"Assassins" Musical Needs Men and Women
Auditions for March 2025 musical "Assassins". Searching for cast. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. See the breakdown below. Additional info: Auditionees should prepare a 16-32 bar cut of a song in the style of the show. Please bring sheet music. An accompanist will be available. NO a cappella auditions will be allowed. Backing tracks are allowed; however, sheet music is highly preferred. Please come dressed in clothes that allow you to move, as you may do some movement work. Please bring a completed audition form and headshot (if available). Audition form is attached. Please note: there is a participation fee. Show dates are March 6, 7, 8, & 9, 2025 in Ypsilanti, MI. If you are interested, please apply.
18 roles
Assassinated President Abraham Lincoln during a performance at Ford's Theater in Washington D.C. on April 14, 1865. Foreman and inspirational celebrity to the other assassins. Must be comfortable with very strong language and content. Vocal range top: G4 Vocal range bottom: F2
Assassinated President James Garfield in the waiting room of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station, Washington, D.C., on July 2, 1881. Dashing but mad. Vocal range top: Ab4 Vocal range bottom: A2
Assassinated President William McKinley at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, N.Y. on September 6, 1901. A young poverty-worn radical. Vocal range top: G4 Vocal range bottom: G#2
Attempted to assassinate President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt as he greeted well-wishers in Bayfront Park, Miami, FL on February 15, 1933. An angry, heavily-accented immigrant. Vocal range top: A4 Vocal range bottom: B2
Attempted to assassinate President Richard Nixon by hijacking a commercial jetliner. Hysterically irate schlep in a Santa Claus suit. Vocal range top: G4 Vocal range bottom: D3
Attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford at the Capitol Park in Sacramento, CA on September 5, 1975. A pixie hippie in love with Charles Manson. Vocal range top: G5 Vocal range bottom: A3
Attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford at the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, CA, on September 22, 1975. A frazzled housewife with little sense. Vocal range top: Eb5 Vocal range bottom: F3
Attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan as he left the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C. on March 30, 1981. A love-obsessed and depressed college student. Vocal range top: G4 Vocal range bottom: A2 * Special consideration is given to actors who play guitar.
Assassinated President John F. Kennedy from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository in Dallas, TX on November 22, 1963. A suicidal, dejected shipping clerk. (Potentially played by the same actor playing The Balladeer) Vocal range top: C4 Vocal range bottom: G3 * Special consideration is given to actors who play guitar.
A folk singer and the narrator of the show. The voice of America. (Potentially played by the same actor playing Lee Harvey Oswald) Vocal range top: G4 Vocal range bottom: C3 * Special consideration is given to actors who play guitar.
Turn-of-the-century Anarchist agitator and feminist. Terse and stubborn. An inspiration to Czolgosz.
A mysterious man who runs the shooting gallery at a carnival. Vocal range top: F4 Vocal range bottom: Gb2
One of John Wilkes Booth's confederates. Aided Booth in his attempted escape.
Sara Jane Moore's whiny son. Age: about 8
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