Assassins (musical) - Characters

Characters

Fictional:

  • The Proprietor: gun salesman who provides the characters with their weapons at the beginning of the show
  • The Balladeer: narrator who provides the stories of the assassins
  • Ensemble: crowd members, chorus, etc.

Historical:

  • John Wilkes Booth: assassin of President Abraham Lincoln
  • David Herold: accomplice of John Wilkes Booth in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln
  • Charles Guiteau: assassin of President James Garfield
  • President James Garfield: twentieth President of the United States
  • James Blaine: Secretary of State who received a deluge of letters from Charles Guiteau
  • Leon Czolgosz: assassin of President William McKinley
  • Emma Goldman: anarchist known for her political activism who also interacted several times with Leon Czolgosz
  • Giuseppe Zangara: attempted assassin of President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Lee Harvey Oswald: assassin of President John F. Kennedy
  • Samuel Byck: attempted assassin of President Richard Nixon
  • John Hinckley: attempted assassin of President Ronald Reagan
  • Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme: attempted assassin of President Gerald Ford
  • Sara Jane Moore: attempted assassin of President Gerald Ford
  • President Gerald Ford: thirty-eighth President of the United States
  • Billy: Sara Jane Moore's son

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