ASSASSINS to Open at Laurel Mill Playhouse This Spring

Directed by Michael V. Hartsfield with Musical Directors Billy George & Mimi Kuhn McGinniss, Producer Maureen Rogers and Costumer Carol Mead Cartmell, ASSASINS will play Laurel Mill Playhouse (508 Main Street, Laurel, MD 20707) April 29 - May 22, 2016.

From MTI: A multiple Tony Award-winning theatrical tour-de-force, ASSASINS 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.

THE CAST:

PROPRIETOR: Jim Knost
LEON CZOLGOSZ: Stephen P Yednock
JOHN HINCKLEY: Gary Eurice
CHARLES GUITEAU: John Scheeler
GIUSEPPE ZANGARA: Joseph N. Mariano
SAMUEL BYCK: Tom Howley
LYNETTE FROMME: Morrigan Condo
SARA JANE MOORE: Meg Nemeth
EMMA GOLDMAN: Maureen Rogers (4-29, 4-30, 5-6, 5-7, 5-20, 5-21, 5-22)
EMMA GOLDMAN: Penni Barnett (5-13, 5-14, 5-15)
JOHN WILKES BOOTH: Stephen M. Deininger
BALLADEER: Matt Wetzel
Lee Harvey Oswald: Danny Santiago
Ensemble: Jordan Essex, Brianna K. Scheeler, AnnaBelle Lowe, Maureen Rogers, Ron Able, Cassandra Ferrell, Stuart Deininger, Daniel Santiago, Penni Barnett, Patrick Pase

Performances run weekends from Friday April 29, 2016 through Sunday May 22, 2016 with Friday and Saturday evening performances at 8 p.m. Two Sunday performances on May 15 and 22 at 2:00 p.m.

Opening weekend special rate: April 29th & 30th - Tickets are $20 for general admission and $15 for students (18 and under), active duty military and seniors (65 and over). www.laurelmillplayhouse.org. We do not take reservations.

For the rest of the run, tickets are $22 for general admission and $17 for students (18 and under), active duty military and seniors (65 and over).

Tickets can be purchased by visiting www.laurelmillplayhouse.org. We do not take reservations. All tickets must be purchased online.