Festival Participants

To date, these are the productions of 44 Plays for 44 Presidents that are scheduled for 2012.


1. Lake Forest College

Location: Lake Forest, IL
Production Information: April 5, 2012 – April 14, 2012
Contribution to Video Project: George H.W. Bush (R)

Play #41 The Bargain: Prelude to a Great Divide


2. The NOLA Project

Location: New Orleans, LA
Production Information: July 26, 2012 – July 27, 2012
Contribution to Video Project: Andrew Jackson (D)

Play #7 King Andrew I


3. Washington County Actors Community Theatre

Location: Salem, IN
Production Information: September 22, 2012 – September 23, 2012
Contribution to Video Project: John Adams (F)

Play #2 Second Fiddle


4. Forward Theater Company

Location: Madison, WI
Production Information: September 20, 2012 – October 7, 2012
Contribution to Video Project: George W. Bush (R)

Play #43 The Great Divide


5. Geva Theatre Center

Location: Rochester, NY
Production Information: September 22, 2012 – October 6, 2012
Contribution to Video Project: Abraham Lincoln (R)

Play #16 Tyrannus Constantine


6. City Lights Theatre Company

Location: San Jose, CA
Production Information: September 20, 2012 – Oct. 21, 2012
Contribution to Video Project: Grover Cleveland (D)

Play #24 Uncle Jimbo Does What He Wants


7. Little Rock Central High School

Location: Little Rock, AR
Production Information: September 24, 2012
Contribution to Video Project: Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)

Play #34 Like Ike?


8. Tarleton State University

Location: Stephenville, TX
Production Information: September 25, 2012 – September 29, 2012
Contribution to Video Project: James A. Garfield (R)

Play #20 Dance of a Thousand Ironies


9. The Neo-Futurists

Location: Chicago, IL
Production Information: October 4, 2012 – November 10, 2012
Contribution to Video Project: Barack Obama (D)

Play #44 Can He?


10. The ArtsCenter

Location: Carrboro, NC
Production Information: September 28 – 30, 2012 and October 4 – 7, 2012
Contribution to Video Project: Franklin Pierce (D)

 Play #14 Broken


11. Brother Martin Dionysians

Location: New Orleans, LA
Production Information: Sep 28, 2012 – Oct 6, 2012
Contribution to Video Project: Harry Truman

Play #33 The Not-So-Fair Deal


12. Muhlenberg College

Location: Allentown, PA
Production Information: September 29, 2012 – October 3, 2012
Contribution to Video Project: James Buchanan (D)

Play #15 Everyone Has a Theory


13. University of Illinois

Location: Urbana, IL
Production Information: October 3, 2012 – October 14, 2012
Contribution to Video Project: Woodrow Wilson (D)

Play #28 A Lecture on Myself


14. Pike High School

Location: Indianapolis, IN
Production Information: October 4, 2012 – October 6, 2012
Contribution to Video Project: James Monroe (DR)

Play #5 Doctrines and Compromises (or, the Cat Fight)


15. Hastings College

Location: Hastings, NE
Production Information: October 4, 2012 – October 7, 2012
Contribution to Video Project: Gerald Ford (R)

Play #38 The Rise and Fall of a President


16. Concordia College

Location: Moorhead, MN
Production Information: October 4, 2012 – October 7, 2012
Contribution to Video Project: William Henry Harrison (W)

Play #9 As Karma Sees Fit


17. Emory & Henry College

Location: Emory, VA
Production Information: October 4, 2012 – October 7, 2012
Contribution to Video Project: Martin Van Buren (D)

Play #8 Jackson’s Bitch


18. Dad’s Garage Theatre Company

Location: Atlanta, GA
Production Information: October 4, 2012 – November 6, 2012
Contribution to Video Project: Jimmy Carter (D)

Play #39 Jimmy Who?


19. Gnap! Theatre Projects

Location: Austin, TX
Production Information: October 5, 2012 – October 20, 2012
Contribution to Video Project: Lyndon B. Johnson (D)

Play #36 LBJ


20. Drive Theatre Company

Location: Los Angeles, CA
Production Information: October 11, 2012 – November 6, 2012
Contribution to Video Project: Richard Nixon (R)

Play #37 One Nixon, Underdog


21. The Rascal People

Location: New York, NY
Production Information: October 12, 2012 – October 21, 2012
Contribution to Video Project: Bill Clinton (D)

Play #42 How The Left Was Lost


22. Ithaca College

Location: Ithaca, NY
Production Information: October 14, 2012 – October 15, 2012 (Oct 14th at 5pm & 8pm, Oct 15 at 6pm & 10:30pm)
Contribution to Video Project: Calvin Coolidge (R)

Play #30 Silent Cal                                                                                                                       Contact at: 44playsithaca@gmail.com


