Assassins
Ticket Information
July 1999
Cast & Creative
Linda Whitney
In 27 seasons and 109 shows at Harlequin:
A Christmas Survival Guide (Director / Scenic Designer) A Long Day's Journey into Night (Director) A Man for All Seasons (Scenic Designer) A Rock N' Roll Twelfth Night (Scenic Designer) A Stardust Christmas Carol (Director, Director/Scenic Designer) A Stardust Homecoming (Director) A Streetcar Named Desire (Director/Scenic Designer) American Buffalo (Set Designer) And a Nightingale Sang (Director/Scenic Designer) Antony & Cleopatra (Scenic Designer) Arcadia (Director) Art (Director/Scenic Designer/Costume Designer) As You Like It (Scenic Designer) Assassins (Director/Scenic Designer) Billy (Director/Scenic Designer) boom (Director) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Director / Scenic Designer) Clybourne Park (Scenic Designer) Dancin' in the Aisles (Scenic Designer) Dancin' in the Streets (Director/Scenic/Costume Designer) Dracula (Scenic Designer) Dry Powder (Scenic Designer) Enchanted April (Director & Set Designer) End Days (Director, Scenic Designer) First Date (Director) Five Women Wearing the Same Dress (Scenic Designer, Costume Designer) Forever Stardust (Director/Scenic Designer) Frozen (Costume Designer) Gloucester Blue (Scenic Designer) Hamlet (Costume Designer, Scenic Designer) Hapgood (Scenic Designer) Henry V (Scenic Designer) Holiday Broadcast of 1943 (Director/Scenic Designer) Intimate Apparel (Director/Scenic Designer) Jesus Christ Superstar (Director, Scenic Designer) Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Director/Scenic Designer) Letters from Waldo (Scenic/Costume Designer) Little Shop of Horrors (Director) Mad in Craft (Scenic Designer) Magical Mystery Midsummer Musical (Director / Scenic Designer) Mauritius (Scenic Designer) Murder in the Cathedral (Scenic Designer) My Old Lady (Scenic Designer) Operation Stardust (Director) Operation: Stardust (Director) Or, (Scenic Designer) Orphans (Scenic Designer) Phantom of the Stardust (Director/Scenic Designer) Philadelphia Story (Director / Scenic Designer) Present Laughter (Director) Recent Tragic Events (Scenic Designer) Reckless (Scenic Designer) Richard III (Scenic Designer) Romeo and Juliet (Costume Designer) Rough Crossing (Director) Shining City (Costume Designer) Sixteen Words for Water (Scenic Designer) Sixties Chicks (Director) Sixties Chicks Too (Director) Sixties Kicks! (Director) Soul on Fire! (Costume Designer) Stardust for Christmas (Director, Scenic Designer) Stardust for Emily Jean (Director/Scenic Designer) Stardust Radio Review (Director/Scenic Designer) Stardust Serenade 1942 (Director) Summer in the Sixties (Director, Scenic Designer) Swingtime Stardust (Director/Scenic Designer) Talking With (Co-Director/Scenic/Costume Designer) Tapestry - the Music of Carol King (Director/Scenic/Costume Designer) Ten Seconds in the Life of Fenwick Green (Scenic/Costume Designer) The 1940s Radio Hour (Director/Scenic/Costume Designer) The Americans Across the Street (Director, Scenic Designer) The Art of Racing in the Rain (Director, Scenic Design) The Constant Wife (Director/Scenic Designer) The Dumbwaiter (Scenic/Costume Designer) The Elephant Man (Director / Scenic Designer) The Glass Menagerie (Scenic Designer) The Importance of Being Earnest (Director/Scenic Designer) The Ladies of the Camellias (Director/Scenic Designer) The Last Five Years (Director / Scenic Designer / Costume Designer) The Last Schwartz (Director / Scenic Designer) The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Director) The Rainmaker (Scenic Designer) The Real Thing (Scenic Designer) The Seafarer (Set Designer) The Stardust Cavalcade 1943 (Director/Scenic/Costume Designer) The Stardust Christmas Blizzard (Director / Scenic Designer) The Stardust Christmas Commotion (Director/Scenic Designer) The Stardust Christmas Dazzle (Director / Scenic Designer) The Stardust Christmas Enchantment (Director, Scenic Design) The Stardust Christmas Fandango (Director, Scenic Design) The Stardust Club Christmas 1944 (Co-Director/Scenic Designer) The Stardust Serenade 1942 (Director/Scenic Designer) The Taming of the Shrew (Scenic Designer) The Twelfth Night of Stardust (Director) The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Scenic Designer) The Understudy (Scenic Design) The Winter's Tale (Scenic Designer) The Zoo Story (Scenic/Costume Designer) Time Stands Still (Scenic Designer) To Kill a Mockingbird (Director) Two Gentlemen of Verona (Scenic Designer) Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike (Scenic Designer) Waiting for Godot (Scenic Designer) What I Did Last Summer (Co-Director/Scenic Designer)
Ian Eisendrath
In 2 seasons and 3 shows at Harlequin:
Assassins (Musical Director, Conductor/Keyboard 1) Forever Stardust (Musical Director, Gordy Andrews, band leader) The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Musical Director, Maestro Thomas Purcell, conductor)
Nick Shellman
In 7 seasons and 19 shows at Harlequin:
A Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Co-Lighting Designer) A Streetcar Named Desire (Lighting Designer) Arcadia (Lighting Designer) Assassins (Lighting Designer) Cyrano de Bergerac (Lighting Designer) Dracula (Lighting Designer) Forever Stardust (Lighting Designer) Hapgood (Lighting Designer) La Béte (Lighting Designer) Operation: Stardust (Lighting Designer) Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Lighting Designer) Rough Crossing (Lighting Designer) Sixteen Words for Water (Lighting Designer) Stardust Radio Review (Lighting Designer) Summer in the Sixties (Lighting Designer) Swingtime Stardust (Lighting Designer) The Misanthrope (Lighting Designer) The Real Thing (Lighting Designer) The Tempest (Lighting Designer)
Darren Mills
Darren Mills is the Resident Costume Designer for Harlequin Productions. Additional regional credits: La Cage Aux Folles and Angels In America (SPSCC), Equivocation (SMU), and Murder Ballad (Sidecountry Theater). NYC hairdressing credits: Broadway: Phantom, Mamma Mia!, The Music Man. Film: The Stepford Wives, War of the Worlds, Lonesome Jim, The Notorious Bettie Page. TV: The Sopranos.
