[Capdist-announce] Assassins audition at SLOC

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Assassins Auditions  
Music by Stephen Sondheim 
Schenectady Light Opera Company
826 State St. Schenectady
Dec. 17 and 18  6:30 PM sign in

Director: Joe Fava
Producer: Melinda Zarnoch
Musical Director: Sherri Strichman
Assistant Director: Michelle Sausa-Gatta

Information call Melinda: 382-8497

Synopsis: This cynical comedy opens with a proprietor encouraging passers by to "come on and kill a president." 
A balladeer then introduces us to all those who have attempted to assassinate a president.


Character Breakdown:
BALLADEER/LEE HARVEY OSWALD Folk-style tenor 
(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) 

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.
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.

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 young radical.  

GIUSEPPE ZANGARA (1900-1933) Attempted to assassinate President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt greeted well-wishers in Bayfront Park, Miami, February 15, 1933. Angry, heav
ily-accented immigrant. Tenor. 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- ) 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. 

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. 

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.

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.

BILLY Sara Jane’s 10 year old son.

ENSEMBLE of 5-10 voices, These are solo singer, who also sing together. All ensemble members will double on other characters

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