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