First Ladies and The Big White Lie Blog

“You have to have been a Republican to know how good it is to be a Democrat.”

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

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First Ladies and The Big White Lie

A Political Play Synopsis First Ladies and The Big White Lie Year after year, the most famous deceased First Ladies knit and play cards...

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Kudos for "First Ladies"

Our first staged readings, directed by Lennie Dean in April 2022, boasted the finest actors in Sonoma County. Here's what the audiences...

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Will someone please write a play about...?

Remember the Aaron Burr song from Hamilton that begins "Dear Theodosia..." ? Theodosia Burr. was the name of both Burr's wife and his...

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Characters alluded to...

James Callender was a reporter who was once in the employ of Jefferson. It was Callender who first published the name "Sally" and told...

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Our very first staged reading!