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.

Becky Ann Baker
as Sara Jane Moore

James Barbour
as Leon Czolgosz

Mario Cantone
as Samuel Byck

Michael Cerveris
as John Wilkes Booth

Mary Catherine Garrison
as Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme

Alexander Gemignani
as John Hinckley Jr.

Neil Patrick Harris
as The Balladeer / Lee Harvey Oswald

Marc Kudisch
as The Proprietor

Jeffrey Kuhn
as Giuseppe Zangara

Denis O'Hare
as Charles Guiteau