All The Way
by Robert Schenkkan
directed by Bill Rauch
originally produced at Oregon Shakespeare Festival ,
Ashland, OR .
July 25, 2012
through November 3, 2012
(Photo by Evgenia Eliseeva.)
A Shakespearean figure of towering ambition and appetite, Lyndon Baines Johnson unexpectedly became president in 1963. To the surprise of many, he hurled himself into the cause of Civil Rights, throwing the country into turmoil and forever altering the political landscape. In a single year, alternately bullying and beguiling, LBJ
created new social programs, faced down George Wallace, out maneuvered J. Edgar Hoover and won reelection in the greatest landslide victory in American politics. But in Vietnam, a troublesome conflict was quietly gathering strength. Directed by Bill Rauch, Robert Schenkkan’s new play, an OSF American Revolutions world
premiere, dramatizes the charismatic and conflicted Texan.
The personal passion and artistic leaps embodied in this play are truly remarkable. Robert Schenkkan is not only a seasoned, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, he is an American history expert passionate about Lyndon Baines Johnson, and as a Texas-raised playwright, uniquely qualified to tell his story. With All the Way he consciously turns to Shakespeare’s histories to find the voice and scope to tell our own epic tale. All the Way brings sharply into focus the extraordinary personalities and powerful political forces that shaped an iconic era in our history and continue to shape American society today.
All the Way is the fourth of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s American Revolutions: The United States History Cycle commissions to reach our stages. It embodies our deepest hopes for American Revolutions, which asks artists to look at moments of transformation and change in our nation’s history.All the Way is the story of a time of moral courage, political mastery and profound change – told in heart-pounding narrative against a
sweeping, Shakespearean-scale background.
-Bill Rauch, Artistic Director, Oregon Shakespeare Festival and
Director, All the Way
Except for the character of LBJ, everyone in the All the Way ensemble plays multiple roles in this formidable
story, leading to a production style that requires immediate transformation of character and space. Given its large ensemble, extensive doubling and complex narrative structure, the extra rehearsal time for All the Way over and above the six weeks of rehearsal usually assigned an Oregon Shakespeare Festival production is vitally important.
-Bill Rauch, Artistic Director, Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Director: Bill Rauch
Set Design: Christopher Acebo
Lighting Design: Mark McCullough
Costume Design: Deborah M. Dryden
Projection designer: Shawn Sagady.
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