No matter when you are seeing this play during its run—as we head ever closer to Election Day on November 6—I trust that All the Way will take you deep into the period of its setting but also deep into the heart of who we are, and why we are who we are, as a nation today.
Bill Rauch
2012
All the Way
PRODUCTION CREDITS
All the Way was commissioned by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival for their American Revolutions: The United States History Cycle, a ten-year program of up to thirty-seven new plays about moments of change in United States History. It received its world premiere at the Angus Bowmer Theatre in Ashland, Oregon, on July 28, 2012. The production was directed by Bill Rauch. Christopher Acebo, Scenic Design; Deborah M. Dryden, Costume Design; Mark McCullough, Lighting Design; Shawn Sagady, Projections Design; Paul James Prendergast, Original Music & Sound Design; Tom Bryant, Dramaturgy; Rebecca Clark Carey, Voice & Text Director; U. Jonathan Toppo, Fight Director; D. Christian Bolender, Stage Manager; Mandy Younger, Assistant Stage Manager; Joy Dickson, Casting Consultant; Emily Sophia Knapp, Associate Director; Kristin Ellert, Assistant Video Designer; Monica Keaton, Production Assistant & Script Assistant. The production sponsors were The Chautauqua Guild, Charlotte Lin and Robert P. Porter, Edgerton Foundation New American Plays Award, The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, The National Endowment for the Arts, The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, The Kinsman Foundation. The cast was as follows:
President Lyndon Baines Johnson
Jack Willis
J. Edgar Hoover; Senator Robert Byrd
Richard Elmore
Sen. Hubert Humphrey;
Sen. Strom Thurmond
Peter Frechette
Robert McNamara; Sen. James Eastland;
Gov. Paul B. Johnson Jr.
Mark Murphey
Gov. George Wallace; Sen. Paul Douglas;
Walter Reuther
Jonathan Haugen
Cartha “Deke” DeLoach;
Rep. Howard “Judge” Smith;
Sen. Everett Dirksen; Gov. Carl Sanders
David Kelly
Sen. Richard Russell; Jim Martin
Douglas Rowe
Walter Jenkins; Rep. William Colmer
Christopher Liam Moore
Stanley Levison; Seymore Trammell;
Rev. Edwin King
Daniel T. Parker
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Kenajuan Bentley
Rev. Ralph Abernathy
Tyrone Wilson
Roy Wilkins; MFDP Delegate
Derrick Lee Weeden
Bob Moses; David Dennis
Kevin Kenerly
James Harrison; Stokely Carmichael;
James Chaney
Wayne T. Carr
Lady Bird Johnson; Katherine Graham
Terri McMahon
Secretary; Lurleen Wallace;
Muriel Humphrey
Erica Sullivan
Coretta Scott King; Fannie Lou Hamer
Gina Daniels
All the Way had its New England premiere at the American Repertory Theater, Cambridge, Massachusetts, on September 13, 2013, and officially opened on September 19, 2013. Diane Paulus, Artistic Director; William Russo, Managing Director; Diane Borger, Producer. The production was directed by Bill Rauch. Christopher Acebo, Set Design; Deborah M. Dryden, Costume Design; Jane Cox, Lighting Design; Paul James Prendergast, Sound Design & Composition; Shawn Sagady, Projections; Tom Bryant, Dramaturgy; Rebecca Clark Carey, Dialect Coach. The cast was as follows:
President Lyndon Baines Johnson
Bryan Cranston
Lady Bird Johnson; Katherine Graham;
Rep. Katharine St. George
Betsy Aidem
Walter Jenkins; Rep. William Colmer
Christopher Liam Moore
Secretary; Lurleen Wallace;
Muriel Humphrey
Susannah Schulman
Sen. Hubert Humphrey;
Sen. Strom Thurmond
Reed Birney
Sen. Richard Russell;
Rep. Emanuel Celler; Jim Martin
Dakin Matthews
J. Edgar Hoover; Senator Robert Byrd
Michael McKean
Robert McNamara; Sen. James Eastland;
Rep. William Moore McCulloch;
Gov. Paul B. Johnson Jr.
