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by Janine Sternlieb
with Lennie Dean
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First Ladies and The Big White Lie
The most famous deceased First Ladies are having a hard time accepting the Trump presidency. But what can they do about it? After all, they’re dead! Disturbing and unprecedented events are unfolding in DC, in Charlottesville, and at the border, and their predictable “existence” is thrown into chaos. They must confront the secrets and deceptions that have hindered America’s march toward a truly democratic society.
" Democracy's a very fragile thing...As soon as you stop being responsible to it and allow it to turn into scare tactics, it's no longer democracy, is it? "
- Sam Shepard
"If you ever got the message that history is boring, you were wildly misinformed."
- Janine Sternlieb
Playwright
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“Clouds and darkness surround us, yet Heaven is just, and the day of triumph will surely come, when justice and truth will be vindicated.”
Mary Todd Lincoln
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