Enjoy!

I'm posting today in the hopes that this little blog gets out there and is useful to theatre companies producing Assassins. If you have written a similar blog, or have research to share, I'd love to be linked to you!

Selected Reading, Viewing, and Listening

The following books are intersting inroads to the topics of assassination, gun violence and gun culture:
Assassination Vacation, Sarah Vowell

Gun Show Nation, Joan Burbick

Murdering McKinley, Eric Rauchway

Squeaky: The Life and Times of Lynette Alice Fromme, Jess Bravin

The Following books/films I found useful and interesting, and are easily available through local public libraries:

Oswald's Tale: An American Mystery Norman Mailer (book)

Emma Goldman: American Experience, PBS (documentary)

The Men Who Killed Kennedy, History Channel (documentary)

The Five Weeks of Giuseppe Zangara: The Man Who Would Assassinate FDR, Blaise Picchi (book)

If anyone can find a copy of the following film, let me know. It's on Amazon, but isn't a library better?

The Plot to Kill Nixon History Channel


Podcast that may be useful:


"Neil Patrick Harris and Marc Kudisch," American Theatre Wing's Podcast Series Down Stage Center. #5, May, 2004. Available on iTunes

Link to Obama/guns article

This is the article Shawn mentioned at the 5/26 production meeting. Feel free to email me with any thoughts you have about the topic.

http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/2008/05/22/note-to-obama-guns-are-good-for-business/

links to the weapons used in the show

Hi, all! These are the weapons that were ordered for the show. Thanks, Sarah, for forwarding us the links!

BOOTH - non-firing: Philadelphia Derringer - http://weaponsofchoicetheatrical.com/assassins_files/image002.jpg
GUITEAU - firing: G28- BRIT BULL - http://weaponsofchoicetheatrical.com/assassins_files/image004.jpg - and 45 shots
CZOLGOSZ - firing:
G25 - BICYCLE IVER-JOHNSON http://weaponsofchoicetheatrical.com/assassins_files/image006.jpg - and 45 shots
ZANGARA - firing: G21 - WELLS FARGO - http://weaponsofchoicetheatrical.com/assassins_files/image008.jpg and 45 shots
HINCKELY - non-firing: G34-A ・ DETECTIVE SNUB-NOSE pocket pistol - http://www.weaponsofchoicetheatrical.com/modern94.jpg
BYCK - non-firing: G34-A ・ DETECTIVE SNUB-NOSE pocket pistol - http:// www.weaponsofchoicetheatrical.com/modern94.jpg
MOORE - non-firing: G34-D ・ DETECTIVE SNUB-NOSE nickel plated pocket pistol (no link?)
OSWALD - non-firing: K23 - ENFIELD No 4 Mark 1 - http://weaponsofchoicetheatrical.com/modern68.jpg
FROMME - non-firing: G45 - M92 SEMI-AUTO - http://weaponsofchoicetheatrical.com/modern17.jpg