
Assassins
To kick off the 30th anniversary season, Signature Theatre produces our 30th Sondheim musical with the daring and darkly funny Tony Award®-winning musical exposé – Assassins.
From John Wilkes Booth to Lee Harvey Oswald, nine would-be and successful presidential assassins inspire each other to pull the trigger and change their worlds in a perverse, wry and thrillingly entertaining vaudeville.
Directed by Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer, a cast of Signature favorites including Nova Y. Payton, Tracy Lynn Olivera, Evan Casey, Bobby Smith and others explore Sondheim’s stunning music and sardonic lyrics in a fascinating examination of the twisted American Dream.
“Mr. Sondheim’s astonishing score takes staples of American folk, pop and ceremonial music and turns them inside out.”
– THE NEW YORK TIMES
Discussion Nights August 28 & September 10, 2019
Pride Night September 6, 2019
Open Captioned Performance September 8, 2019 at 2PM
Running time is approximately 1 hour and 50 minutes with no intermission.
Contains multiple loud gunshots, marijuana smoke (herbal), theatrical haze, strobe lights and a racial slur. If you would like to use a pair of earplugs, please ask a house manager.
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Sponsored by Dottie Bennett & Richard Morton
and The Ted & Mary Jo Shen Charitable Gift Fund
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Closed Captioning available at every performance of our mainstage shows via the free GalaPro App
Press Reviews
Perversely entertaining revival
Bristling and deeply felt
Darkly comic and brilliant musical vaudeville
This show shoots to kill. And it does not miss.
Audacious and urgent
Mordantly funny, even hilarious
Cast Members
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Christopher Bloch
Samuel Byck
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Kurt Boehm
Proprietor
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Evan Casey
John Hinckley
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Declan Fennell
Billy Understudy
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Vincent Kempski
John Wilkes Booth
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Sam Ludwig
Balladeer/Lee Harvey Oswald
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Jimmy Mavrikes
Ford/Garfield/Ensemble
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Ian McEuen
Giuseppe Zangara
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Christopher Mueller
David Herold/Ensemble
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Tracy Lynn Olivera
Sara Jane Moore
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Nova Y. Payton
Ensemble
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Lawrence Redmond
Leon Czolgosz
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Christopher Michael Richardson
James Blaine/Ensemble
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Maria Rizzo
Emma Goldman/Ensemble
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Bobby Smith
Charles Guiteau
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Harrison Smith
Swing
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Kylie Claire Smith
Swing
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Jack St. Pierre
Billy
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Dylan Toms
Swing
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Rachel Zampelli
Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme
Creative Team
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Music and Lyrics by
Stephen Sondheim
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Book by
John Weidman
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Based on an idea by
Charles Gilbert, Jr.
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Playwright Horizons, Inc. - New York City Produced Assassins Off-Broadway in 1990
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Directed by
Eric Schaeffer
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Musical Direction by
John Kalbfleisch
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Scenic Design by
James Kronzer
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Costume Design by
Kathleen Geldard
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Wig Design by
Austin Blake Conlee & Alison Samantha Jonhson
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Lighting Design by
Chris Lee
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Sound Design by
Ryan Hickey
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Casting by
Kelly Crandall d'Amboise
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Production Stage Manager
Kerry Epstein
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Assistant Stage Manager
Taryn Friend
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Production Assistant
Joey Blakely