characters with their weapons at the beginning of the show. The Balladeer: (Tenor, C3–G4); narrator who provides the stories of the assassins Billy: Sara Jane Moore's son. Moore has a son, but his name is Frederic. Ensemble: crowd members, chorus, etc. Historical: John Wilkes Booth: (Baritone, F♯2–G4); assassin of President Abraham Lincoln David Herold: accomplice of John Wilkes Booth in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln Charles Guiteau: (Baritenor, A2–A♭4); assassin of President James A. Garfield President James A. Garfield: twentieth President of the United States James Blaine: Secretary of State who received a deluge of letters from Charles Guiteau Leon Czolgosz: (Bass, G♯2–D♭4); assassin of President William McKinley Emma Goldman: anarchist known for her political activism who also interacted several times with Leon Czolgosz Giuseppe Zangara: (Tenor, B2–B4); attempted assassin of President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt Lee Harvey Oswald: assassin of President John F. Kennedy Samuel Byck: (Baritone, C3–F♭4); attempted assassin of President Richard Nixon John Hinckley, Jr.: (Baritone, A2–F♯4); attempted assassin of President Ronald Reagan Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme: (Mezzo-Soprano, A3–D5); attempted assassin of President Gerald Ford Sara Jane Moore: (Alto, F3–E♭5); attempted assassin of President Gerald Ford President Gerald Ford: thirty-eighth President of the United States Notable cast and characters Casts of Original Broadway, off-Broadway, and London productions Notable Replacements Off-West End: (2014–15) John Wilkes Booth: Michael Xavier Sara Jane Moore: Anna Francolini Synopsis This synopsis reflects the current licensed version of the show. The published script of the 1992 Off-Broadway production is slightly different. The show opens in a fairground shooting gallery where, amid flashing lights, human figures trundle past on a conveyor belt. One by one, a collection of misfits enters the stage, where the Proprietor of the game entices them to play, promising that their problems will be solved by killing a President ("Everybody’s Got the Right"). Leon Czolgosz, John Hinckley, Charles Guiteau, Giuseppe Zangara, Samuel Byck, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, and Sara Jane Moore are given their guns one by one. John Wilkes Booth enters last and the Proprietor introduces him to the others as their pioneer before he begins distributing ammunition. The assassins take aim as "Hail to the Chief" heralds Abraham Lincoln's offstage arrival. Booth excuses himself, a shot rings out and Booth shouts, "Sic semper tyrannis!" The Balladeer, a personification of the American Dream, appears and begins to tell John Wilkes Booth's story ("The Ballad of Booth"). The scene changes to Richard H.