Lincolnesque

Leo has more on his plate than he can handle. He is a speechwriter for an endangered mediocre Congressman, in the final month before a do-or-die mid-term election. His new boss Carla is a dominating message maven who has been brought in from the corporate world to try and save the campaign. And his brother Francis is a psychiatric outpatient recently released from St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, despite having a powerful delusion that he is Abraham Lincoln. Desperate for inspiration, Leo turns to Francis for help writing “lincolnesque” speeches, hoping that Lincoln’s transformative oratory will revive his boss’s career.

An audience favorite when Keegan first produced it in 2009, LINCOLNESQUE by John Strand, the DC playwright behind THE ORIGINALIST and more, is at turns hilarious and heartwarming, an insightful, whip-smart exploration of where we find our hope, and the power of language to both divide and unite.

“A mischievous play … [that] easily entertains a plugged-in Beltway crowd, something that theater in the nation’s capital still doesn’t do nearly often enough.” – The Washington Post

“Fiendishly clever and soberingly serious, LINCOLNESQUE is the most entertaining civics lesson you are likely to encounter.” – The Palm Beach Post

Reviews and Press for the Show

• The Washington Post: LINCOLNESQUE
• DC Metro Theater Arts: LINCOLNESQUE
• DC Theatre Scene: LINCOLNESQUE
• Washington City Paper: LINCOLNESQUE

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