President Charles Evans Hughes

a comedy
SYNOPSIS
Republican nominee Charles Evans Hughes just needs to win California and he will succeed Woodrow Wilson as the 29th president of the United States.

CHARACTERS
CHARLES EVANS HUGHES, Republican nominee, 54
ANTOINETTE HUGHES, imminent First Lady, 52
PEGGY, maid, Irish, 20s
MARY PICKFORD, movie star, 24                                            

SETTING
Tremedden, Bridgehampton, New York          

TIME
November 9, 1916

Loosely based on a historical situation
(Hughes’ assumption of victory is fact. Wilson’s plan is fact. Pickford’s involvement is fiction.)    
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​(online reading)
​A Rex McGregor Vignette
Weekend Play Readings
Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin
May 29, 2021 ​
(online reading)
Philadelphia Screenwriters
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2021
(online reading)
Theatre in My Pajamas
Dorset, Vermont
​January 14, 2021

​Cast: Chris Raymond (Charles), Andrea Littlefield (Antoinette), Kate Haas (Mary), Brooke Shinberg (Peggy)
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Andrea Littlefield (Antoinette), Chris Raymond (Charles), Brooke Shinberg (Peggy) and Kate Haas (Mary)
(online reading)
P.A.G.E.S.
New York, NY
​December 15, 2020 

Cast: Carlo Fiorletta (Charles), Erika Crocco (Antoinette), Colleen Kennedy (Peggy), Alyson Linefsky (Mary)
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Carlo Fiorletta (Charles), Erika Crocco (Antoinette), Colleen Kennedy (Peggy) and Alyson Linefsky (Mary)
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Presidential Election Shorts
​Hollywood Fringe
The Lounge Theatre
Los Angeles, CA
June 3 & 10, 2016

Directed by John Fingal O’Donnell