NEWT GINGRICH VISITS A RESIDENTIAL YOUTH FACILITY NOT NEAR OMAHA

By Jon Dorf

ABOUT THE PLAY

Newt Gingrich Visits a Residential Facility Not Near Omaha was a finalist for the Actors Theatre of Louisville Heideman Award under its original title, Newt Gingrich at Boys Town. It was first produced in a longer version by Theatre Double at the Brick Playhouse in Philadelphia. Suitable for high school and perhaps even skilled middle school performers, Newt Gingrich Visits a Residential Facility Not Near Omaha runs approximately 10 minutes and has a cast of two males.

Jason examines his new clothes.

Jason (Tom Karl) examines his mysterious new clothes in The Haverford School made-for-video production.

SYNOPSIS

Jason and Nick, residents at a facility for troubled teens, wait for then-Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich to arrive. Jason expects Newt's dinner and photo op visit to change their lives, while cynical Nick wants to resist but can't quite help wanting to believe. Meanwhile, their underwear has disappeared. And when Newt's limousine finally arrives, it's raining, and since the photo op will be ruined, Newt gets back inside and drives away again, leaving Jason and Nick right where they started.

Nick wipes his finger across the President's face.

Nick (Joe Russino) wipes his finger "across the President's face."



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