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ASSASSINS
by Stephen Sondheim
AUDITIONS:
Sunday, March
23rd, 5-10pm and
Tuesday, March
25th, 4-9pm
Plaza Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont
Street, Boston
To Audition: Please
email
auditions@companyone.org with a digital copy of your
headshot AND your preferred
date and time for your audition. Please
note these are NON-EQUITY auditions only.
Prepare:
Two 16-bar selections, one up-tempo and one
ballad. Suggested are pieces similar to the style of
the show, or other Sondheim productions. Pieces from
Assassins are also acceptable. These auditions will
be only music. A character breakdown can be
found below. While solo singers have vocal ranges
listed, all auditioners must sing.
Bring:
Auditioners must bring copies of
their sheet music for the accompanist, marked for the
beginning and end of 16 bars; and TWO copies of their
headshot and resume.
Production Information:
Rehearsals will begin in late May. Production run is
July 11 - August 9, Wed-Sun at the Plaza Theatre, Boston
Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont St., Boston.
Acting positions will include a stipend.
Just in time for the 2008 elections— Part vaudeville
extravaganza, part exposé and wholly electrifying, this
Tony-award winning musical
reveals uneasy truths about the American Dream.
An investigation into the personalities of nine
individuals who attempted to assassinate a President of
the United States.
Assassins is Stephen Sondheim's ode to the
underbelly of American history.
Character Breakdown:
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)
BALLADEER A narrator of sorts; 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.
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