In 26 seasons and 68 shows at Harlequin:
A Christmas Carol (Costume Design) A Doll's House (Costume Design) A Long Day's Journey into Night (Wig/Makeup Designer) A Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Hair & Wig Designer) A Rock N' Roll Twelfth Night (Costume Designer) A Streetcar Named Desire (Hair & Makeup Designer) And a Nightingale Sang (Costume Co-Designer) As You Like It (Costume Designer) Assassins (Costume Designer) August: Osage County (Costume Design) Cabaret (Costume, Wig, Hair and Makeup Design) Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Costume Designer) Dancin' in the Aisles (Costume Designer) Deathtrap (Costume Design, Wig, Hair and Makeup Design) Enchanted April (Costume Designer) End Days (Costume Designer) Falsettos (Costume/Hair/Makeup Design) Forever Stardust (Costume Designer) Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Costume, Hair and Makeup Design) Henry V (Company Dresser) I Am My Own Wife (Costume Design) Intimate Apparel (Costume Designer) La Béte (Hair/Makeup Designer) Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill (Costume Design) Laughter on the 23rd Floor (Costume Designer) Little Shop of Horrors (Costume Designer) Love and Information (Costume Design) Man of La Mancha (Costume Design) Murder in the Cathedral (Costume Designer) My Old Lady (Costume Designer) Noises Off (Costume Design) Operation Stardust (Costume Designer) Philadelphia Story (Costume Designer) Present Laughter (Costume Design) Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Costume, Wig, Hair & Makeup Designer) Rough Crossing (Costume Designer) Ruthless (Costume Designer / Hair and Wig Designer) Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol (Costume Design) Six Hotels (Costume Designer) Stardust Radio Review (Costume Designer) Sweeney Todd (Costume Design, Wig, Hair and Makeup Design) Swingtime Stardust (Costume, Wig, Hair & Makeup Designer) Sylvia (Costume, Wig, Hair & Makeup Designer) Tenderly (Costume Design) The 39 Steps (Hair & Wig Designer) The Art of Racing in the Rain (Hair/Wig Design) The Constant Wife (Costume Designer) The Elephant Man (Costume Designer) The Glass Menagerie (Costume Designer) The Importance of Being Earnest (Costume Designer) The Ladies of the Camellias (Costume Designer) The Last Schwartz (Costume Designer) The Love List (Costume Designer) The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Costume Designer) The Real Thing (Costume, Hair & Makeup Designer) The Rocky Horror Show (Costume Designer) The Seafarer (Costume Designer) The Stardust Christmas Commotion (Costume Designer) The Stardust Christmas Enchantment (Costume Design) The Taming of the Shrew (Costume Designer) The Twelfth Night of Stardust (Costume Designer) The Understudy (Costume Design) The Women (Costume Design) To Kill a Mockingbird (Costume Designer) Unexpected Tenderness (Costume Designer) Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike (Costume Designer)
Karl Welty
In 11 seasons and 28 shows at Harlequin:
A Long Day's Journey into Night (Sound Designer) A Man for All Seasons (Sound Designer) A Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Sound Designer) A Rock N' Roll Twelfth Night (Guitar) A Streetcar Named Desire (Sound Designer/Composer) Arcadia (Sound Designer) Assassins (Sound Designer) Building Madness (Sound Design) Cymbeline (Sound Designer) Cyrano de Bergerac (Sound Designer) Dracula (Sound Designer) Forever Stardust (Sound Designer) Henry V (Sound Designer) Inspecting Carol (Sound Designer) La Béte (Sound Designer) Mad in Craft (Sound Designer) Murder for Two (Co-Sound Design) Operation: Stardust (Sound Designer) Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Sound Designer) She Stoops to Conquer (Sound Designer) Stardust for Emily Jean (Sound Designer) Stardust Radio Review (Sound Designer) The Misanthrope (Sound Designer) The Real Thing (Sound Designer) The Rocky Horror Show (Sound Designer) The Tempest (Sound Designer) The Weir (Sound Designer)
Wendy Pennington