Arnie Burton
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Brandon J. Dirden
Rev. Ralph Abernathy;
White House Butler
J. Bernard Calloway
Stanley Levison; Rep. John McCormack;
Seymore Trammell; Rev. Edwin King
Ethan Phillips
James Harrison; Stokely Carmichael
William Jackson Harper
Cartha “Deke” DeLoach;
Rep. Howard “Judge” Smith;
Sen. Everett Dirksen; Gov. Carl Sanders
Richard Poe
Coretta Scott King; Fannie Lou Hamer
Crystal A. Dickinson
Gov. George Wallace; Rep. James Corman;
Joseph Alsop; Sen. Mike Mansfield;
Walter Reuther
Dan Butler
Roy Wilkins; Shoeshiner; Aaron Henry
Peter Jay Fernandez
Bob Moses; David Dennis
Eric Lenox Abrams
All the Way received its New York City premiere at the Neil Simon Theatre on Broadway, with previews beginning on February 10 and opening on March 6, 2014. The production was directed by Bill Rauch and production credits are as above, except: Jane Cox, Lighting Design; Wendall K. Harrington, Projection Consultant; Paul Huntley, Hair & Wig Design; Peter Fitzgerald, Sound Consultant; Telsey & Company and William Cantler, CSA, Casting; William Farrell, Production Stage Manager; Hudson Theatrical Associates, Technical Supervision; Irene Gandy/Alana Karpoff, Press Representative; AKA, Advertising; Alexandra Agosta, Company Manager; Richards/Climan, Inc., General Management. All the Way was originally produced on Broadway by Jeffrey Richards, Louise Gund, Jerry Frankel, Stephanie P. McClelland, Double Gemini Productions, Rebecca Gold, Scott M. Delman, Barbara H. Freitag, Harvey Weinstein, Gene Korf, William Berlind, Caiola Productions, Gutterman Chernoff, Jam Theatricals, Gabrielle Palitz, Cheryl Wiesenfeld, Will Trice. The Associate Producers were Rob Hinderliter & Dominick LaRuffa Kr., Michael Crea, PJ Miller. The cast was as follows (in order of speaking):
President Lyndon Baines Johnson
Bryan Cranston
Lady Bird Johnson; Katherine Graham;
Rep. Katharine St. George
Betsy Aidem
Walter Jenkins; Rep. William Colmer
Christopher Liam Moore
Secretary; Lurleen Wallace;
Muriel Humphrey;
Sen. Maurine Neuberger
Erica Sullivan
Sen. Hubert Humphrey
Robert Petkoff
Sen. Richard Russell
John McMartin
J. Edgar Hoover; Senator Robert Byrd
Michael McKean
Robert McNamara; Sen. James Eastland;
Rep. William Moore McCulloch;
Gov. Paul B. Johnson Jr.
James Eckhouse
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Brandon J. Dirden
Rev. Ralph Abernathy; Butler
J. Bernard Calloway
Stanley Levison; Rep. John McCormack;
Seymore Trammell; Rev. Edwin King
Ethan Phillips
James Harrison; Stokely Carmichael
William Jackson Harper
Cartha “Deke” DeLoach;
Rep. Howard “Judge” Smith;
Sen. Everett Dirksen; Gov. Carl Sanders
Richard Poe
Coretta Scott King; Fannie Lou Hamer
Roslyn Ruff
Gov. George Wallace; Rep. James Corman;
Joseph Alsop; Sen. Mike Mansfield;
Walter Reuther
Rob Campbell
Roy Wilkins; Shoeshiner; Aaron Henry
Peter Jay Fernandez
Bob Moses; David Dennis
Eric Lenox Abrams
Rep. Emanuel Celler;
White House Aide/Butler
Steve Vinovich
Sen. Strom Thurmond;
White House Aide/Butler
Christopher Gurr
Sen. Karl Mundt;
White House Aide/Butler
Bill Timoney
CHARACTERS
PRESIDENT LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON (LBJ)
Master politician. “Brave and brutal, compassionate and cruel, intelligent and insensitive, with an uncanny instinct for the jugular of his allies and adversaries.” Possessing a marvelous, often crude sense of humor. Privately a font of extraordinary insecurity and vulnerability.
LADY BIRD JOHNSON
First Lady. An ideal political wife. Committed above all to her husband’s political schedule and emotional needs. Tougher than she looks.
WALTER JENKINS
LBJ’s loyal, long-suffering, and indispensable Chief of Staff. He has been with LBJ from the beginning; a kind of surrogate son.
SENATOR HUBERT HUMPHREY (D-MN)
Liberal leader in the Senate and a long-time champion of civil rights. Harbors White House aspirations.
MURIEL HUMPRHEY
Humphrey’s wife and political confident.
KATHERINE GRAHAM
High-powered publisher of Washington Post. Alleged to have had an affair with LBJ.
ROBERT MCNAMARA
Secretary of Defense. Known for his rigorous intelligence, brilliant managerial skills, and acerbic manner. A chief architect of American policy in Vietnam
WALTER REUTHER
The tough, brilliant leader of The United Auto Workers (UAW) and an ardent ally of the Civil Rights Movement.
J. EDGAR HOOVER
FBI Director, whose paranoia and desire for power leads him to sanction massive corruption and illegal surveillance.
