(EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ) -- Playhouse 22 presents POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive weekends from September 18 through October 3, 2026. Directed by Jennifer Greenberg, this is a riotous comedy about the women in charge of the man in charge of the free world.
One four-letter word is about to rock 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. When the President unwittingly spins a PR nightmare into a global crisis, the seven brilliant and beleaguered women he relies upon most risk life, liberty, and the pursuit of sanity to keep the commander-in-chief out of trouble.
Written by Selina Fillinger, this brilliant, all-female farce took Broadway by storm in a star-studded production that earned three 2022 Tony nominations.
Performances take place Friday, September 18 at 8:00pm; Saturday, September 19 at 8:00pm; Sunday, September 20 at 2:00pm; Friday, September 25 at 8:00pm; Saturday, September 26 at 2:00pm & 8:00pm; Sunday, September 27 at 2:00pm; Friday, October 2 at 8:00pm; and Saturday, October 3 at 2:00pm. Tickets are available for purchase online. NOTE: For mature audiences only. The theater is located at the Elliott Taubenslag Theater at the East Brunswick Community Arts Center (721 Cranbury Road) in East Brunswick, New Jersey.
Directed by Jennifer Greenberg, the ensemble cast includes Vivette Alston as "Harriet", Jess Pace as "Jean", Carol Kerdock as "Stephanie", Ali Gleason as "Dusty", Rachel Schmeidler as "Bernadette", Tara Hines as "Chris", and Letitia D. Townes as "Margaret".
POTUS: or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive premiered on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre on April 27, 2022. Directed by Susan Stroman, the production featured Lilli Cooper, Lea DeLaria, Rachel Dratch, Julianne Hough, Suzy Nakamura, Julie White and Vanessa Williams.
Selina Fillinger is an LA-based writer and performer. Original plays include The Collapse; Something Clean; Faceless; and The Armor Plays: Clinched/Strapped. Selina 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 Clinched/Strapped received the 2019 Williamstown Theatre Festival's L. Arnold Weissberger New Play Award. POTUS was on the 2019 Kilroys List. Selina writes for the third season of Apple TV's The Morning Show and is developing a feature for Chernin/Netflix.
Playhouse 22 is East Brunswick's award-winning and critically-acclaimed non-profit community theater troupe since 1958. Driven and run by all volunteers, Playhouse 22 produces and stages four mainstage and three black-box shows as well as an annual holiday show every season.
There are multiple performances including:
Saturday, October 10, 2026
@ 7:30pm
McCarter Theatre Center (Matthews Theatre)
Princeton, NJ
Saturday, October 10, 2026
@ 8:00pm
Union County Performing Arts Center (UCPAC) - Main Stage
Rahway, NJ
Saturday, October 10, 2026
@ 2:00pm
State Theatre New Jersey
New Brunswick, NJ
There are multiple performances including:
Saturday, October 10, 2026
@ 2:00pm
Mayo Performing Arts Center
Morristown, NJ
Saturday, October 10, 2026
@ 7:30pm
Count Basie Center for the Arts
Red Bank, NJ
