Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground is a candid and fascinating fictional eavesdropping on President Dwight D. Eisenhower at his Gettysburg, Pennsylvania farm, starring Tony Award winner John Rubinstein (Pippin, Children of a Lesser God). It is 1962 and New York Magazine has published its first list ranking the American Presidents in order of greatness. Pondering his placement on the list, Eisenhower looks back on his life – his Kansas upbringing, his decorated Army career, his victories in World War II and his two terms as President – contemplating the qualities and adversities that make an American President great.
Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground is a new American play by Richard Hellesen and directed by Peter Ellenstein, adapted from a vast array of General Eisenhower's memoirs, speeches and letters with the support of the Eisenhower Foundation and permission from David and Susan Eisenhower and the Eisenhower family. The New Los Angeles Repertory Company presents this Off Broadway run following acclaimed Los Angeles engagements.
