Horizon Performing Arts is pleased to announce auditions for our March 2025 musical, Assassins.

DATES: December 9 & 10 from 7 - 9 p.m.

SIGN-UP: Please sign up using this Sign-Up Genius: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0F4CA9A723AAFC1-53019343-horizon#/

All auditionees will be seen, including those coming in on a walk-in basis, but those who have signed up in advance will be seen first.

LOCATION: TBA. Please check back frequently for an update.

Auditionees should prepare a 16-32 bar cut of a song in the style of the show. Please bring sheet music. An accompanist will be available. NO a cappella auditions will be allowed. Backing tracks are allowed; however, sheet music is highly preferred. Please come dressed in clothes that allow you to move, as you may do some movement work.

Please bring a completed audition form and headshot (if available). Audition forms can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OVD_2WrlC-L0rbjiPv8HZJXagXg0G1DB/view?usp=sharing

AGE RESTRICTION: Due to the content of this production, those interested in auditioning MUST be 18+. No exceptions will be made.

PRODUCTION INFORMATION: Show dates are March 6, 7, 8, & 9, 2025 at Riverside Arts Center in Ypsilanti, MI.

Assassins Character Breakdown

John Wilkes Booth (1838-1865)

Assassinated President Abraham Lincoln during a performance at Ford's Theater in Washington D.C. on April 14, 1865. Foreman and inspirational celebrity to the other assassins. Must be comfortable with very strong language and content.

Gender: male
Age: 25 to 35
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: F2

Charles Guiteau (1841-1882) 

Assassinated President James Garfield in the waiting room of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station, Washington, D.C., on July 2, 1881. Dashing but mad.

Gender: male
Age: 35 to 45
Vocal range top: Ab4
Vocal range bottom: A2

Leon Czologosz (1873-1901) 

Assassinated President William McKinley at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, N.Y. on September 6, 1901. A young poverty-worn radical.

Gender: male
Age: 25 to 30
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: G#2

Giuseppe Zangara (1900-1933)

Attempted to assassinate President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt as he greeted well-wishers in Bayfront Park, Miami, FL on February 15, 1933. An angry, heavily-accented immigrant.

Gender: male
Age: 30 to 35
Vocal range top: A4
Vocal range bottom: B2

Samuel Byck (1930-1974)

Attempted to assassinate President Richard Nixon by hijacking a commercial jetliner. Hysterically irate schlep in a Santa Claus suit.

Gender: male
Age: 40 to 45
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: D3

Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme (1948- ) 

Attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford at the Capitol Park in Sacramento, CA on September 5, 1975. A pixie hippie in love with Charles Manson.

Gender: female
Age: 25 to 30
Vocal range top: G5
Vocal range bottom: A3

Sara Jane Moore (1930- )

Attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford at the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, CA, on September 22, 1975. A frazzled housewife with little sense.

Gender: female
Age: 40 to 45
Vocal range top: Eb5
Vocal range bottom: F3

John Hinckley (1955- )*

Attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan as he left the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C. on March 30, 1981. A love-obsessed and depressed college student.

Gender: male
Age: 25 to 30
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: A2

Lee Harvey Oswald (1939-1963)*

Assassinated President John F. Kennedy from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository in Dallas, TX on November 22, 1963. A suicidal, dejected shipping clerk. (Potentially played by the same actor playing The Balladeer)

Gender: male
Age: 20 to 25
Vocal range top: C4
Vocal range bottom: G3

Balladeer*

A folk singer and the narrator of the show. The voice of America. (Potentially played by the same actor playing Lee Harvey Oswald)

Gender: male
Age: 20 to 40
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: C3

Emma Goldman (1869-1940)

Turn-of-the-century Anarchist agitator and feminist. Terse and stubborn. An inspiration to Czolgosz.

Gender: Female
Age: 30 to 40

The Proprietor

A mysterious man who runs the shooting gallery at a carnival.

Gender: male
Age: 30 to 50
Vocal range top: F4
Vocal range bottom: Gb2

David Herold (1842-1865)

One of John Wilkes Booth's confederates. Aided Booth in his attempted escape.

Gender: male
Age: 20 to 25

Billy

Sara Jane Moore's whiny son.

Gender: male
Age: About 8

Ensemble

Bystanders; Tourists; Reporters; Photographers

* Special consideration is given to actors who play guitar.