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

orchestrations by Michael Starobin

First Broadway Production, 2004
Roundabout Theatre Company
Todd Haimes, Artistic Director

directed by Weston Scott

In a country built on the promise of liberty, what drives someone to try to kill the person who represents that promise?

Stephen Sondheim’s razor-sharp, multi–award–winning musical Assassins brings together a lineup of figures from American history who assassinated, or attempted to assassinate, U.S. presidents.

This bold, one-of-a-kind show, directed by Weston Scott and starring Adam KuveNiemann (Ironbound, Exodus to Eden) as every character, is an electrifying theatrical experience, spinning through a gallery of infamous lives to reveal how isolation, grievance, and fractured identity can erupt into violence.

As the show moves through history’s most infamous attempts on presidential power, it illuminates how a nation that confuses freedom with independence can begin to unravel.

Riveting, unsettling, and darkly funny, Assassins confronts our nation’s darkest impulses, offering a night at the theater that is as entertaining as it is provocative.

PERFORMANCES

*MARCH 21 – APRIL 19

Preview: Saturday, March 21 @ 7:30pm
Opening Night: Sunday, March 22 @ 7:30pm

Performances
Thurs, Fri, Sat, + Sun 4/19 @ 7:30pm
Sun 3/29, Sun 4/5 + Sun 4/12 @ 2:00pm

Run Time: 1 hour, 45 minutes

Location: Oakland Theater Project
1501 Martin Luther King Jr Way
Oakland, CA 94612

*MUST CLOSE April 19th

PRIORITY TICKET
(Reserved seating)
$70

GENERAL ADMISSION TICKET
(Seating assigned upon arrival)
$40

PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN TICKET
(Or any amount at the door — contact box office for availability)
$10 / $20

*Ticketing fee displayed at the ticket website
**Online ticket sales close 1 hour before each performance. Tickets may be purchased at the door — subject to availability.

Questions? Contact the Box Office at 510.646.1126 or boxoffice@oaklandtheaterproject.org

IN THE MEDIA

HIGHEST RATING!
”Starring Adam KuveNiemann in a career-defining performance… Oakland Theater Project triumphs again”
– Lily Janiak, San Francisco Chronicle

“Brilliantly staged… combining outstanding direction by Weston Scott and a career-defining performance by Adam KuveNiemann… They have a winner here, and although it’s only late March, this may be the best play and performance of the year.”
– Steve Murray, BroadwayWorld

“Magnificent… Assassins will challenge your emotions, your heart, and your mind in unexpected ways. This is one of the most well crafted works to hit a Bay Area stage in some time.”
– Vita Hewitt, Midbrow

“[A] wildly imaginative one-man montage of U.S. history’s anti-heroes… Through KuveNiemann’s brilliant embodiment of 14 characters, we understand how class injustices have created massive alienation from the American Dream.”
– Jenyth Jo, Theatrius

“Unforgettable… a one-person tour-de-force… Adam KuveNiemann, who plays all the assassins and all the minor characters… [is] phenomenal.”

– Richard Wolinsky, KPFA

“An innovative, arresting production… starring Adam KuveNiemann in a bravura performance, Assassins is something special to see”

– Emily S. Mendel, Culture Vulture

CAST