Assassins
By John Weidman & Stephen Sondheim
Open Auditions for Isadoora's February Musical will be held:
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Tuesday, November 1
6:00 p.m.
Bjorklunden, Baileys Harbor
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Wednesday, November 2
6:00 p.m.
Sturgeon Bay Library
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Contact Christine Callsen, director, with any questions at 920-495-9400.
The show calls for 12 men ages 20-40, 4 women ages 20-40, and one boy age 8-12.
Audition may include a cold reading & sight-singing.
Cast members should be able and willing to dedicate up to five evenings per week.
Performances will be:
February 9-12, 2005 in Sturgeon Bay
February 16-19, 2005 at Ephraim Village Hall
All Shows at 7:30 p.m.
Character Breakdown
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| 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
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| 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.
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| 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
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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.
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| 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) Non-singing
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| BALLADEER |
A Woody Gutherie/Peter Seeger-style folk singer. Should be able to play guitar, folk tenor.
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| EMMA GOLDMAN |
Turn-of-the-century Anarchist agitator and feminist.
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| THE PROPRIETOR |
Of a shooting gallery at a carnival.
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| DAVID HEROLD |
One of John Wilkes Booth's confederates; aided Booth in his attempted escape.
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| A BARTENDER, SARA JANE MOORE'S 9-YEAR-OLD SON-BILLY, PRESIDENTS JAME GARFIELD and GERALD FORD, REPORTERS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, TOURISTS, BYSTANDERS |
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