Assassins
Aug 11 - Sep 29, 2019To 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
Performance Information
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Run Time
Running time is approximately 1 hour and 50 minutes with no intermission.
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Content Warnings
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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Specialty Nights
Discussion Nights August 28 & September 10, 2019
Pride Night September 6, 2019
Open Captioned Performance September 8, 2019 at 2PM
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GalaPro
Closed Captioning available at every performance of our mainstage shows via the free GalaPro App.
Content Warnings
Contains gunshots, several instances of guns sweeping the whole stage across the audience (but not shot), depictions of marijuana smoke with herbal cigarettes, theatrical haze, strobe lights and a racial slur (n-word) during “The Ballad of Booth.”
Cast Members
Creative Team
Sponsored by
Dottie Bennett & Richard Morton
and The Ted & Mary Jo Shen Charitable Gift Fund
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