Overview

This darkly satirical musical reframes American history through the eyes of those who attempted – successfully or not – to kill US presidents. Structured as a surreal carnival sideshow, the piece weaponises American musical traditions – vaudeville, folk ballads, barbershop quartets, patriotic Sousa-style marches and Bacharach pop – to undercut the myth of the “American Dream,” exposing how frustration, alienation and entitlement can curdle into violence.

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Cast

Marc Kudisch

The Proprietor

James Barbour

Leon Czolgosz

Alexander Gemignani

John Hinckley Jr.

Denis O'Hare

Charles Guiteau

Mario Cantone

Samuel Byck

Mary Catherine Garrison

Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme

Becky Ann Baker

Sara Jane Moore

Michael Cerveris

John Wilkes Booth

Neil Patrick Harris

The Balladeer

Anne L. Nathan

Emma Goldman

Neil Patrick Harris

Lee Harvey Oswald