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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">CANTON,
OH – The Players Guild Theatre will open their 84^th consecutive
season with the Stephen Sondheim multiple Tony Award-winning musical,
ASSASSINS.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>Auditions for this theatrical
tour-de-force will be held on July 17 and 18, 2016.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">Under
the Artistic Direction of Joshua Erichsen, ASSASSINS will be directed by Jon
Tisevich, with choreography by Michael Lawrence Akers and music direction by
Steve Parsons.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">Auditions
will be held at the Players Guild Theatre, located at 1001 Market Ave., N., in
the Cultural Center for the Arts, on Sunday, July 17th with available audition
time slots at 7:00, 7:30, 8:00 and 8:30 PM, and again on Monday, July 18^th
at 6:30, 7:00, 7:30, 8:00 and 8:30 PM.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> 
</span>Principal Callbacks will be held on Tuesday, July 19^th.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">Actors
are asked to please prepare 32 bars of a musical theatre song that best
showcases their vocal ability, and bring the corresponding sheet music in the
appropriate key.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>An accompanist will be
provided.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>In addition, they are asked to
bring a current photo or provide a headshot/resume if available.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">Non-traditional casting will be
considered for all roles.</span></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">Those
wishing to audition are asked to make an appointment for an audition time slot
by filling out the online audition form at <b><a href="http://www.playersguildtheatre.com/audition">www.playersguildtheatre.com/audition</a></b>.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">ASSASSINS
will be presented in the William G. Fry Theater, and is scheduled to open on
Friday September 2 and run through Sunday, September 18, with performances on
Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 PM and Sundays at 2:00 PM.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">Assassins Character Breakdown: </span></i></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">John
Wilkes Booth</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">:
Male; 26yrs old. Assassinated President Abraham Lincoln during a performance at
Ford's Theater in Washington D.C. on April 14, 1865. Passionate, with a flair
for the dramatic. Leader and inspirational celebrity to the other assassins.
Tenor.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">Charles
Guiteau</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">: Male;
40yrs old. Assassinated President James Garfield in the waiting room of the
Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station, Washington, D.C., on July 2, 1881.
Dashing, bold, & insane. Tenor.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">Lynette
"Squeaky" Fromme</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">:
Female; 26yrs old.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>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. Mezzo. </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">Sara
Jane Moore</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">:
Female; 45yrs old. Attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford at the St.
Francis Hotel in San Francisco, CA, on September 22, 1975. A frazzled housewife
with little common sense. Alto. Comedic Actor.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">Lee
Harvey Oswald</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">(doubles
as Balladeer): Male, 24yrs old. 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. Tenor.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">Balladeer</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">(doubles as Oswald): Male;
mid-20s. A folk singer and narrator of the show. The positive, hopeful voice of
America. Tenor</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">The
Proprietor</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">:
Male; late 20s-late 30s. A mysterious, intimidating man who runs the shooting
gallery at a carnival. Acts as the ever present anxious, desperate, and rage
filled voice of America. Baritone. </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">Leon
Czologosz</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">:
28yrs old. Assassinated President William McKinley at the Pan American
Exposition in Buffalo, N.Y. on September 6, 1901. Polish immigrant; tormented,
poverty-worn radical. Baritone.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">Giuseppe
Zangara</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">: Male;
32yrs old.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>Attempted to assassinate
President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt as he greeted well-wishers in Bayfront
Park, Miami, FL on February 15, 1933. Killed Mayor Anton Cermak of Chicago in
the process.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>An angry, heavily-accented,
Italian immigrant. Tenor.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">Samuel
Byck</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">: Male;
44yrs old. Attempted to assassinate President Richard Nixon by hijacking a
commercial jetliner. Hysterically irate schlep in a Santa Claus suit. Baritone.
Comedic Actor. </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">John
Hinckley</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">:
Male; 25yrs old. Attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan as he left
the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C. on March 30, 1981. Depressed, introvert,
obsessed and “in love” with teenage movie star, Jodi Foster. </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">Emma
Goldman</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">:
Female; Mid 30s-early 40s. Turn-of-the-century Anarchist agitator and feminist.
Terse and stubborn. An inspiration to Czolgosz. </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">Ensemble</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">: Male & Female; 18-50yrs
old. Each play multiple roles including “Something Just Broke” soloists, Gerald
Ford, David Herold, Secret Service, Bystanders, Tourists, Reporters,
Photographers, & others. </span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">ASSASSINS
is presented through a collaborative sponsorship of select members of the
Players Guild Theatre’s Past Presidents: Tony Snyder, Ryan Jones, Vi Leggitt,
Denny Carroll, Richard Milligan, Susie Steiner.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"">The
Players Guild Theatre receives support from these generous partners: Arts In
Stark, The Ohio Arts Council, The Canton Repository and 89.7 WKSU. </span></p>

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