[NEohioPAL] Specific Audition Information for Assassins: Lakeland Theatre
Martin Friedman
martinfriedman98 at yahoo.com
Sun Oct 24 05:27:41 PDT 2010
AUDITION INFORMATION: Please prepare a contemporary musical theater piece, with
accompaniment and in the correct key. No a cappella auditions please. Also, no
need to prepare a monologue. I will have you read directly from the script. ALL
ROLES ARE COMPENSATED.
Lakeland Theatre
Announces Auditions
For
ASSASSINS
Music and Lyricsby
Stephen Sondheim
Book by
John Weidman
Saturday, November 13 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pmSunday, November 14 @ 11:00am-1:30 pm
Callbacks:
Monday, November 15 @ 7:00pm- 10:00 pm
(no auditions times needed)
Directed byMartin Friedman
Musical Director John Krol
Sets and Lights Designed byTrad A Burns
Sound Design by Eric Simna
Production Stage Manager Joel Rathbone
AUDITION INFORMATION: Please prepare a contemporary musical theater piece, with
accompaniment and in the correct key. No a cappella auditions please. Also, no
need to prepare a monologue. I will have you read directly from the script. ALL
ROLES ARE COMPENSATED.
THE STORY: This is one great play. I am thrilled to be working on this show
with Trad, John and Eric and Joel. Assassins premiered Off-Broadway at
Playwrights Horizons on December 18, 1990and ran for 73 sold out performances.
Yet, the musical closed, probably because the United Stateswas on the verge of
entering the first Persian-Gulf War, and the country was in a state of patriotic
fervor. Audiences may not have been ready for the message Sondheim and Weidman
were delivering.
In 2001, the Roundabout Theatre was scheduled to open Assassins on Broadway, but
because of the events of September 11, 2001this production was postponed and
didn’t open until April 22, 2004.
Assassins examine assassinations and attempted presidential assassinations in
the United States of America. Sondheim and Weidman use both historical and
fictional characters to tell the story. It is a very passionate theatrical
production and ultimately, supremely disturbing.
Production and Rehearsal dates:
Assassins will open on Friday, February 4 and run through February 20,
2011--Friday through Sunday, for a total of 10 performances. Of course you will
be compensated for all performances. While at this time there are NO Equity
contracts available, I am working on it. Rehearsals will begin the week after
Thanksgiving.
EACH CHARACTER, WHETHER HISTORICAL OR FICTION, IS WONDERFUL AND COMPELLINGLY
DRAWN. SURELY EACH OF THESE ROLES WILL BE CHALLENGING AND FUN TO PLAY.
This is a wonderful play, both political and moral at the same
time.
For more information please feel free to either email me, at
martinfriedman98 at yahoo.comor call 216.233-5441.
The Roles:In addition to the assassins there are four to five ensemble members
that will be cast.
Leon Frank Czolgosz was the assassinof U.S. PresidentWilliam McKinley. In real
life he was well dressed, of medium height, rather narrow shoulders, blond and
about 25 years of age.
John Warnock Hinckley, Jr.,(born May 29, 1955) attempted to assassinate U.S.
President Ronald Reagan in Washington, D.C., on March 30, 1981, as the
culmination of an effort to impress actress Jodie Foster. He was found not
guilty by reason of insanity and has remained under institutional psychiatric
care since then.
Charles Julius Guiteau was an American lawyer who assassinated U.S. President
James A. Garfieldon July 2, 1881. He was executed by hanging. Bearded.
Giuseppe Zangarawas the assassin of Chicago mayor Anton Cermak, though United
States President-elect Franklin Delano Roosevelt is generally believed to have
been his intended target.[1] Rooseveltescaped injury, but five people were shot
including Cermak. Zangara, a poorly educated bricklayer, suffered severe pain in
his abdomen, later attributed to adhesions of the gall bladder. These were later
cited as a cause for his increasing mental delusions.
Samuel Joseph Byck(January 30, 1930 – February 22, 1974) was an unemployed
former tire salesman who attempted to hijack a planeflying out of
Baltimore-Washington International Airporton February 22, 1974. He intended to
crash into the White House in hopes of killing U.S. President Richard Nixon.
Wears a Santa outfit.
Lynette Alice "Squeaky" Fromme(born October 22, 1948) is an American member of
the Manson Family. She was sentenced to life imprisonment for attempting to
assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford in 1975. After serving 34 years in
custody, she was released from prison on August 14, 2009.
Sara Jane Moore(born Sara Jane Kahn on February 15, 1930) attempted to
assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford on September 22, 1975, outside the St.
Francis Hotel in San Francisco, just seventeen days after Lynette "Squeaky"
Fromme had pointed a gun at the president.
John Wilkes Booth(May 10, 1838– April 26, 1865) was an Americanstage actorwho
assassinatedPresidentAbraham Lincolnat Ford's Theatre, in Washington, D.C., on
April 14, 1865. Booth was a member of the prominent 19th century Booth
theatrical familyfrom Marylandand, by the 1860s, was a well known actor.
Emma Goldman(June 27, 1869 – May 14, 1940) was an anarchistknown for her
political activism, writing and speeches. She played a pivotal role in the
development of anarchist political philosophyin North Americaand Europein the
first half of the twentieth century.
Ensemble: (June 16, 1842 – July 7, 1865) was an accomplice of John Wilkes
Boothin the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, James Blaine, President James
Garfiedl, Gerald Ford, Billy. David Herold
Balladeer/Lee Harvey Oswald(October 18, 1939 – November 24, 1963) was, according
to four government investigations, the assassin of President of the United
States John F. Kennedy, who was fatally shot in Dallas, Texason November 22,
1963.
The aforementioned roles are great and demand great actors!
Auditions will be held in PerformingArtsCenterat LakelandCommunity College.
Take I 90 east and exit at the second exit, Route #306. Turn right (south) on
Rt. #306. Turn left into the LakelandCommunity College, the first light. Get in
the right lane. Turn right at the stop sign. Turn right at the next stop sign.
Turn left into the faculty/staff parking lot. Park at the other end of the
parking lot and walk past the Clocktower and enter into Building D on your left.
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