ASSASSINS, 2021
"Assassins" is a aural musical with accompanying visual storyboard. The audience flips through the book, looking at photographs of moments representing corresponding scenes and songs in the radio play. This project served as my Carnegie Mellon BFA Directing Senior Thesis. The entire show was rehearsed and recorded remotely across four time zones, and included original tracks made by our own remote orchestra. I served as both Director and Storyboard designer.
Assassins
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by John Weidman
Director: Cameron King
Music Director, Arrangements, Orchestrations: Joe Brauch
Digital Photographer: Pablo Anton
Analog Photographer: Nico Macchioni
Dramaturg: Nick Grosso
Sound Designer: Rachel Kolb
Lighting Designer: Matthew J. Weisgable
Scenic Designer: Samantha Pollack
Costume Designer: Galen Shila
Stage Manager: Chris Chase
Lee Harvey Oswald: Julian O’Byrne
John Wilkes Booth: Henry Thrasher
Samuel Byck: Adam Brett
Charles J. Guiteau: Jonathan Champion
Sara Jane Moore: Sunday Saari
Squeaky Fromme: Riley Noland
Leon Czolgosz: Dalton Harrod
Giuseppe Zangara: Chattan Johnson
John Hinckley Jr.: Wesley Matthews
Emma Goldman: Hannah Cornish
Sara Jane Moore Photo Double: Phoebe Lloyd
Leon Czolgosz Photo Double: Jack Cherry
John Hinckley Jr. Photo Double: Andy Lebuhn
Artie Bremer: Gian Perez
James Earl Ray: Sam O’Byrne
Guitar: Samuel Rainey
Banjo: Eric Reeder
Drums: Jude Caminos
Trumpet: Sophia Pratto
Trombone: Ned Rowland
Assistant Sound Designer: Erik Cereghino
Associate Music Director: Matt Zweibel
Assistant Costume Designer: Emily Marshburn
Assistant Stage Manager: Magnolia Lu
Book Editors: Cameron King, Matthew J. Weisgable, Galen Shila, Samantha Pollack, Emily Marshburn,
Book Illustration: Samantha Pollack
Dialect Coach: Gary Logan
Run Crew: Megan Hanna & Hikari Harrison
Based on a Concept by Charles Gilbert Jr.
Special Thanks: Don Roy King, Adam J. Thompson, Jerry Zaks, Jonathan Hadary, Adira Rosen, Gary Kline, Jamie Gruzska, Pravin Wilkins, Andrew Smith, Chad Vann, Rick Edinger, Tiia Lager, David Gotwald, Drew Boss, Christopher Jovanelli, JD Hopper
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