

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.

Sara Jane Moore

Leon Czolgosz

Samuel Byck

John Wilkes Booth

Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme

John Hinckley Jr.

The Balladeer / Lee Harvey Oswald

The Proprietor
Giuseppe Zangara

Charles Guiteau
James Blaine / President Gerald Ford / Ensemble
President James Garfield / Ensemble