First Slovene production
Opening night:
11th February 2011
Translator Darja Dominkuš
Director Matjaž Zupančič
Dramaturg Darja Dominkuš
Set designer Sanja Jurca Avci
Costume designer Bjanka Adžić Ursulov
Music selected by Vanja Novak
Language consultant Tatjana Stanič
Light designer Milan Podlogar
Cast:
Matjaž Tribušon - Charles Smith, a man in suit
Uroš Fürst - Archer Brown, a man in suit
Jurij Zrnec - A Representative of the National Association of Turkey and Turkey By-products Manufacturers, a man in suit
Alida Bevk - Clarice Bernstein, a lesbian
Andrej Nahtigal - Dwight Grackle, a Native American
November (2008) by David Mamet offers no mercy in its satirical stab at American politics. President Charles Smith is the most corrupt, inept buffoon ever to sit in the Oval Office. It’s the final days of his bid for a second term, but the country is a mess and his poll numbers are “lower than Gandhi’s cholesterol.” There is also a lesbian speechwriter longing to marry her sweetheart on national television, a cynical chief of staff, Thanksgiving turkeys are awaiting pardon …