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Based upon a collection of true stories. What does it take to be The President of the United States? What kind of person? THE FOUR PRESIDENTS examines these questions as it looks at the lives and characters of four of the most colorful personalities to hold the office. Much of the dialogue comes from the Presidents' own words. THE FARMER WHO WOULD BE KING presents George Washington to the audience through his own words, and the words of his biographer Mason Locke Weems. Was the father of our country a simple farmer who answered the call of his countrymen, or was his destiny preordained? Or is the truth located somewhere in the middleground? THE GREAT EMANCIPATOR is the story of a simple man. Born in the wilds of Kentucky and mostly self taught, Abraham Lincoln would someday be regarded as the greatest American who ever lived. This play presents him as the storyteller he was. Complete with his Gettysburg Address. THE BULL MOOSE who occupied the White House 100 years ago was truly a man of action. Theodore Roosevelt was a father, author, rancher, sportsman, policeman, Rough Rider, cowboy, big game hunter, Governor of New York and eventually The President of the United States! He believed that power should be used to help the little man, and he practiced what he preached! NIXON AND THE GHOSTS is a surreal drama with dialogue ripped straight from the headlines. On the night before his resignation, Nixon ponders his rise and fall, as the shadows themself seem to come alive and he is confronted by the spirits of Presidents past! Check out www.blackboxtheatrepublishing.com for other great plays!!!

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L. Henry Dowell recieved his BA in Theatre from Morehead State University and attended The American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York where he worked with numerous Broadway Theatre performers. He is the Artistic Director of The Gusto Theatre Company where he directs a full time Children's Theatre program. Mr. Dowell teaches Drama and lectures to over 100 schools every year. He is the author of over 35 published plays including Snow White and the Seven Dwarves of the Old Republic, The Long John Cafe, Cinderella and the Quest for the Crystal Pump, So, Who Was That Masked Guy Anyway?, Wanted: Santa Claus, Jacklyn Sparrow and the Lady Pirates of the Caribbean, Humbug!, Frankenstein Rocks!, The Dracula Spectacula, Dear John, Elvis Meets Nixon, Even Adam, Batguy, The Many Hats of Theodore Roosevelt, Otherwise Known as Anthony Roberts and The Four Presidents. Mr. Dowell can currently be seen as Colonel Harland Sanders in his one man production of Finger Lickin' Good!, currently touring nationally as part of The Kentucky Humanities Council's Chautauqua Program.

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