What if the man who issued the Emancipation Proclamation was a Friend of Dorothy? That’s what 17-year old Cal suspects, and he is bound and determined to find proof as he sets out on a whimsical journey that takes him all the way to Washington D.C. Along the way, Cal finds a deeper understanding of his own identity and his relationship to his family as he wildly re-imagines the life of the most revered President in history.

FEATURING:

Geoffrey/Abe………………………….Skyler Sullivan
Susan/Mary Todd…………………..Wendy Waddell
Buck/Joshua/Derickson……..…….Connor Sullivan
Cal……………………..…………………..Michael Parrott
Skylor…………………..…………………Bryan Banville
Patti, et. al……………………….………Kerry McCue

Bixby Elliot‘s work has been produced in New York, Chicago, Seattle and Edinburgh. His plays include Blueprint (world premiere NYC: SPF), Abraham Lincoln was a Fa**ot (finalist: O’Neill Theater Conference 2010, New Dramatists, Seven Devils Development Conference, winner: Pandora New Play Competition) and Girl You Know It’s True (semi-finalist: O’Neill Conference 2011, Princess Grace Award). Other plays include Birds Do It (semi-finalist: Princess Grace Award), Treasure Island, FL (semi-finalist: O’Neill Conference 2012, winner: SouthernRep New Play Festival), PN1923.45 LS01 volume 2: The Book Play (New York Premiere: NYC International Fringe Festival), Hotel Oracle (New York premiere: Walkerspace/SoHo Rep) and I Am Not Peter Pan (New York premiere: Cherry Lane Theater; Edinburgh Fringe Festival – Best of Fest). Bixby holds an MFA in playwriting from Columbia University, is a proud company member of InViolet Rep and is co-curator of The Brooklyn Generator, a project that supports writers in creating new work.