[NEohioPAL] Assassins Auditions

[Geoff Short]

The Berea Grindstone Players Announce Auditions for

ASSASSINS

Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by John Weidman

Directed by Geoffrey Short
Musical Direction by Heidi Herczeg

Auditions are Sunday, July 13th at 6p
Monday, July 14th at 7p
Call-Backs Tuesday July 15th at 7p

Performances  will be at the Cassidy Theatre in Parma Heights October  
10-12 and 16-18

FOR MORE INFORMATION, INCLUDING SCHEDULE GO TO: WWW.ASSASSINSSHOW.8K.COM

As the country reflects on its administration and the direction we  
will take in this election year,  The Berea Grindstone Players and The  
Cassidy Theatre will embark on a timely and important new partnership  
to bring the musical Assassins to northeast Ohio.  Assassins is being  
produced by the Grindstone Players but will take place at The Cassidy  
Theatre .  The show, which will take place a month before the current  
general election, reflects on our culture, the American dream and asks  
many of the questions voters are asking right now during this current  
presidential campaign.

Assassins is bold, original, surreal, disturbing, thought-provoking  
and alarmingly funny.  This most American of shows features the  
wonderful music of Stephen Sondheim and 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, Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman bend the rules of  
time and space, taking us on a nightmarish rollercoaster ride in which  
assassins and would-be assassins from different historical periods  
meet, interact and in an intense final scene inspire each other to  
harrowing acts in the name of the American Dream.

All roles are open.  This a non-equity production.

Auditions, rehearsals and performances will take place at The Cassidy  
Theatre  - 6200 Pearl Rd., Parma Heights

Please prepare a musical theatre selection with sheet music in the  
correct key.  Accompanist will be provided. Also prepare a brief  
monologue or be prepared for cold readings from the script.  No  
appointments necessary - walk-ins are welcome.  Please e-mail Geoff  
Short at geoffshort at sbcglobal.net with any questions and for audition  
time preferences.

Characters:
JOHN WILKES BOOTH  (1838-1865) Assassinated President Abraham Lincoln  
during a performance of "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theater,  
Washington D.C., April 14, 1865.
Vocal Range: Baritone

CHARLES GUITEAU 	(1841-1882) Assassinated President James Garfield in  
the waiting room of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station,  
Washington, D.C., July 2, 1881. Dashing but mad.
Vocal Range: Baritone/Tenor.

LEON CZOLOGOSZ 	(1873-1901) Assassinated President William McKinley  
during a public reception at the Temple of Music Pavilion at the Pan  
American Exposition, Buffalo, N.Y., September 6, 1901. Poverty-worn  
young radical (pronounced Chole-gosh).
Vocal Range: Baritone/Bass

GIUSEPPE ZANGARA 	(1900-1933) Attempted to assassinate President-elect  
Franklin D. Roosevelt greeted well-wishers in Bayfront Park, Miami,  
February 15, 1933. Angry, heavily-accented immigrant.
Vocal Range: Must hold an A.

SAMUEL BYCK 	(1930-1974) Attempted to assassinate President Richard  
Nixon; hijacked a commercial jetliner which he intended to crash dive  
into the White House, Baltimore-Washington International Airport,  
February 22, 1974. Hysterically irate schlep in a Santa Claus suit.

LYNETTE "SQUEAKY" FROMME 	(1948- ) Attempted to assassinate President  
Gerald Ford as he left the St. Francis Hotel, Sacramento, CA.,  
September 5, 1975. Pixie hippie in love with Charles Manson.
Vocal Range: Mezzo

SARA JANE MOORE 	Attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford as he  
left the St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco, CA., September 22, 1975.  
Frazzled housewife
Vocal Range: Soprano

JOHN HINCKLEY 	(1955- ) Attempted to assassinate President Ronald  
Reagan as he left the Washington Hilton, Washington, D.C., March 30,  
1981. Depressed college student
Vocal Range: Baritone/Pop Voice.

LEE HARVEY OSWALD 	(1939-1963). Assassinated President John F. Kennedy  
from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository, Dallas,  
Texas, November 22, 1963. Dejected shipping clerk planning suicide  
(killed Kennedy, 1963) Non-singing

BALLADEER 	A Woody Gutherie/Peter Seeger-style folk singer. Should be  
able to play guitar, folk tenor.

EMMA GOLDMAN 	Turn-of-the-century Anarchist agitator and feminist.

THE PROPRIETOR 	Of a shooting gallery at a carnival.

DAVID HEROLD 	One of John Wilkes Booth's confederates; aided Booth in  
his attempted escape.

Various Ensemble Roles:
A BARTENDER 	
SARA JANE MOORE'S 9-YEAR-OLD SON, BILLY 	
PRESIDENTS JAME GARFIELD and GERALD FORD 	
REPORTERS 	
PHOTOGRAPHERS 	
TOURISTS 	
BYSTANDERS 	







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