[NEohioPAL] Assassins Auditions this Sunday and Monday at Western Reserve Playhouse

[Western Reserve Playhouse]

*Will you be there?  *

Western Reserve Playhouse auditions for

“Assassins”

By Stephen Sondheim and Book by John Weidman

Directed by Dawn Sniadak-Yamokoski  - Musical Direction by Bryan Bird and
Dave Stebbins

Runs October 25-November 9, 2019

Synopsis:

A multiple Tony Award-winning theatrical tour-de-force, Assassin's combines
Sondheim's signature blend of intelligently stunning lyrics and beautiful
music with a panoramic story of our nation's culture of celebrity and the
violent means some will use to obtain it, embodied by America's four
successful and five would-be presidential assassins. Bold, original,
disturbing and alarmingly funny, Assassins is perhaps the most
controversial musical ever written.

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.

Auditions: July 28 & 29, 2019 from 6:30PM-9PM; Callbacks if needed July 30,
2019 from 6:30-8:00PM

We can fit you in and have been making accommodations for alternative times
for auditions.

Location: Western Reserve Playhouse 3326 Everett Road, Bath, Ohio 44286

Sign Up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508054EADA92AA5F85-auditions3

Audition Requirements: One song that shows off your story telling. Please
do not sing from the show.

All parts are available at this time and there are no Equity contracts at
this time. All ethnicity will be considered.

Please bring head shots and resume

Rehearsals will start September 15, 2019 and run Sunday-Thursday from
6:30-9:30PM.

Roles Available:

CASTING THE FOLLOWING ROLES:

ENSEMBLE: (F & M, 20s – 50s) All vocal ranges.  An Ensemble of 5-6 people
that play such characters as Emma Goldman; Presidents Garfield and Ford;
Union soldiers and the Secret Service; and have important solo and group
parts in the songs “How I Saved Roosevelt”, “The Ballad of Czolgosz”,
and “Something
Just Broke”.  Must be strong singers and actors.

BALLADEER(S) (M & F, 20-70) Tenor/Alto C3 – G4. A folk singer and the
narrator of the show. The “good” voice of America.  Part may be split
between two actors, a man and a woman. The male actor will also play Lee
Harvey Oswald. (Ability to play the guitar a plus, but not required.)

JOHN WILKES BOOTH/PROPRIETOR: (M, 25 – 40) Tenor, F2 – G4. Assassinated
President Abraham Lincoln during a performance at Ford’s Theater. Foreman
and inspirational celebrity to the other assassins. Will also play the part
of the Proprietor, the “dark” voice of America. (Requires a Southern
Accent.)

SARA JANE MOORE (F, 40- 50) Alto, F3 – Eb5. 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.

CHARLES GUITEAU (M, 40s-50s) Tenor, A2 – Ab4. 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.

LYNETTE “SQUEAKY” FROMME (F, 25 – 35) Soprano, A3 – G5. 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.

LEON CZOLGOSZ (M, 25 – 35) Baritone, G#2 – G4. Assassinated President
William McKinley at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, N.Y. on
September 6, 1901. A young poverty-worn radical. (Role requires a Polish
Accent.)

GIUSEPPE ZANGARA (M, 25 – 35) Tenor, B2 – A4. 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
Italian immigrant. (Role requires an Italian Accent and to speak some
phrases in Italian.)

SAMUEL BYCK (M, 40s-50s) Baritone, D3 – G4. Attempted to assassinate
President Richard Nixon by hijacking a commercial jetliner. Hysterically
irate schlep in a Santa Claus suit.

JOHN HINCKLEY (M, 20-35) Tenor, A2 – G4. 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. (Ability to play
the guitar a plus, but not required.)


If you have any questions please feel free to email the director at
dawnwrp at gmail.com
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