ASSASSINS Equity Principal Actors - The Spot Auditions

ASSASSINS - Ketchum, ID EPA
The Spot | Ketchum, ID

AUDITION DATE

Tuesday, November 28, 2023
9:00 AM - 6:00 PM (M)
Lunch 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

APPOINTMENTS

To schedule an audition appointment please email casting@spotsunvalley.com with your preferred time. If you are unable to attend the in-person auditions, you may submit to casting@spotsunvalley.com. Please include
your headshot, resume and audition materials. Online submissions will be accepted until November 25.

CONTRACT

SPT
$576 weekly minimum (SPT 6)

SEEKING

PREPARATION

Please prepare a short cut of a song of your choosing from ASSASSINS. Bring your headshot and resume stapled together.

LOCATION

The Spot
220 Lewis St. #2
Ketchum, ID 83340
Holding room - Lobby

PERSONNEL

Music Directed by R.L. Rowsey
Expected to attend:
Kevin Wade - Producer/Casting
Yanna Lantz - Director
Natalie Battistone - Creative Director
Brett Moellenberg - Artistic Administrator
Samuel Mollner - Technical Director

OTHER DATES

1st rehearsal 01/08/2024
Opening 01/25/2024
Closing 02/04/2024

OTHER

http://www.spotsunvalley.com

An Equity Monitor will not be provided. The producer will run all aspects of this audition. Equity’s contracts prohibit discrimination. Equity is committed to diversity and encourages all its employers to engage in a policy of equal employment opportunity designed to promote a positive model of inclusion. As such, Equity encourages
performers of all ethnicities, gender identities, and ages, as well as performers with disabilities, to attend every audition. Always bring your Equity Membership card to auditions.

BREAKDOWN

ASSASSINS

SYNOPSIS: 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.

SEEKING:

The Proprietor—a proprietor at a carnival. Sadistic, cunning and grinning from ear to ear. Bass- Baritone, F2–F4

The Balladeer—a young singer, who acts as not only an occasional narrator, but the voice of reason and the eyes of America throughout our story. Tenor, C3–G4

John Wilkes Booth—THIS ROLE IS CAST. an intelligent and eloquent Southern actor, burning with rage. Assassinated President Abraham Lincoln on April 14th, 1865. Baritone, F♯2–G4

Sara Jane Moore—THIS ROLE IS CAST. a former CPA and FBI agent, now unemployed. Absent-minded, energetic and from the South. Attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford in 1975. Alto, F3–E♭5

Leon Czolgosz (chol-gosh)—THIS ROLE IS CAST. a Polish immigrant and steel worker. Methodical, deliberate and explosive. Assassinated President William McKinley in 1901. Bass, G♯2–D♭4

Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme (frahm)—THIS ROLE IS CAST. a deeply disturbed young girl who believes that killing the President will enable her boyfriend—Charles Manson—to make a speech at her trial. Attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford in 1975. Mezzo-Soprano, A3–D5

Giuseppe Zangara (zang-ah-ruh)—THIS ROLE IS CAST. a small Italian immigrant who blames the intense pains in his stomach on the United States government. Attempted to assassinate President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 13, 1933, but instead killed Anton Cermak, mayor of Chicago. Tenor, B2–B4

Charles Guiteau (gih-tow)— THIS ROLE IS CAST. a boisterous minister, author and lunatic who, upon learning that he could not be Ambassador to France, assassinated President James Garfield on July 2nd, 1881.

Samuel Byck—THIS ROLE IS CAST. a loudmouthed, unstable, middle-aged man who attempted to kill President Richard M. Nixon by hijacking a commercial jetliner and crashing it into the White House on February 22nd, 1974. Baritone, C3–F♭4

ACTORS WILL DOUBLE AS THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERS/”THE BYSTANDERS”:

John Hinckley, Jr.—a young and socially inept man, whose obsession with actress Jodie Foster led him to try to assassinate President Ronald Reagan on March 30th, 1981.

Lee Harvey Oswald—a young, withdrawn man who allegedly assassinated President John F. Kennedy on November 22nd, 1963.

Emma Goldman—a strong woman whose anarchistic speeches made her an icon of the early 20th century. David Herold—a co-conspirator with John Wilkes Booth, frightened and jumpy.

James Garfield—the 20th President of the United States. James Blaine—Secretary of State to President James Garfield.

Gerald Ford—the 38th President of the United States.

Billy Moore—the son of Sara Jane Moore.

Fairgoers—witnesses to the assassination of President William McKinley.

Little Boy—another witness to the assassination of President William McKinley.

The Bystanders—A small group of various Americans throughout history, constantly appearing and bearing witness to unspeakable acts. Within the Bystanders, there are: A Housewife, An Office Clerk, A Gentleman, A Farmer, A Factory Hand, A Schoolteacher, A Stockbroker, A Pawnbroker, A Waitress, A Schoolboy, A Lady, A Policeman and A Minister, among many other roles.