"Assassins" Musical Needs Performers
"Assassins" show casting actors. ONLY LOCAL TALENT WILL BE CONSIDERED. Please see the details below. About the project: Assassins lays bare the lives of nine individuals who assassinated or tried to assassinate the President of the United States, in a one-act historical "revusical" that explores the dark side of the American experience. From John Wilkes Booth to Lee Harvey Oswald, writers, Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman, bend the rules of time and space, taking us on a nightmarish roller coaster ride in which assassins and would-be assassins from different historical periods meet, interact and inspire each other to harrowing acts in the name of the American Dream. Additional info: Callbacks by invitation only at 8PM. Rehearsal dates: Mondays & Wednesdays 6 - 9PM, Sundays 5:30 - 8:30PM starting July 20, 2025. Show dates: September 25 - October 5, 2025. If you are interested, please apply.
17 roles
(1838-1865) 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. Vocal range top: G4 Vocal range bottom: F2
(1841-1882) 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
(1873-1901) 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
(1900-1933) 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
(1930-1974) 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
(1948- ) 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
(1930- ) 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
(1955- ) 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
(1939-1963) 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. Vocal range top: C4 Vocal range bottom: G3
A folk singer and the narrator of the show. The voice of America. Vocal range top: G4 Vocal range bottom: C3
(1869-1940) 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
(1842-1865) One of John Wilkes Booth's confederates. Aided Booth in his attempted escape.
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