Assassins The Musical

Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by John Weidman

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Plot Summary & Audition Tips

List of Characters in Assassins

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Assassins Complete Vocal Score

Assassins 1991 Original Off-Broadway Cast

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One step away from a cabaret, Assassins showcases the various strange characters that have assassinated (or attempted to, anyway) American presidents, starting with Abraham Lincoln.

John Wilkes Booth (Baritone)

Assassinated Abraham Lincoln

Charles Guiteau (Baritone/Tenor)

Assassinated James Garfield. Dashing, and insane.

Leon Czologosz (baritone/Bass, late 20s)

Assassinated William McKinley. Young, scruffy, sullen radical stricken by poverty. In love with Emma Goldman

Giuseppe Zangara (Must hold an A, heavy Italian accent)

Attempted to assassinate Franklin D. Roosevelt. Tiny, angry immigrant.

Samuel Byck

Attempted to assassinate Richard Nixon using a hijacked jet, which he intended to crash into the White House. Hysteric, irate, talkative.

Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme (Mezzo)

Attempted to assassinate Gerald Ford. A hippie in love with Charles Manson. Small, intense.

Sara Jane Moore (Soprano)

Attempted to assassinate Gerald Ford. Bright eyed, heavy-set, middle-aged, frazzled housewife.

John Hinckley (Pop Baritone, 21)

Attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan. Depressed college student. Soft, plump. "In love" with Jodie Foster.

Lee Harvey Oswald (Non-singing)

Assassinated John F. Kennedy. Suicidal, dejected shipping clerk.

Balladeer (Folk Tenor, plays guitar)

Woody Gutherie/Pete Seeger style folk-singer.

Emma Goldman

Anarchist agitator and feminist.

The Proprietor

Proprietor of a shooting gallery at a carnival.

David Herold

Confederate of John Wilkes Booth who aided him in his attempted escape

Bartender, Billy Moore (age 9) , Presidents James Garfield & Gerald Ford, reporters, photographers, tourists, bystanders.

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List of Songs in Assassins

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• Everybody's Got the Right (Proprietor & Assassins)
• The Ballad of Booth (Balladeer)
• How I Saved Roosevelt (Chorus Members)
• Gun Song (Booth, Czolgosz, Guiteau, Moore)
• The Ballad of Czolgosz (Balladeer)
• Unworthy of Your Love (Hinckley & Fromme)
• The Ballad of Guiteau (Balladeer)
• Another National Anthem (Assassins)
• November 22, 1963 (Assassins)
• Something Just Broke (Chorus)
• Everybody's Got The Right (Assassins)