Assassins (Musical)

Synopsis

Assassins is the story about 9 individuals who over time have attempted to assassinate the President of the United States. The show explores the inner motives of each assassin. Eventually, each individual must confront the fact that committing the ultimate crime failed to assuage their personal problems. In the end, the assassins return in 1963 to convince Lee Harvey Oswald to shoot President Kennedy. They hold firm to their delusion that Oswald is a Savior who can justify the assassins’ actions.


Season: 1995-1996

Genre: Drama

Open date: 1996

Show Type: Regular Show

Book : John Weidman

Director: Harriet Hamilton

President: Carol Mac Kenzie

Original MUSIC & LYRICS: Stephen Sondheim

Cast List

John Wilkes Booth played by – John R. Knight

Charles J. Guiteau played by – Rick Rapp

Leon Czolgosz played by – John Larrabee

Giuseppe Zangara played by – Bill Kirksey

Samuel Byck played by – James King

Lynette (Squeaky) Fromme played by – Anita Spero

Sara Jane Moore played by – Regina Gadotti

John Hinkley played by – Trevor Murphy

Lee Harvey Oswald played by – Andrew Hager

The Balladeer played by – Mark A. Frost

Emma Goldman played by – Patricia J. Wozny

Proprietor, Bartender, Attendant played by – Eric Smies

David Herold, Blaine, Ensemble played by – Patrick M. Murphy

Billy, Ensemble played by - David Weiss Lipschutz

President Garfield, Ensemble played by – Larry Hinken

President Ford, Ensemble played by – Nathaniel A. Deabel

 Ensemble played by – Linda Hart, Kerry Luckett, Lauretta Murphy, Barbara Whitney