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Audio Sample: "The Gun Song"

 

A bit about the real-life historical figures along with vocal ranges for each part.

JOHN WILKES BOOTH

(1838-1865) Assassinated President Abraham Lincoln during a performance of "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theater, Washington D.C., April 14, 1865.
Vocal Range: Baritone

CHARLES J. GUITEAU

(1841-1882) Assassinated President James Garfield in the waiting room of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station, Washington, D.C., July 2, 1881. Dashing but mad.
Vocal Range: Baritone/Tenor.

LEON CZOLGOSZ

(1873-1901) Assassinated President William McKinley during a public reception at the Temple of Music Pavilion at the Pan American Exposition, Buffalo, N.Y., September 6, 1901. Poverty-worn young radical (pronounced Chole-gosh).
Vocal Range: Baritone/Bass

GIUSEPPE ZANGARA

(1900-1933) Attempted to assassinate President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt greeted well-wishers in Bayfront Park, Miami, February 15, 1933. Angry, heavily-accented immigrant.
Vocal Range: Must hold an A.

LEE HARVEY OSWALD

(1939-1963). Assassinated President John F. Kennedy from the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository, Dallas, Texas, November 22, 1963. Dejected shipping clerk planning suicide (killed Kennedy, 1963) Non-singing

LYNETTE "SQUEAKY" FROMME

(1948- ) Attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford as he left the St. Francis Hotel, Sacramento, CA., September 5, 1975. Pixie hippie in love with Charles Manson.
Vocal Range: Mezzo

SARAH JANE MOORE

Attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford as he left the St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco, CA., September 22, 1975. Frazzled housewife
Vocal Range: Soprano

JOHN HINCKLEY

(1955- ) Attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan as he left the Washington Hilton, Washington, D.C., March 30, 1981. Depressed college student
Vocal Range: Baritone/Pop Voice.

SAM BYCK

(1930-1974) Attempted to assassinate President Richard Nixon; hijacked a commercial jetliner which he intended to crash dive into the White House, Baltimore-Washington International Airport, February 22, 1974. Hysterically irate schlep in a Santa Claus suit.

ADDITIONAL CHARACTERS:

BALLADEER - The narrator of the story... A Woody Gutherie/Peter Seeger-style folk singer. Should be able to play guitar, folk tenor.

 

EMMA GOLDMAN - Turn-of-the-century Anarchist agitator and feminist.

 

THE PROPRIETOR - Of a shooting gallery at a carnival.

 

DAVID HERROLD -   One of John Wilkes Booth's confederates; aided Booth in his attempted escape.