Dope

“A wild ride on a crazily off-kilter roller coaster.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Man, you’ve got to know the connections. See, truth, like dope, is a controlled substance. And this homegrown comedy from the author of Godbaby sped through decades of social policy to figure out just who’s bogarting the facts, rolling in the profits, and mainlining the opiate of sensationalism. From beatnik jazz clubs to the halls of Congress, the mud of Woodstock to DEA headquarters, the coke labs of Central America to the Oval Office–Dope took you on a whirlwind tour of the Drug War’s dens of iniquity as well as its halls of power. You got to decide which are sleazier. We puffed on the politics of drug control, and by curtain call, you were waiting to inhale.

Cast

Milton Mezzrow, Unemployed Worker, Dr. Richard Alpert, Viet Kong Soldier, Abbie Hoffman, Ayatollah Kohmeini, Smitty, Osama bin Laden, Ghetto Man, Nurse, FBI Agent, Kevin Elders
… Danny Belrose

Buyer, Carry Nation, Maid, Teutonic Elf, American Vietnam Soldier, Cop, Pablo Escobar, Reporter, Carlton Turner, Fourth Grader, Gen. Barry McCaffrey
… Megan Carr

Proprietor, Japanese Commander, Nurnberg Soldier, Dallas Onlooker, Nguyen Cao Ky, Hippie Drug Dealer, Gustavo Gaviria, Cop, Iranian Student, Fourth Grader, Oscar Blandon, Archbishop Laboa
… Gordon Chow

Pharmacist, Reporter, William S. Burroughs, Grassy Knoll, Robert McNamara, American Vietnam Soldier, National Guardsman, Elvis Presley, George H. W. Bush, Lab Worker
… Kelly Cooper

Foreman, Nurnberg Judge, Cop, Lyndon Johnson, Reporter, George W. Bush, Hostage, William Casey
… Harry Eddleman

Deputy, AMA Doctor, German Commander, D. Hubertus Strughold, Man, Organizer, Richard M. Nixon, Hostage, Col. Oliver North, Panamanian, Janet Reno
… Justin Fletcher

Crack Whore … Jennifer Gehr

Chief Justice, William Randolph Hearst, Nazi Doctor, Aldous Huxley, Gray Alien, Announcer, Paul Krassner, Judge, Pharmacist, Nicaragan Doctor, Juan Bellesteros, Reporter, Senator Strom Thurmond, Dennis Peron
… BF Helman

Revolutionary Soldier, Senator Foster, Senator Disney, Dr. Albert Hoffman, Allen Dulles, Allen Ginsberg, Nikita Khruschev, Abraham Rubicoff, Cop, H. R. “Bob” Haldeman, Soldier, Senator Boland, Fourth Grader, Agents, Senator Jesse Helms, DEA Agent, Jonathan West
… Ted Hoerl

Worker, Unemployed Worker, Fats Waller, Black Inmate, Thelonius Monk, The Terminator, U Thant, Tiny, Sergeant, Cop, Reporter, FBI Agent, Sergeant, Rico Tubbs, Rick Ross, Keith Jackson, Marion Barry, Dr. Joycelyn Elders
… Derrick Nelson

Little Girl, Emma Thompson, Senator Brown, Lab Assistant, Stupid Agent, Robot, Dallas Onlooker, Ho Chi Minh, Hippie Vendor, Protestor, Rosemary, Myles Ambrose, Muffy Brandon, Nicaraguan Nurse, Manuel Noriega, Stage Manager, Hollywood Agent, DEA Agent, Cop
… Stefanie Neuhauser

Senator Harrison, Reporter, Cop, Dr. Frank Olson, John F. Kennedy, Ken Kesey, Protestor, Secret Service Agent, Barbara Bush, Dr. Peter Bourne, Contra, Sonny Crockett, Senator Lundgren, Vendor, Agent Gaye, American Soldier, Al Gore, Press Photographer
… Ryan Oliver

Reporter, Japanese Soldier, Jackie Onassis Kennedy, Go-Go Dancer, Protestor, Kelly, Nancy Reagan, Panamanian
… Shana Orlowsky

Barker, Woodrow Wilson, Reporter, Japanese Soldier, Dr. Timothy Leary, Hunter S. Thompson, Cop, CIA Operative, Chief Daryl Gates, Doctor, Guy
… Richard Ragsdale

Sheriff, Senator Bryan, Dr. Sidney Gottlieb, Dallas Onlooker, Hippie Vendor, Protestor, Egil Krogh, Ronald Reagan, Reporter
… Joe Roche

George Washington, Senator Volsted, Harry J. Anslinger, Fidel Castro, Ngo Dien Diem, Sonny Barger, Richard J. Daley, Cop, Reporter, Nicaraguan Doctor, Agents, Barry Seal, CIA Operative, Judge
… Will Schutz

Dealer, Barker’s Lackey, Congressman, Farmer, German Soldier, Secret Service Agent, Zapruder, Viet Kong Soldier, Henry Kissinger Jimmy Carter, Julius, Mullah Omar, Roger Clinton, William Bennett, Secret Service Agent
… Noah Simon

Cop, Andrew Mellon, Senator Dingell, Nazi Doctor, Neal Cassady, Lee Harvey Oswald, G. Gordon Liddy, Soldier, Contra, Fourth Grader, Bulbiddin Hekmatyar, DEA Agent, American Soldier
… Sean Sinitski

Deputy, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Nazi Doctor, Dr. Werner Stoll, Jack Kerouac, Kennedy’s Driver, Buzzard, Jerry Rubin, Dr. Jerome Jaffe, Reporter, David Stockman, Secret Service Agent, CIA Operative, William Jefferson Clinton, Panamanian
… Chas Vrba

Mother, Showgirl, German Soldier, Nazi Doctor, Mary Pinchot, Mountain Girl, Protestor, Pam, Ellen Metshy, Teacher, Afghani Girl, Reporter, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Judge, Girl
… Jennifer Walls

Production Team

Scenic Painter … B. Emil Boulos

Costume Designer … Michelle Lynette Bush

Electrician … Don Crossley

Phase One Director, Set Designer … Sean Graney

Graphic Designer … Arlo Bryan Guthrie

Props Designer … Sarah Halstead

Writer, Director … Christopher Johnson

Assistant Director … Jason Lubow

Assistant Stage Manager … Sarah Lueptow

Props Designer … Becky Marshall

Technical Director … Darryl Miller

Crack Whore’s Hair … Gregor Mortis

Fight Choreographer … Samuel Muñoz

Fight Choreographer … Kevin James Murphy

Lighting Designer … Richy Norwood

Director … Jim Slonina

Sound Board Operator … Nanaco Suzuki

Stage Manager … Dan Telfer

Sound Designer … William Sanders

Costume Designer … Nan Willis

Electrician … Chris Wooten