ABOUT
POTUS OR, BEHIND EVERY GREAT DUMBASS ARE SEVEN WOMEN TRYING TO KEEP HIM ALIVE
By Selina Fillinger
Directed by Meredith McDonough
September 21 – October 13, 2024
An uproariously funny, feminist satire lands in time for election season! A crude comment, a problematic paramour, and an unfortunate medical mess turn a PR nightmare into a global crisis – and it’s all dumped upon the seven women responsible for keeping the president presidential. This comedy is classified for mature eyes only!
PRESS
City Theatre Kicks Off its 2024/2024 Season with a Bi-Partisan Comedy
–onStage Pittsburgh
POTUS, A Farcical Play at City Theatre
-WQED Voice of the Arts Podcast
Introducing the Women of ‘POTUS,’ the Political Farce Opening City Theatre’s 50th Season
–onStage Pittsburgh
7 Things to Do in Pittsburgh this Weekend
- Pittsburgh Magazine
Queer Rebellion and Liberation in City Theatre’s POTUS
by Drew Praskovich, QBurgh
Review: POTUS Brings Serious Laughs to Serious Issues at City Theatre
- –Pittsburgh Tatler
PERFORMANCE DATES AND TIMES
PLAYWRIGHT
SELINA FILLINGER is an LA-based writer and performer. Original plays include THE COLLAPSE; SOMETHING CLEAN; FACELESS; and THE ARMOR PLAYS: CINCHED/STRAPPED. She recently made her Broadway debut with her seven-woman farce, POTUS: OR, BEHIND EVERY GREAT DUMBASS ARE SEVEN WOMEN TRYING TO KEEP HIM ALIVE. Her plays have been developed at Roundabout Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Club, McCarter Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Old Globe Theatre, Alley Theatre, St. Louis Repertory Theatre, and Northlight Theatre. She’s currently commissioned at South Coast Repertory and Roundabout. She was a Hawthornden Fellow and a resident of McCarter’s Sallie B. Goodman Artist’s Retreat; SOMETHING CLEAN is the recipient of the 2019 Laurents/Hatcher Award and CINCHED/STRAPPED received the 2019 Williamstown Theatre Festival’s L. Arnold Weissberger New Play Award. POTUS was on the 2019 Kilroys List. Selina wrote for the third season of Apple TV’s THE MORNING SHOW; she’s developing a feature with Chernin/Netflix, and a pilot with Hunting Lane/Hulu.