DEKE DELOACH
FBI. Hoover’s right hand man.
CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. (MLK)
Founder and Head of the Southern Christian Leadership Committee (SCLC). Civil rights leader trying hard to keep the Movement together through impossible tradeoffs. Charismatic, insightful, and resilient.
CORETTA SCOTT KING
Married to MLK. Committed to him and to the Cause but troubled by the dangers he faces and the infidelities she suspects.
RALPH ABERNATHY
Reverend, civil rights leader, and best friend to MLK. Funny, compassionate, and devoted.
STANLEY LEVISON
White Jewish businessman and former Communist from New York. Chief advisor to MLK. A plain-spoken realist.
ROY WILKINS
Head of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Dapper, urbane, superior, he favors a conservative approach to civil rights advancement.
BOB MOSES
Brilliant civil rights strategist. Co-founder of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Known for his calming spiritual presence and total devotion to the Movement. Architect of Freedom Summer.
STOKELY CARMICHAEL
Brilliant, charismatic young civil rights field organizer. Bold and unimpressed by authority; a strong advocate for an increasingly more militant approach.
DAVID DENNIS
Young, passionate civil rights field organizer working in Freedom Summer.
FANNIE LOU HAMER
A former sharecropper turned civil rights leader. Co-leader of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP). Uneducated, irrepressible, and inspiring.
JAMES HARRISON
Accountant for SCLC.
ANDREW GOODMAN
White college Freedom Summer volunteer, murdered in Mississippi.
MICHAEL SCHWERNER
White college Freedom Summer volunteer, murdered in Mississippi.
JAMES CHANEY
Local SNCC activist in Freedom Summer, murdered in Mississippi.
AARON HENRY
Co-leader of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
THE DIXIECRATS
SENATOR RICHARD RUSSELL (D-GA)
The courtly but canny leader of the Dixiecrats, unalterably opposed to Integration. LBJ’s political mentor.
REP ‘’JUDGE’’ SMITH (D-VA)
A staunch segregationist and Chairman of the House Rules Committee.
SENATOR STROM THURMOND (D-SC)
Key member of the Southern Caucus. Known for his vitriolic racist language and extreme views on segregation.
SENATOR EASTLAND (D–MISS)
A plantation owner and virulent racist. Head of the Senate Judiciary Committee and leader of the “official” Mississippi delegation to the Democratic Convention.
GOVERNOR GEORGE WALLACE (D-ALA)
Racist Alabama governor. An outspoken, brash, and colorful political opportunist, and thorn in LBJ’s side.
SEYMORE TRAMMEL
Officially a Wallace campaign aide but in reality his “bagman. “
LURLEEN WALLACE
Former Alabama Beauty Queen and devoted First Lady. Adores Wallace.
SENATOR BYRD (D-WVA)
Opposed to Integration.
REP. WILLIAM COLMER (D-MISS)
Opposed to Integration.
GOVERNOR JOHNSON (D-MS)
Oppo
sed to Integration. Outspoken opponent of Mississippi Freedom Summer.
GOVERNOR SANDERS (D-GA)
Leader of the Georgia delegation to the Democratic Convention.
REPUBLICANS
SENATOR EVERETT DIRKSEN (R-ILL)
Senate Minority Leader from Illinois. An old colleague of LBJ’s and a noted orator.
REP. BILL MCCULLOCH (R-OHIO)
Conservative Republican supporter of civil rights.
REP. KATHARINE ST. GEORGE (R-NY)
Liberal Republican supporter of civil rights.
DEMOCRATS
REPRESENTATIVE JOHN MCCORMACK (D-MA)
Speaker of the House. Liberal.
REP. EMANUEL CELLER (D-NY)
Liberal. Long-time supporter of civil rights.
REP. JAMES CORMAN (D-CA)
Liberal supporter of civil rights.
SENATOR MIKE MANSFIELD (D-MT)
Senate Majority Leader. Liberal.
OTHERS
WITNESSES, WHITE HOUSE SECRETARY, TAILOR, SHOE-SHINE BOY, BARBER, REPORTERS, WALLACE SUPPORTERS, BLACK WHITE HOUSE BUTLER, WOMAN, DEPUTY PRICE, FBI AGENTS, CROWD, MFDP LEADER, MFDP ACTIVISTS, NETWORK CORRESPONDENT, WHITE DEMOCRATIC DELEGATES, VICE SQUAD OFFICERS, NURSE, TELEVISION ANNOUNCER, KING OF NORWAY, NEW ORLEANS ANNOUNCER, LBJ SUPPORTERS.
SETTING
Washington, DC; Atlantic City; Atlanta; Mississippi.
TIME
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