SEPTEMBER 9 AT 7:30PM
SMSU FINE ARTS THEATRE
THE SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY THEATRE presents
FROST/NIXON BY PETER MORGAN
Director – Sheila Tabaka
Lighting Designer – Tetta M. Askeland
Projections – Sally Tabaka
Stage Manager – Laura Bradley
Poster/Program Design – Maddy Groff
SETTING
Various locations, 1974-1977
FROST/NIXON was first presented onstage in London by Matthew Byam Shaw and St. Elmo Productions, Ltd.
FROST/NIXON was subsequently produced on Broadway by Arielle Tepper Madover, Matthew Byam Shaw, Robert Fox, Act Productions, David Binder, Debra Black, Annette Niemtzow, Harlene Freezer and The Weinstein Company.
CAST
David Frost, British television host ................................................................. Sean Byrd
Richard Nixon, former U.S. President .......................................... Ryan Robert Nelson
Jim Reston, American journalist and writer ................................................. Tom Isbell
Bob Zelnick, American journalist and executive editor of the Frost/Nixon interviews; Manolo Sanchez, Nixon’s valet; and others .................................................Tom Woldt
John Birt, British television producer and Frost’s friend, and Ollie, White House photographer ................................................. Michael Van Keulen
Jack Brennan, Nixon’s post-resignation Chief of Staff ........................ W. James Wood
Caroline Cushing, British socialite and budding journalist ............ Charlotte Wahle
Swifty Lazar, Nixon’s agent; Mike Wallace, American investigative journalist and others ............................................................................................ Jordan Stangeland
Evonne Goolagong, Australian tennis star, and others .........Nadine Purvis Schmidt
Stage Directions ........................................................................................ Bryn Mongeau
SPECIAL THANKS
Joan Gittens
Jennifer Stucke
SMSU Business Services
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Details to be announced! February & March 2025
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Department Chairperson ............................................Dr. John Ginocchio
Theatre Faculty.......................................................................Sheila Tabaka†
................................................................................. Nadine Purvis Schmidt†
................................................................................................Tetta Askeland†
.......................................................................................Ray Oster†, Emeritus
.................................................. Dr. William Hezlep†, Emeritus (Deceased)
......................................................... Charles Autry†, Emeritus (Deceased)
Fine Arts Office Administrator.......................................... Jennifer Stucke