical figures in recent years, having produced sold-out Capital Fringe Festival runs of Amelia Earhart in Space and I'm Margaret Thatcher, I Is. What's so different this time? Puppets! Designed by Andrew Brockmeyer and Kirsten Grady, the felt versions of Nixon and his staff help make a story of greed and political corruption sillier than ever.

With movement direction by Marshall Betz, the show stars Alec Scheller as Richard Nixon & others, Sheryl Mebane as Deep Throat & others, Zachery Smith as Bob Woodward & others, and Melissa Carter as H.R. Haldeman & others.

Watergate... With Puppets is playing at The DC Arts Center on Nov. 30, Dec. 1, Dec. 2, Dec. 14 at 7:30, and Dec. 15 at 3 & 7:30. Tickets are available at the door or at AnyStageDC.com

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