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The Outsider
By Paul Slade SmithThe Outsider
By Paul Slade SmithNed Newley doesn’t even want to be governor. He’s terrified of public speaking, and his poll numbers are impressively bad. To his ever-supportive Chief of Staff, Ned seems destined to fail. But his political consultant sees things differently: Ned might be the worst candidate ever to run for office. Unless the public is looking for...the worst candidate ever to run for office. A timely comedy that skewers politics and celebrates democracy.
Running Time
Funny, timely, and dare we say, entirely possible
Cast
Kevin Cristaldi*
Heather Patterson King*
Gil Brady*
Eileen Ward*
Sheffield Chastain*
Roy Stanton*
Tatiana Williams*
Kevin Cristaldi is pleased to return to FST, where he appeared in The Exonerated, God of Isaac, and Next Fall. Off-Broadway credits include (A)loft Modulation (american vicarious), A Peregrine Falls (Loading Dock), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Masterworks). Regional credits include To Kill a Mockingbird and The West End (Cincinnati Playhouse), When I Come to Die (Kansas City Rep), Curse of the Starving Class (Hudson Theatre Works). TV: Succession, The Blacklist, Gilmore Girls, Criminal Minds, Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Heather Patterson King | FST debut! Off-Broadway/NYC: On the Rails, Skates The Musical; International Tour/ Regional: Mamma Mia! (Donna, Tanya), Next to Normal (Diana), The Prom (Dee Dee), Oliver (Nancy), 9to5 (Violet), Elf (Emily), Footloose (Vi), White Christmas (Betty), Romeo and Juliet (Lady Capulet), All Shook Up (Sandra), Wizard of Oz (Glinda), Evita (Eva u/s); TV: Harlem, Bull, Shadow of Doubt. Director and acting/voice coach with students on Broadway, TV, and national tours; Solo cabaret show: The Voices in My Head. heatherpattersonking.com.
Gil Brady is so excited to be back and doing this show in an election year! Previously at FST: Pictures From Home, The Play That Goes Wrong, Outside Mullingar, Spamalot, and last summer’s smash hit Shear Madness. Off-Broadway: Sideways (Theatre at St. Clements), Shear Madness (Davenport Theatre), and National Pastime (Playwrights Horizons). National Tours: White Christmas, Annie. Selected Regional: Baskerville (Syracuse Stage); Mamma Mia (Capital Rep -Berkshire Theatre Award Nomination); Sound of Music (Alabama Shakespeare). TV: My Sordid Affair (Lifetime Movie Network), Law and Order: SVU.
Eileen Ward is happy to be back at FST. Previously seen in the world premier of Tom Jones (Mrs Waters/Thwakum) OFF BROADWAY; Marvel Rep (Nora and In The Shadow of the Glen) NATIONAL TOUR; The King and I. REGIONAL CREDITS; Olney Theatre Center, Bristol Riverside Theatre, Gateway Playhouse, New Harmony Theatre, Stages St Louis, Interact Theatre Co, Ford’s Theatre, MD Rep Stage, Metro Stage, Wilma Theatre, Signature Theatre to name a few. Two Helen Hays nominations. BFA in Theatre Arts form UARTS.
eileenward.net
Sheffield Chastain | FST: Troubadour, Network, America In One Room, The Best of Enemies, The Savannah Disputation, The 39 Steps, Around The World in 80 Days, The Last Schwartz, bee-luther-hatchee, Lobby Hero BROADWAY: White Christmas; Is He Dead?; The 39 Steps (National Tour) REGIONAL: Actors Theater of Louisville, Berkeley Rep, Cape May Stage, La Jolla Playhouse, Seattle Rep, San Jose Rep, Capital Rep, Contemporary American Theater Festival, Arizona Theater Company, Dallas Theatre Center; many seasons at Shakespeare festivals in New Jersey, Alabama, Nevada, Vermont, San Francisco, Lake Tahoe, Santa Cruz TV& FILM: The Deuce, Boardwalk Empire, 30 Rock, Law & Order, Knights of Prosperity, Ed, Nash Bridges.
Roy Stanton | A native Floridian and Northwest Actors Studio Conservatory graduate, Roy has played classic and contemporary roles in commercial and fringe theatres on the West Coast, and has been featured in film, television, web series and video games. Roles at FST: Meyer Lehman (understudy) in The Lehman Trilogy, Jensen in Network. Other theatre roles: Ironbound (Tommy), A Christmas Carol (Jacob Marley), Lobby Hero (Bill), Les Liaisons Dangereuse (Valmont), Hellhound on My Trail (Cass). Film/Television: The Last Champion (Sherriff Hamilton), Z Nation (Joe Williams).
Tatiana Williams | OFF Broadway: The Democracy Project. Regional: Confederates at St Louis Rep, The Legend of Georgia McBride at Florida Studio Theater, White Noise at Studio Theater, BLKS at Woolly Mammoth directed by Nataki Garrett, Smart People at Denver Center, The Royal Family at The Guthrie directed by Rachel Chavkin, and Katori Hall’s world premiere Pussy Valley at Mixed Blood. Commercials; Hilton, Bank of America, Ring Video doorbell, and Broadway’s Moulin Rouge!
Creative
DIRECTOR | Kate Alexander
SCENIC DESIGNERS | Axis Studios, Isabel A & Moriah Curley-Clay
COSTUME DESIGNER | Daniel Ciba
LIGHTING DESIGNER | Andrew Gray
SOUND DESIGNER | Nicholas Christensen