Peter Roussel
Houston, TX
Peter Roussel served in the White House as special assistant and deputy press secretary, 1981-7, with duties that included briefings of the press corps.

Plays

by Peter Roussel

Ruffled Flourishes

By Peter Roussel

A Serio-Comic Play in Two Acts

Adapted from his Novel, Ruffled Flourishes

Having had the vantage point of serving two tours of duty in the White House, including as a spokesperson for the president of the United States, Peter Roussel's theatrical adaptation of his serio-comic novel is rooted in credibility and reality--not fiction merely drawn from a writer's imagination.  Now he has translated those experiences into a fascinating theatrical journey deep into Washington, D.C.'s fast lane, one that provides an illuminating portrait of the dramatic, humorous and sometimes raucous press-presidency relationship.

It is as timely as today's headlines.

It has all been brought to this play by an author who lived it.

 

 

 

Cast:
Main characters: Sox St. Louis, deputy press secretary to the president of the United States Flaxen Day, an airline flight attendant and White House visitor Sparta St. James, a network television reporter assigned to the White House Reporters #1-4, members of the White House press corps; #s1-2 are male; #s 3-4 are female