WHEN YOU’VE GOT A GUN
EVERYBODY PAYS ATTENTION
A theatrical tour-de-force combining 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.
Maren Searle, Julie Fishell. Photo by Jon Gardiner
Brandon Garegnani. Photo by Jon Gardiner
Danny Binstock. Photo by Jon Gardiner
Gregory DeCandia. Photo by Jon Gardiner
Jeffrey Meanza, Spencer Moses. Photo by Jon Gardiner
Joseph Medeiros. Photo by Jon Gardiner
Julie Fishell, Danny Binstock, Jeffrey Meanza, Gregory DeCandia. Photo by Jon Gardiner
Maren Searle, Julie Fishell. Photo by Jon Gardiner
Maren Searle, Julie Fishell, Scott Gilliam. Photo by Jon Gardiner
The Ensemble. Photo by Jon Gardiner
Jeffrey Meanza, Maren Searle, Gregory DeCandia, Joseph Medeiros. Photo by Jon Gardiner
Patrick McHugh, Danny Binstock, Maren Searle. Photo by Jon Gardiner
Jeffrey Blair Cornell. Photo by Jon Gardiner
Jeffrey Meanza. Photo by Jon Gardiner
Julie Fishell. Photo by Jon Gardiner
The Ensemble,. Photo by Jon Gardiner
Ray Dooley. Photo by Jon Gardiner
The Ensemble. Photo by Jon Gardiner
John W. Hinckley, Jr. The son of a wealthy oil company executive, Hinckley was born in 1955 in Ardmore, Oklahoma and raised near Dallas-Fort Worth in Texas...
Samuel Byck was born in Philadelphia in 1930. A high school dropout, Byck married, had four children and embarked on a series of unsuccessful careers ranging from the U.S. Army to tire sales...
Lee Harvey Oswald was born in New Orleans in 1939. Raised by a widowed mother, Oswald grew disaffected with American life and by his teens considered himself a socialist...
Sara Jane Moore conducted another attempt on Ford’s life three weeks later in San Francisco. Born in Charleston, West Virginia to two classical violinists in 1930...
Giuseppe Zangara was born in Calabria, Italy in 1900. Following his mother’s death, his father emigrated with the family to Philadelphia. Zangara suffered from a mysterious stomach malady which caused...
Lynette Alice “Squeaky” Fromme was born in Santa Monica, California in 1948. The daughter of a homemaker and aeronautical engineer, Fromme enjoyed early success...
We are pleased to welcome three actors making their PlayMakers debuts in Assassins. Danny Binstock takes on the role of the John Wilkes Booth, the matinee idol who became famous for the role...
Leon Czolgosz was born Detroit to Polish immigrants in 1873. Raised in Cleveland, he held a succession of menial jobs, including grueling employment at a bottle factory, before committing himself...
As an alumnus of UNC’s Dramatic Art program, it was a wonderful opportunity to return to PlayMakers Repertory Company to work on this production of Assassins...
The assassins are ready to take the stage. With opening night just a few days away, PlayMakers is ready to introduce its cast of sharp-shooting, cake-dancing...
Charles Guiteau was born in Freeport, Illinois in 1841. With a childhood rooted in religious fundamentalism, as an adolescent, he joined one the many 19th century American utopian communes...
Over the course of a century, plays and musicals about the American presidency have fashioned a steady and diverse subgenre, ranging from the sincere...
John Wilkes Booth was born in Maryland in 1838, one of ten children of America’s preeminent nineteenth-century actor, Edwin Booth and his former mistress, Mary Ann Holmes. Raised outside...
Stephen Sondheim ranks among America’s finest dramatists both inside and outside of the Musical genre. Throughout the fifty-five years of his professional career...
Rehearsals have begun and opening night is just a few weeks away. Before the curtain goes up, join us for one or more of these special preview events to learn more about Assassins...
In the opening number of Assassins, a carnival proprietor invites eight people onto the stage to take their turn in the carnival’s shooting gallery...
REVIEWS
Theater review: Sondheim’s 1990 ‘Assassins’ still frighteningly relevant
By Roy C. Dicks
The News & Observer
April 7, 2014
ASSASSINS Hits Target, Wins Prize at PlayMakers Repertory Company
By Kate Dobbs Ariail
The Five Points Star
April 7, 2014
“Assassins” Is a Wonderfully Uncomfortable Think-Piece
By Susie Potter
Triangle Arts & Entertainment
April 8, 2014
THROUGH 4/20: Sondheim and PRC Create a Carnival of Crime in Assassins
By Alan R. Hall
Classical Voice of North Carolina
April 5, 2014
NEWS
The State of Things with Frank Stasio
with director Mike Donahue and actress Julie Fishell
WUNC
April 4, 2014
PlayMakers Rep Will End Its Main-Stage Season with a Bang, with Stephen Sondheim’s “Assassins”
By Robert W. McDowell
Triangle Arts & Entertainment
April 2, 2014
PlayMakers brings ‘Assassins’ to the stage
By Juanita Chavarro
The Daily Tar Heel
April 2, 2014
