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Assassins
Gilbert Theater presents the controversial musical Assassins.
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Book by John Weidman
Assassins is based on an idea by Charles Gilbert, Jr.
Playwrights Horizon, Inc. – NYC Produced Assassins Off-Broadway in 1990.
Assassins is presented through special arrangement with Music Theater International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also provided by MTI.
Directed by Marcela Casals. Musical Direction by Dr. Gail Morfesis.
Fayetteville, NC—
“Bold, original, surreal, disturbing, thought-provoking and alarmingly funny, “Assassins” is perhaps the most controversial musical ever written.
This most American of musicals 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, Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman bend the rules of time and space, taking us on a nightmarish rollercoaster ride in which assassins and would-be assassins from different historical periods meet, interact and in an intense final scene inspire each other to harrowing acts in the name of the American Dream. ”—Music Theatre International
Performance dates are October 2-19; Thursday-Saturday 8pm, Sunday 2pm. The Gilbert Theater is located at 116 Green Street above the Fascinate-U-Children’s museum in downtown Fayetteville. Please use the Bow Street entrance.
For reservations call 910-678-7186 or e-mail gilberttheater@aol.com. Box office and lobby open one hour prior to start of performance. Tickets are $12.00.
Please be aware this play contains some offensive language and loud gunshots.
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Leon Czolgosz –
(1873 – 1901) Assassinated President William McKinley during a public reception at the Temple of Music Pavilion at the Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, New York, September 6, 1901.
John Hinckley –
(1955 - ) Attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan as he left the Washington Hilton, Washington, D.C., March 30, 1981.
Charles Guiteau –
(1841 – 1882) Assassinated President James Garfield in the waiting room of the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad Station, Washington, D.C., July 2, 1881.
Giuseppe Zangara –
(1900 – 1933) Attempted to assassinate President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt as Roosevelt greeted well-wishers in Bayfront Park, Miami, Florida, February 15, 1933.
Samuel Byck –
(1930 – 1974) Attempted to assassinate President Richard Nixon; hijacked a commercial jetliner which he intended to crash dive into the White House, Baltimore-Washington International Airport, February 22, 1974.
Lynette (“Squeaky”) Fromme –
(1948 - ) Attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford as he left the Senator Hotel, Sacramento, California, September 5, 1975.
Sara Jane Moore –
(1930 - ) Attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford as he left the St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco, California, September 22, 1975.
John Wilkes Booth –
(1838 – 1865) Assassinated President Abraham Lincoln during a performance of “Our American Cousin” at Ford’s Theater, Washington, D.C., April 14, 1865.
Balladeer –
A Woody Guthrie/Pete Seeger-style folk singer.
Emma Goldman –
Turn-of-the-century anarchist agitator and feminist.
Lee Harvey Oswald –
(1939 – 1963) Assassinated President John F. Kennedy from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository, Dallas, Texas, November 22, 1963.
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