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Assassins

October 11-27, 2024​

at MATCH (Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston)

Music and Lyrics by: Stephen Sondheim

Book by: John Weidman

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 musical 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.

Cast

Ethan Spell

The Balladeer/Lee Harvey Oswald

Gabriel Mullen

John Wilkes Booth

Matthew Lawrence

Charles Guiteau

Brandon Collins

Leon Czologosz

Matt Peña

Guiseppe Zangara

Dalton Hutto

Samuel Byck

Gillian Grace

Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme

Kelsey Heaton

Sara Jane Moore

Baker Morrison

John Hinckley

Robby Black

The Proprietor

Booth Understudy

Caden Casey

Ensemble

Zangara and Proprietor Understudy

Jake Cummings

Ensemble

Guiteau & Czologosz Understudy

Saroa-Dwayne Sasa

Ensemble

Hinckley & Balladeer Understudy

Morgan Kaupert

Ensemble

Squeaky Understudy

Faith Taylor

Ensemble

Moore Understudy

Andrew Cannon

Byck Understudy/Swing

Snow Adeera

Swing

Dallis Williams

Ensemble

Production Team

Logan Vaden

Director

Brandon Tanner

Music Director

Courtney Chilton

Choreographer

Nicholas White

Technical Director/Design

Ryan Richard

Costume Designer

Blake Minor

Sound Designer

Sara Denton

Stage Manager

Pin Lim

Photography

Alyssa Pubentz

Asst. Director

Jake Cummings

Dance Captain

Danielle James

Run Crew

Samuel Jones

Sound Board Operator

Rachel Epstein

Light Board Operator

PRESS

Houston Arts Alliance

Assassins was presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials were also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com

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