In this darkly humorous musical review, Stephen Sondheim (music and lyrics) and John Weidman (book) depict nine misfit men and women who attempted (four of them successfully) to assassinate American Presidents. While every nation has its assassins and would-be assassins, only in America, the authors suggest, do disturbed and disturbing individuals act not because they hope to influence national politics, but because they are wrapped up in a malignant sense of entitlement. Feeling betrayed by the failed promise of American democracy and the American Dream, they strike out at the symbol for America: the American President. Assassins spans several musical styles and many decades in a dizzying series of musical and theatrical inventions that culminate in the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by John Weidman
September 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17 at 8 PM, & September 4 at 2 PM
Production took place in Kresge Little Theatre
Staff
- Producer: Leigh-Ana Rossitto (MIT 2018)
- Assistant Producer: Caroline Walsh (MIT 2017)
- Director: Matt Putnam (MIT 2009)
- Assistant Director: Noelle Colant (MIT 2017)
- Vocal Director: David Favela (MIT 2018)
- Music Director: Marek Subernat (MIT 2019)
- Technical Director: Kirsten Pappas (MIT 2014)
- Assistant Technical Director: David Favela (MIT 2018)
- Assistant Technical Director: Geoff Hegg (MIT 2016)
- Stage Manager: Hubert Hwang (MIT 2007)
- Assistant Stage Manager: Caroline Walsh (MIT 2017)
- Set Designer: Brandon Sanchez (MIT 2018)
- Assistant Set Designer: Mandy Fike (MIT 2019)
- Lighting Designer: Hallie Voulgaris (MIT 2017)
- Sound Designer & Engineer: Jake Gunter (MIT 2016)
- Assistant Sound Engineer: Dominique McKenzie W (MIT 2017)
- Costume Designer: Yukino Nagai (MIT 2018)
- Props Designer: Emily Rosser (MIT 2012)
- Hair & Makeup Designer: Carrie Fowle (MIT 2018)
- Publicity Manager: Carrie Fowle (MIT 2018)
- Publicity Designer: Eurah Ko (MIT 2016)
- Program Designer: Eric Fegan (MIT 2017)
- Master Electrician: Victor Gutierrez (MIT 2017)
- Master Seamstres: Yukino Nagai (MIT 2018)
- Carpenter: Katie Biegel (MIT 2015)
- Carpenter: Mandy Fike (MIT 2019)
- Scenic Painter: Yasmin Chavez (MIT 2018)
- Box Office Manager: Anni Zhang (MIT 2017)
- Reservations Manager: Cheryl Gaul (MIT 2016)
- Front of House Manager: Natasha Batten (MIT 2019)
- Masters-at-Arms: Dustin Doss (MIT 2017)
- Masters-at-Arms: Kyle Saleeby (MIT 2017)
Cast
- Balladeer: Nick Stevens (Community Member)
- Proprietor: Rachel Nations (MIT 2016)
- John Wilkes Booth: Brandon Sanchez (MIT 2018)
- Charles Guiteau: Tyler Crosby (Community Member)
- Leon Czolgosz: Paul Gallagher (Graduate Student)
- Giuseppe Zangara: Meghan Jolliffe (Community Member)
- Samuel Byck: Lucas Commons-Miller (Community Member)
- Lynette 'Squeaky' Fromme: Kitty Drexel (Community Member)
- Sara Jane Moore: Megan O'Leary (MIT 2016)
- John Hinckley Jr.: Jacob Martin (MIT 2018)
- Emma Goldman: Brett Jordan (Community Member)
- Ensemble: Victoria Longe (MIT 2018)
- Ensemble: Luis Miguel Orrego (MIT 2013)
Orchestra
- Conductor: Marek Subernat (MIT 2019)
- Reeds: Hannah Robertson (Community Member)
- Reeds: Aaron Chow (MIT 2008)
- Reeds: Ye Huang (Community Member)
- Reeds: Nicole DeMaio (Community Member)
- Trumpet 1: Ariel Wexler (Community Member)
- Trumpet 1: Lisa Zahray (MIT 2017)
- Trombone: Mark Hajjar (Community Member)
- Horn 1: Steve Benson (Community Member)
- Keyboard 1: Mona Seyed-Bolorforosh (Community Member)
- Keyboard 1: Matt Putnam (MIT 2009)
- Guitar 1: John Donelan (Community Member)
- Bass: Nate Melhorn (Community Member)
- Percussion: Justin Jones (Community Member)