STUFF HAPPENS
by David Hare
October 7-9 and 14-16, 2010 at 8 p.m.
"Stuff happens and it's untidy, and freedom's untidy, and free people are free to make mistakes and commit crimes and do bad things."- Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld's famous response to the looting of Baghdad, provides the title for a new, highly controversial play about the extraordinary process leading up to the invasion of Iraq. From events that have dominated headlines for most of the last decade, David Hare has fashioned both a Shakespearean history play and a human drama about the frustrations of power and the limits of diplomacy.
Director: Bob Hertheringon
Scenic Designer: Dave Nofsinger
Lighting: John McFadden
Costume Designer: Daniel Matthews
Technical Director: Michael O'Nele
Sound Designers: John McFadden and Rick Mayfield
Stage Manager: Keegon Schuett
CAST OF CHARACTERS:
Shakiera Adams: DeVillepin, Angry Journalist, Narrator
Dylan Atkins: George W. Bush
Sean Carter: George Tenet, Paxman, Narrator, Rumsfield's 1st Friend
Blake Dorris: Manning, Fleischer, Ivanov, Cook, Narrator, Journalist, Le Monde, Intelligence,
Chief
Michael Goff: Donald Rumsfeld
William Henry: Hans Blix, Straw, Chirac, Narrator
Aaron Ivory: Jonathon Powel, Iraqi Exile, Narrator, Negroponte
Jerry Kimble: Colin Powell
Morgan Malone: Condoleeza Rice
Mandy Martin: New Labour Politician, Narrator, Laura Bush. Yo-Yo Ma, Mother, Dinner
Guest
Joe McDaniel: Tony Blair
Ellen Saba: Palestinian Academic, Narrator, Joyce Rumsfeld
Gregory Szatkowski: Dick Cheney
Dilland Wavra: Campbell, Brit in NY, Narrator, Rumsfeld's 2nd Friend, Greenstock,
Gerson
Zach Williams: Paul Wolfowitz, Dearlove, Narrator, Levitte