PHOTO CALL: Frost/Nixon at Repertory Theatre of St. Louis

By Matthew Blank
September 4, 2008

Peter Morgan's Frost/Nixon will make its American regional premiere on Sept. 5 when it opens at Repertory Theatre of St. Louis.

Having begun performances Sept 3, this new staging by Rep artistic director Steven Woolf stars Keith Jochim as former U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and Jeff Talbott as British interviewer David Frost, the central pair squaring off. The work dramatizes Frost's quest and approach to the infamous post-Watergate interviews with fallen leader.

Also featured in the company are Michael Brightman as Ollie, Jim Wisniewski as Jim Reston, Steve Callahan as the Studio Manager, Jeremy Holm as Jack Brennan, Kelley Ryan as Evonne Goolagong, Keith Merrill as John Birt, David Anzuelo as Manolo Sanchez, Matt Landers as Swifty Lazar, Jenny Mercein as Caroline Cushing and David Christopher Wells as Bob Zelnick.

A co-production with Geva Theatre in Rochester, NY (where it will play in October-November), Frost/Nixon continues its St. Louis run to Sept. 28. The unrelated national tour of the Broadway production launches later this month, and the motion picture will be released later this year.

For tickets and information, visit The Rep at www.repstl.org.

Jim Wisniewski as Jim Reston

Keith Jochim as Richard Nixon

Jeff Talbott as David Frost

Keith Jochim as Richard Nixon and Matt Landers as Swifty Lazar

Keith Merrill as John Birt and Jeff Talbott as David Frost

Jeff Talbott as David Frost and Jenny Mercein as Caroline Cushing

From left: Jim Wisniewski as Jim Reston, Keith Merrill as John Birt, Jeff Talbott as David Frost and David Christopher Wells as Bob Zelnick

Jeff Talbott as David Frost and Keith Jochim as Richard Nixon

All photos by Jerry Naunheim, Jr.