23. Wayne State University

Location: Detroit, MI
Production Information: October 14, 2012 – October 15, 2012
Contribution to Video Project: Rutherford B. Hayes (R)

Play #19 Lemonade and Vote Fraud


24. Florida School of the Arts

Location: Palatka, FL
Production Information: October 18, 2012 – October 20, 2012
Contribution to Video Project: James K. Polk (D)

Play #11 Destiny


25. Square Product Theatre

Location: Boulder, CO
Production Information: October 18, 2012 – November 3, 2012
Contribution to Video Project: Theodore Roosevelt (R)

Play #26 Teddy


26. Awesome Possum Theatre Symposium

Location: Seattle, WA
Production Information: October 19, 2012 – November 10, 2012
Contribution to Video Project: George Washington (F)

Play #1 General Washington in the Garden of Eden


27. Olathe North Theatre

Location: Olathe, KS
Production Information: Oct 20, 2012 – Oct 29, 2012
Contribution to Video Project: N/A


28. Des Moines Social Club

Location: Des Moines, IA
Production Information: October 25, 2012 – November 4, 2012
Contribution to Video Project: Ronald Reagan (R)

Play #40 Reaganolitics


29. Notre Dame High School

Location: San Jose, CA
Production Information: October 25, 2012 – October 28, 2012
Contribution to Video Project: Grover Cleveland (D)

Play #22 Uncle Jimbo Does What He Wants


30. Washougal High School Drama

Location: Washougal, WA
Production Information: October 26, 2012 – November 3, 2012
Contribution to Video Project: Chester A. Arthur (R)

Play #21 Will the Real Chester A. Arthur Please Stand Up?


31. Bad Habit Productions

Location: South Boston, MA
Production Information: October 28, 2012 – November 11, 2012
Contribution to Video Project: John F. Kenndy (D)

Play #35 Undone


32. Dog and Pony DC

Location: Washington, DC
Production Information: October 29, 2012
Contribution to Video Project: Herbert Hoover (R)

Play #31 Know When to Walk Away


33. Nautilus Music-Theater

Location: Minneapolis, MN
Production Information: October 29, 2012 – October 30, 2012
Contribution to Video Project: N/A


34. South Texas College Theatre

Location: McAllen, TX
Production Information: Nov 1, 2012 – Nov 4, 2012
Contribution to Video Project: Warren G. Harding

Play #29 Facts, Opinions and Superlatives (Oh My)


35. Savannah College of Art and Design

Location: Savannah, GA
Production Information: Nov 1, 2012 – Nov 4, 2012
Contribution to Video Project: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)

Play #32 Character Above All


36. Elemental Theatre Collective

Location: Providence, RI
Production Information: November 1, 2012 – November 6, 2012
Contribution to Video Project: John Tyler (W)

Play #10 What Do We Call His Accidency?


37. Bard’s Town Theatre

Location: Louisville, KY
Production Information: November 1, 2012 – November 10, 2012
Contribution to Video Project: Zachary Taylor (W)

Play #12 The Suspicious Death of Old Rough & Ready


38. River Dell High School 

Location: Oradell, NJ
Production Information: Nov 2, 2012 – Nov 3, 2012
Contribution to Video Project: N/A


39. The Fishtank

Location: Kansas City, MO
Production Information: Nov 2, 2012 – Nov 5, 2012
Contribution to Video Project: James Madison (DR)

Play #4 There was a time when America was small


40. LaSalle-Peru High School

Location: LaSalle, IL
Production Information: November 2, 2012 – November 6, 2012
Contribution to Video Project: Thomas Jefferson (DR)

Play #3 The Roast


41. Cyrano’s Theatre Company

Location: Anchorage, AK
Production Information: November 4, 2012 – November 5, 2012
Contribution to Video Project: Andrew Johnson (D)

Play #17 AJ


42. Bricolage Theatre

Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Production Information: November 5, 2012
Contribution to Video Project: N/A


43. Fitchburg State University Falcon Players

Location: Fitchburg, MA
Production Information: November 5, 2012 – November 6, 2012
Contribution to Video Project: Millard Fillmore (W)

Play #13 Yawn


44. Knox College

Location: Galesburg, IL
Production Information: November 5, 2012 – November 6, 2012
Contribution to Video Project: William McKinley (R)

Play #25 The President’s Programme Today


45. Theatre Pro Rata

Location: St. Paul, MN
Production Information: November 6, 2012
Contribution to Video Project: Ulysses S. Grant (R)

Play #18 The Legend of Ulysses


46. Lewis University

Location: Romeoville, IL
Production Information: November 9, 2012 – November 18, 2012
Contribution to Video Project: William Howard Taft (R)

Play #27 William Howard Fatt


47. Penobscot Theatre Company

Location: Bangor, ME
Production Information: TBD
Contribution to Video Project: John Quincy Adams (DR)

Play #6 An Uncomfortable Position