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.

Marc Kudisch
as The Proprietor

James Barbour
as Leon Czolgosz

Alexander Gemignani
as John Hinckley Jr.

Denis O'Hare
as Charles Guiteau

Jeffrey Kuhn
as Giuseppe Zangara

Mario Cantone
as Samuel Byck

Mary Catherine Garrison
as Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme

Becky Ann Baker
as Sara Jane Moore

Michael Cerveris
as John Wilkes Booth

Neil Patrick Harris
as The Balladeer