The judgment of the untested president is all that stands between us and WWIII. As Soviet nuclear missiles move ever nearer to Cuba, Leader John F. Kennedy must graph a program between conflicting counsel and unmatched emotional stakes to prevent nuclear annihilation. The newly-minted U.S. President is put to the best test with this riveting original commission rate from playwright David Rambo (Empire, C.S.I.)

Includes a -panel discussion about the Cuban Missile Crisis with playwright David about The Tug of War Rambo; Bob Stern, the past president from the LA-based Center on Governmental Studies; Richard Anderson, a Professor of Political Science at UCLA and previous CIA analyst; and Geoff Cowan, a University Professor at USC.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast production starring:

Matthew Arkin as Llewellyn Thompson, First Reporter

Hugo Armstrong as Lyndon Johnson, Anatoly Dobrynin

Seamus Dever as Robert McNamara

Matthew Floyd Miller as Robert F. Kennedy

James Morrison seeing that John McCone, Television Floor Manager

David Selby as Dean Rusk

Rich Sommer as McGeorge Bundy

Josh Stamberg as John F. Kennedy

Nick Toren as Ted Sorenson, Second Reporter, General Curtis LeMay

John Vickery as Nikita Khrushchev, General Taylor

Jules Willcox seeing that Jackie Kennedy, Mrs. Lincoln, Third Reporter

Directed by Brian Kite and recorded reside in performance at UCLA’s James Bridges Theater in-may 2017.

Sound Effects Designer, Aaron Lyons. Production Supervisor, Katie Friesen. Music Supervisor, Ronn Lipkin. Helper to the Movie director, Michelle Gong. Historical Research, Nick Fanego. Affiliate Producer, Anna Lyse Erikson. Editor, Mitchell Lindskoog. Recording Engineer, Sound Developer, and Mixer, Tag Holden for The Invisible Studios, Western Hollywood.