Butler Theatre: POTUS

Butler Theatre: POTUS at Lilly Hall Studio Theatre

Every great disaster has a team behind it. POTUS puts that team center stage, and it's smart, fast and funny about it. Selina Fillinger's comedy, POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive, follows seven women working to manage a chaotic political crisis. You won't be watching the person at the podium. You'll be watching the people who keep the whole machine upright while everything threatens to fall apart. If you love sharp institutional comedy, that's the hook. The play also digs into power, solidarity among women and the real labor of containing a public figure's disorder. That gives the laughs something to push against.

Butler Theatre presents this production at Lilly Hall Studio Theatre in Indianapolis, with performances April 14–18, 2027. Andrés López directs the local staging, so you're getting a fresh theatrical take close to home. The April 16 performance begins at 7:30 PM. The presenter recommends it for ages 15 and older, which makes it a fine pick for a date night, a friends' night out or an evening with grown-up kids who like their comedy with a bite.

Some nights out fade by Monday. Bring the person who always says they'd love to see something smart and silly at once. Then grab your seats for POTUS in Indianapolis and see how seven women handle a crisis.