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Assassins
​Character Breakdown

Theatre UP is a welcoming and nondiscriminatory organization.  We are seeking an incredibly diverse and inclusive cast.  We encourage community members to attend regardless of age, race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, and/or experience. 
Age Descriptions are a guide only and may be flexible.  Some cross gender casting may be considered.
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.
Gender: Male     Age: 25 to 35     Vocal range top: G4     Vocal range bottom: F2

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.
Gender: Male     Age: 35 to 45     Vocal range top: Ab4     Vocal range bottom: A2

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.
Gender: Male     Age: 25 to 30     Vocal range top: G4     Vocal range bottom: G#2

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.
Gender: Male     Age: 30 to 35     Vocal range top: A4     Vocal range bottom: B2

Samuel Byck - (1930-1974) Attempted to assassinate President Richard Nixon by hijacking a commercial jetliner. Hysterically irate schlep in a Santa Claus suit.
Gender: Male     Age: 40 to 45     Vocal range top: G4     Vocal range bottom: D3

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.
Gender: Female     Age: 25 to 30     Vocal range top: G5     Vocal range bottom: A3

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.
Gender: Female     Age: 40 to 45     Vocal range top: Eb5     Vocal range bottom: F3

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.
Gender: Male     Age: 25 to 30     Vocal range top: G4     Vocal range bottom: A2

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.
Gender: Male     Age: 20 to 25     Vocal range top: C4     Vocal range bottom: G3

Balladeer - A folk singer and the narrator of the show. The voice of America.
Gender: Male     Age: 20 to 40     Vocal range top: G4     Vocal range bottom: C3

Emma Goldman - (1869-1940) Turn-of-the-century Anarchist agitator and feminist. Terse and stubborn. An inspiration to Czolgosz.
Gender: Female     Age: 30 to 40

The Proprietor - A mysterious man who runs the shooting gallery at a carnival.
Gender: Male     Age: 30 to 50     Vocal range top: F4     Vocal range bottom: Gb2

David Herold - (1842-1865) One of John Wilkes Booth's confederates. Aided Booth in his attempted escape.
Gender: Male     Age: 20 to 25

Billy - Sara Jane Moore's whiny son.
Gender: Male     Age: 8 to 14

Ensemble - Bystanders; Tourists; Reporters; Photographers

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