When the President unwittingly spins a PR nightmare into a global crisis, the seven brilliant and beleaguered women he relies upon most risk life, liberty, and the pursuit of sanity to keep the commander-in-chief out of trouble. Selina Fillinger’s brilliant, all-female farce POTUS Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive, is a riotous comedy about the women in charge of the man in charge of the free world. 

Harriet – she/her; late 40s-60s; any ethnicity; chief of staff; a political bulldog who has chosen every aspect of her life, appearance, and personality in service of her career; a sexless and humorless middle-aged woman who lives and dies by the polls; starts the play at a seven and skyrockets from there; everything is a means to the end.

Jean – she/her; late 40s-60s; any ethnicity; press secretary; a hawk in a turtleneck; a high-strung, quick-witted woman who can handle any pressroom and sterilize any scandal; a single working mother whose pristine life is threatened only by her knee-weakening attraction to disastrous sexual partners – one, in particular; Harriet’s more polished and more tactful counterpart; think CJ from West Wing, but with more bite, cynicism, and learned paranoia.

Stephanie – she/her; 20s-30s; any ethnicity; presidential secretary; an obedient and diminutive millennial, terrified of failure and perpetually on the edge of a nervous breakdown; deeply brilliant, just crippled by her own imposter syndrome; so much potential energy and rage just waiting to be set free.

Chris – she/her; 30s-50s; black; a journalist; overburdened, under-slept, postpartum, newly divorced, on the brink of irrelevancy; a dogged reporter with much to gain and everything to lose.

Bernadette – she/her; late 30s-60s; white; president’s sister; a total trash fire; strife and mayhem; a coked-up tornado with raw sexual charisma, fiery temper, and fantastic sense of humor; Jean’s kryptonite.

Margaret – she/her; late 40s-70s; black; the first lady; an impeccable combination of high fashion, corporate experience, and legal savvy; regal, sophisticated, brimming with bitterness and pent-up rage; goes for the jugular.

Dusty – she/her; 20s-30s; any ethnicity; president’s plaything; a glowing, curious, sex-positive girl with a multitude of skills and a bright future! Loves civic duty! Loves democracy! Determined to make the world better!