Looking Over the President's Shoulder

Change In Programing 

Vermont Stage Company will present a staged reading of Looking Over the President's Shoulder instead of the originally planned full production.  A staged reading consists of a professional actor in costume reading the play from the script, supported by minimal set, lights and sound. For further details, please contact us at vtstage@vtstage.org.  

Tickets to this staged reading may be purchased by calling 86-FLYNN or online.  Tickets are $21 for evening performances and $16 for matinees.

A fascinating lens through which to view this year's historic presidential election, this one-man show is based upon the diaries of Alonzo Fields, the first African-American Chief Butler in the White House - a position he held for over twenty-one years and through four different administrations: Hoover, Roosevelt, Truman, and Eisenhower.  More than an insider's look at some of the great figures of modern history, more than a meditation on race and power, it's a vision of one man coming to terms with how he has spent his life and what he has made of his creative talents.

"An enjoyable backstage tour of history's epicenter during the past century."   -CurtainUp DC Review 

 Read a Review of Looking Over the President's Shoulder here