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Clinton County Showcase

2008-2009

FEBRUARY PLAY
Assassins

Director: Leah Klostermann Home: (618) 526-9075
Performance Dates: February 6-8, 13-15, 2009
Audition Date: Saturday, December 6th at 1pm

Assassins

Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by John Weidman
Based on an idea by Charles Gilbert, Jr.
Playwrights Horizons, Inc. – New York City produced Assassins Off-Broadway in 1990

* Produced by special arrangement with Music Theatre International.

SYNOPSIS:
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 harrowing acts in the name of the American Dream.
 

*Assassins contains adult themes, language, humor, and live gunfire. Viewer discretion is recommended.

Updates from the production team of CCS Assassins

Clinton County Showcase is a non-profit community arts group (Breese, Illinois) dedicated to promoting art, music, and theatre events. Our goal is to provide a creative artistic outlet for our youth as well as adults. To that end we have established the following Scholarships to be presented annually.

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