UMMTA is incredibly excited to present our second semester production for 2011, Sondheim’s Assassins!
UMMTA presents Assassins
Performances 7th – 15th October
Guild Theatre, University of Melbourne
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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 commit harrowing acts in the name of the American Dream.
Presented by the University of Melbourne Music Theatre Association
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by John Weidman
By arrangement with Hal Leonard Australia
Evening shows 7-8, 12-15 October 2011 at 7:30pm
Matinee Saturday 15 October at 2pm
Guild Theatre, first floor, Union House
University of Melbourne VIC 3052
| John Wilkes Booth | Matt Cookson |
| The Proprietor | Luke Morrison |
| Leon Czolgosz | Joe Coghlan |
| Samuel Byck | Patrick Considine |
| Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme | Laura Raiti |
| John Hinckley | Jenter Zilm |
| Balladeer / Lee Harvey Oswald | Drew Collet |
| Giuseppe Zangara | Anthony Cardamone |
| Charles Guiteau | David Miles |
| Sara Jane Moore | Luisa Tascone |
| Ensemble | Gabriel Brown Sarah Jane Calsiña Kat Elliot Nicola Guzzardi Spencer Hadlow Tristan Lawrence |
| Director | Tyson Legg |
| Assistant Director | Spencer Hadlow |
| Musical Director | Louis Sharpe |
| Choreographer | Lauri Uldrikis |
| Vocal Coach | Kimberley Colman |
| Producers | Dylan Morgan Emily Wilden |
| Stage Manager | David Kelly |
| Set Designer | Mairead Dwyer |
| Lighting Operator | Ruth Blair |
| Publicity Manager | Ashlee Clapp |
