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Ned Newley doesn’t even want to be governor. He’s terrified of public speaking, and 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. THE OUTSIDER is a timely and hilarious comedy that skewers politics and celebrates democracy.
Thursdays-Saturdays at 8:00 pm
Sundays at 3:00 pm
$50 for single tickets
20% discount when you build a package with 3+ mainstage shows
25% discount when you build a package with 7+ mainstage shows
$10 off per ticket when you buy 10+ tickets to a single performance
2 hours with one 15-minute intermission
Featuring special guest, playwright Paul Slade Smith
September 11, 2022 | Following the performance
Free and open to all patrons
61st Governor of Maryland, former Mayor of Baltimore, & Celtic rock singer/songwriter
September 18, 2022 | Following the performance
Free and open to all patrons
Join us at Botanical Bar (1633 P St NW, Washington, DC 20036)
September 28, 2022 | 4:00 pm
$25 event ticket includes drink and appetizer (show ticket sold separately)
DC Theater Arts Review
“[The regional premiere of The Outsider] at Keegan Theatre is a hilarious, despairing, and ultimately heartwarming look at the fragility of democracy and the venality of the politics we force ‘the people’…”
Broadway World Review
“The Outsider by Paul Slade Smith, now playing at the Keegan Theatre, is a skewering send-up of all the shenanigans that polls, pollsters, and the media are involved in. Laughs…”
Washington City Paper Review
“As farce, The Outsider is warm and satisfying in the way that wholly predictable comedy often is, sailing along on the enthusiasm of an appealing cast that director Ray Ficca…”
DCist Review
“This month Keegan Theatre explores the more farcical side of the business of Washington with The Outsider, a comedy by Paul Slade Smith, designed to remind us that “unqualified is…”
