Boiler Room Girls

The cottage on chappaquiddick where ted kennedy hosted a party for the boiler room girls.

Boiler room girls.

Boiler room girls is an audacious new musical by kevin archambault and cheryl b. The boiler room girls was a nickname for a group of six women who worked as political advisors for robert bobby kennedy s 1968 presidential campaign in a windowless work area in kennedy s washington dc electoral offices they were political strategists who received national media exposure from the infamous chappaquiddick incident it was in this incident that political strategist mary jo. The musical takes a close look at a historic incident in the late 1960 s. July 26 1940 july 18 or 19 1969 was an american secretary one of the campaign workers for robert f.

This mystery meets social commentary examines the humanity behind ambition privilege and competition. A year after rfk s death the boiler room girls were celebrated for their hard work in a party on chappaquiddick. It was there that she met ted kennedy. Kennedy s 1968 presidential campaign a close team known as the boiler room girls in 1969 she died in a car accident on chappaquiddick island while being driven by u s.

Mary jo kopechne k oʊ ˈ p ɛ k n i. A year after the assassination she and the other five boiler room girls as well as other staffers for rfk gathered for a reunion on chappadquiddick island.