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Mastergate

Full-Length Play, Satire/Political Satire  /  5w, 12m

Larry Gelbart

"A chilling specter of more clandestine plans being hatched by fanatical nobodies passing through the government on their way to either jail or higher office." - The New York Times

"Scathingly funny." - Newsweek

Mastergate

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    5w, 12m
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Senior, Teen (Age 14 - 18)

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Summary
Mastergate is the latest "gate" scandal. The author of M*A*S*H and Sly Fox has fashioned this satiric farce as a congressional hearing looking into shady doings between a film studio and the White House. The C.I.A. has armed banana republic guerrillas with millions laundered though the budget of the forthcoming epic 'Tet: The Movie' . Television reporter Merry Chase provides the play by play as witnesses squirm before dim witted congressional interrogators who want to know what the President knew and did he have any idea that he knew it.
History

New York City on October 12, 1989 at the Criterion Stage Right. Directed by Michael Engler.

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Performing Groups

The Committee:
SENATOR BOWMAN
REPRESENTATIVE PROCTOR
SHEPHERD HUNTER
SENTAOR BYERS
REPRESENTATIVE SELLERS
SENATOR KNIGHT

The Witnesses:
STEWARD BUTLER
ABEL LAMN
SECRETARY OF STATE BISHOP
MAJOR MANLEY BATTLE
VICE PRESIDENT BURDEN
WYLIE SLAUGHTER

The Lawyers:
MR, CHILD
MR. PICKER
MR. BOYLE
MR. CARVER

The Wives:
MRS. BUTLER
MRS. LAMB
MRS. BATTLE
MRS. BURDEN
MRS. SLAUGHTER

For Total Network News:
MERRY CHASE
CLAY FIELDER
TNN DIRECTOR
TNN CAMERAMAN

Pages:
CANDI BUNTING
LANCE BUNTING
ARCHER BOWMAN

Plus 3 Extras

  • Time Period Contemporary, Present Day
  • Setting The time is the morning after. The place is Washington, D.C.
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes

Media

"A chilling specter of more clandestine plans being hatched by fanatical nobodies passing through the government on their way to either jail or higher office." - The New York Times

"Scathingly funny." - Newsweek

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Larry Gelbart

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