<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="5"><b> Assassins Auditions </b></font><br>
<font size="4">Music by Stephen Sondheim <br>
Schenectady Light Opera Company<br>
826 State St. Schenectady<br>
Dec. 17 and 18 6:30 PM sign in</font><br>
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Director: Joe Fava<br>
Producer: Melinda Zarnoch<br>
Musical Director: Sherri Strichman<br>
Assistant Director: Michelle Sausa-Gatta<br>
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For more information call Melinda: 382-8497<br>
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Synopsis: This cynical comedy opens with a proprietor encouraging passers by to "come on and kill a president." <br>
A balladeer then introduces us to all those who have attempted to assassinate a president.<br>
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Character Breakdown:<br>
BALLADEER/LEE HARVEY OSWALD Folk-style tenor <br>
(1939-1963). Non-singing role 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) <br>
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JOHN WILKES BOOTH (1838-1865) Baritone Assassinated President Abraham Lincoln during a performance of "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theater, Washington D.C., April 14, 1865.<br>
CHARLES GUITEAU (1841-1882) Baritone/Tenor. Assassinated President James Garfield in the waiting room of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station, Washington, D.C., July 2, 1881. Dashing but mad.<br>
LEON CZOLOGOSZ (1873-1901) Baritone/Bass. 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 y
oung radical. <br>
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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. Tenor. Must hold an A.<br>
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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.<br>
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LYNETTE "SQUEAKY" FROMME (1948- ) Mezzo (Soprano with lower notes) 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. <br>
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SARA JANE MOORE Mezzo. Attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford as he left the St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco, CA., September 22, 1975. Frazzled housewife. <br>
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JOHN HINCKLEY (1955- ) Tenor/Pop Voice Attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan as he left the Washington Hilton, Washington, D.C., March 30, 1981. Depressed college student. Should be able to play guitar.<br>
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EMMA GOLDMAN Turn-of-the-century Anarchist agitator and feminist.<br>
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THE PROPRIETOR of a shooting gallery at a carnival.<br>
DAVID HEROLD One of John Wilkes Booth's confederates; aided Booth in his attempted escape.<br>
BILLY Sara Jane’s 10 year old son.<br>
ENSEMBLE of 5-10 voices, These are solo singer, who also sing together.=2
0All ensemble members will double on other <br>
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