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Updated Jan 4: Updated dates to Feb 8 and 9.

Appointment Required Comedy Comp Tickets Play Stipend

The Outsider

Allen Contemporary Theatre

Ned Newley doesn’t even want to be Governor. He’s terrified of public speaking; his poll numbers are impressively bad. To his ever-supportive Chief of Staff, Ned seems destined to fail.

​But political consultant Arthur Vance sees things differently: Ned might be the worst candidate to ever run for office. Unless the public is looking for… the worst candidate to ever run for office.

When:
  • Saturday, February 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Sunday, February 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Where: Allen Contemporary Theatre - 1210 E Main St #300, Allen, TX 75002

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by Paul Slade Smith

Director: Chris Berthelot

Rehearsals

  • Sunday - Thursday beginning March 16th
  • Tech Week: April 27th - May 1st
  • No conflicts during tech week allowed

Performances

Friday-Sunday, May 2nd-May 18th

Available Roles

Paige Caldwell
Female
20s to 40s

A professional pollster. A smart, confident woman with a professional’s view of politics: she sees it as a series of contests to be won.

Dave Riley
Male
30s to 40s

The Chief of Staff to the new Governor. Very smart, but – despite years of experience in government – endearingly earnest and naïve on the subject of politics.

Louise Peakes
Female
30s to 50s

A temporary employee hired as the governor’s executive assistant. Personable, likeable, impressively confident, and entirely inept. Without knowing it, she has the air of a politician about her. The friendliness of her smile, and the confident way she looks you in the eye, would make you think, “I’d vote for her.”

Ned Newley
Male
50s to 60s

The new Governor. A person of impressive ability, but a complete lack of confidence. A man awaiting permission to enter a room in which he is already standing.

Arthur Vance
Male
50s to 60s

One of the most experienced and successful political consultants in the country. His overbearing personality, and confidence in his own opinions of the opinions of others, should make him dislikable, but his ego is more than tempered but the joy – even glee – he brings into the room. He’s a showman, but his excitement is 100% genuine, and it’s contagious.

Rachel Parsons
Female
30s

A TV reporter. She has the looks to be an on-air correspondent – though, if television had never been invented, she still would have been a journalist. Straightforward and honest, and inquisitive by nature. She’s seen enough of life – and politics – to be cynical, but she’s more apt to make a wry joke.

A.C. Petersen
Male
30s to 50s

A TV camera man. A working man, and – for most people – the guy you didn’t notice was there. Which is fine with A.C.; he has a low tolerance for idiocy, and would rather not interact with anyone. His near-silence doesn’t make him seem unfriendly, just a bit of a mystery.