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Auditions Announced for ASSASSINS |
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To be presented by the Warner Stage Company |
| Sunday, July 26, 2015 at 7:00pm (by appointment) Monday, July 27, 2015 at 7:00pm (by appointment) All roles are open to audition. We are seeking a large, multi-ethnic ensemble cast of adults and one young boy for this production –10 featured men, 3 featured women, and 1 boy (age 8-10) – as well as strong character actors/singers for the ensemble. Auditioners must bring sheet music with them and be prepared to sing 32 bars, but no more than one minute, of a fully memorized Broadway-style musical selection that showcases their vocal range. Auditioners should mark their selection with a highlighter. An accompanist will be provided. A cappella singing, instrumentals on CD, Tape, iPod, MP3 Player or digital recorder will not be allowed. Rehearsals will be held on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings beginning August 4th. There will be one midweek rehearsal on Thursday, October 1, 2015. CALLBACKS: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at 7:30pm AUDITIONS BY APPOINTMENT ONLY Please send an email to auditions@warnertheatre.org to schedule your appointment. An audition confirmation e-mail will be sent with full details on what will be expected at your audition. Audition appointments by e-mail are preferred, but if you do not have access to e-mail call the Warner Theatre Audition Line at 860-489-7180 ext.151. Please be specific as to the date you would like to schedule your appointment. PERFORMANCE DATES: Saturday, September 26, 2015 at 8:00pm Sunday, September 27, 2015 at 2:00pm Friday, October 2, 2015 at 8:00pm Saturday, October 3, 2015 at 8:00pm Sunday, October 4, 2015 at 2:00pm ABOUT THE SHOW Our nation's most notorious assassins gather on stage to violently pursue a twisted American Dream. A multiple TONY Award-winning theatrical tour-de-force, Assassins combines Sondheim's signature blend of intelligently stunning lyrics and beautiful music with a panoramic story of our nation's culture of celebrity and the violent means some will use to obtain it, embodied by America's four successful and five would-be presidential assassins. Bold, original, disturbing, and alarmingly funny, Assassins is perhaps the most controversial musical ever written. Assassins lays bare the lives of nine individuals who assassinated or tried to assassinate the President of the United States, in a one-act historical revusical that explores the dark side of the American experience. From John Wilkes Booth to Lee Harvey Oswald, writers Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman bend the rules of time and space, taking us on a nightmarish roller coaster ride in which assassins and would-be assassins from different historical periods meet, interact and inspire each other to harrowing acts in the name of the American Dream. AVAILABLE ROLES JOHN WILKES BOOTH (1838-1865) Assassinated President Abraham Lincoln during a performance at Ford's Theater in Washington D.C. on April 14, 1865. Foreman and inspirational celebrity to the other assassins. Male, 25-35 yrs old; Range: F2 - G4 CHARLES GUITEAU (1841-1882) Assassinated President James Garfield in the waiting room of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station, Washington, D.C., on July 2, 1881. Dashing but mad. Male, 35-45 yrs old; Range: A2 - Ab4 LEON CZOLOGOSZ (1873-1901) Assassinated President William McKinley at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, N.Y. on September 6, 1901. A young poverty-worn radical. Male, 25-30 yrs old; Range: G#2 - G4 GIUSEPPE ZANGARA (1900-1933) Attempted to assassinate President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt as he greeted well-wishers in Bayfront Park, Miami, FL on February 15, 1933. An angry, heavily-accented immigrant. Male, 30-35 yrs old; Range: B2 - A4 SAMUEL BYCK (1930-1974) Attempted to assassinate President Richard Nixon by hijacking a commercial jetliner. Hysterically irate schlep in a Santa Claus suit. Male, 40-45 yrs old; Range: D3 - G4 LYNETTE SQUEAKY FROMME (1948- ) Attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford at the Capitol Park in Sacramento, CA on September 5, 1975. A pixie hippie in love with Charles Manson. Female, 25-30 yrs old; Range: A3 - G5 SARA JANE MOORE (1930- ) Attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford at the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, CA, on September 22, 1975. A frazzled housewife with little sense. Female, 40-45 yrs old; Range: F3 - Eb5 JOHN HINCKLEY (1955- ) Attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan as he left the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C. on March 30, 1981. A love-obsessed and depressed college student. Male, 25-30 yrs old; Range: A2 - G4 BALLADEER* A folk singer and the narrator of the show. The voice of America. Male, 20-40 yrs old; Range: C3 - G4 LEE HARVEY OSWALD* (1939-1963) Assassinated President John F. Kennedy from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository in Dallas, TX on November 22, 1963. A suicidal, dejected shipping clerk. Male, 20-25 yrs old; Range: G3 - C4 EMMA GOLDMAN (1869-1940) Turn-of-the-century Anarchist agitator and feminist. Terse and stubborn. An inspiration to Czolgosz. Female, 30-40 yrs old; Speaking Role THE PROPRIETOR A mysterious man who runs the shooting gallery at a carnival. Male, 30-50 yrs old; Range: Gb2 - F4 DAVID HEROLD (1842-1865) One of John Wilkes Booth's confederates. Aided Booth in his attempted escape. Male, 20-25 yrs old; Speaking Role BILLY Sara Jane Moore's whiny son. Male, 8 - 10 yrs old; Speaking Role ENSEMBLE Bystanders; Tourists; Reporters; Photographers *The roles of the BALLADEER and LEE HARVEY OSWOLD will be played by the same person. |
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