[Capdist-auditions] Assassins

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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

For more 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, heavily-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


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