In 1 season and 2 shows at Harlequin:
Assassins (Stage Manager) Cyrano de Bergerac (Rehearsal Stage Manager)
Amber Rack
In 2 seasons and 3 shows at Harlequin:
Assassins (Asst. Stage Manager) Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Properties Designer) Swingtime Stardust (Properties/Asst. Stage Manager)
Joey Calveri
In 1 season and 2 shows at Harlequin:
Assassins (Balladeer) Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Choreographer)
Noel Barbuto
In 4 seasons and 7 shows at Harlequin:
Assassins (John Wilkes Booth) Forever Stardust (Cliff Russell) Rough Crossing (Adam Adam, Musical Director/Choreographer) Stardust for Emily Jean (Cliff Russell, Vocal Arrangements) Stardust Radio Review (Cliff Russell) Swingtime Stardust (Cliff Russell, Arrangements) Tapestry - the Music of Carol King (Vocal Coach)
Jana Tyrrell
In 15 seasons and 24 shows at Harlequin:
A Christmas Carol (Player 2 (Christmas Past, others), Player 2) A Long Day's Journey into Night (Mary Tyrone) A Streetcar Named Desire (Blanche) Assassins (Sara Jane Moore) Baltimore Waltz (Anna) Billy (Billy Tipton) Deathtrap (Myra Bruhl) For Peter Pan On Her 70th Birthday (Wendy) Forever Stardust (Frankie Malone, Choreographer) Pride and Prejudice (Mr. Bennet/Charlotte Lucas) Stardust for Christmas (Frankie Malone) Sweeney Todd (Beggar Woman) Sylvia (Kate) The 1940s Radio Hour (Ann) The Constant Wife (Mrs. Culver) The Glass Menagerie (Amanda) The Importance of Being Earnest (Lady Bracknell) The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Miss Angela Prysock/Princess Puffer) The Real Thing (Charlotte) The Stardust Club Christmas 1944 (Frankie Malone) The Tempest (Voice of Juno) The Winter's Tale (Hermione) The Women (Mrs. Morehead / Sadie)
Emily Knapp
In 3 seasons and 5 shows at Harlequin:
A Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Viola) Assassins (Squeaky Fromme) Henry V (Bedford/Boy/Katherine/Messenger) La Béte (Marquise-Therese Du Parc) Operation: Stardust (Jeanette Dale)
Sean Naughton
In 3 seasons and 7 shows at Harlequin:
Assassins (John Hinkley, Jr.) Forever Stardust (Richie Simms) Inspecting Carol (Bart Frances) Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Roadie) Swingtime Stardust (Richie Simms) Sylvia (Tom/Phyllis/Leslie) The Tempest (Trinculo)
Louis Hobson
In 3 seasons and 3 shows at Harlequin:
Assassins (Leon Czolgasz) Dracula (Jonathan Harker) The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Mr. Clive Paget/John Jasper)
Shawn Riley
In 1 season and 2 shows at Harlequin:
Assassins (Charles Guiteau) Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Malvolio)
Jack Arend
In 3 seasons and 3 shows at Harlequin:
Assassins (Giuseppe Zangara) Billy (Anonymous Caller/Young Man/Man) The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Mr. Cedrick Moncrieff/Reverend Crisparkle)
Peter Kappler
In 13 seasons and 21 shows at Harlequin:
A Long Day's Journey into Night (Edmund Tyrone) American Buffalo (Bobby) Arcadia (Valentine Coverly) Art (Yvan) Assassins (Lee Harvey Oswald) Baltimore Waltz (Asst. Director) Cyrano de Bergerac (Ragueneau) Dracula (Dracula, Count Dracula) Hamlet (Guildenstern/Francisco) Hapgood (Joseph Kerner) Lewis & Clark & the End of the World (Meriwether Lewis) Murder in the Cathedral (4th Tempter/4th Knight, Director) Rough Crossing (Dvornichek) The Constant Wife (Dr. John Middleton) The Glass Menagerie (Tom) The Rainmaker (Deputy File) The Tempest (Ferdinand) The Winter's Tale (Camillo) The Zoo Story (Peter) Waiting for Godot (Lucky, Co-Director)
Andrew Gordon
In 14 seasons and 37 shows at Harlequin:
A Man for All Seasons (Cardinal Wolsey) A Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Sir Toby Belch) Arcadia (Ezra Chater) Assassins (Sam Byck) Billy (Company/Producer) Cymbeline (Philario/Belarius) Cyrano de Bergerac (Citizen/Poet/Sentry) Dracula (Renfield) Forever Stardust (Harry Hamilton) Hamlet (Polonius/Osric) Hapgood (Russian) Henry V (Exeter/Nym/MacMorris/Bates) Inspecting Carol (Director) La Béte (Elomire) Letters from Waldo (Buster/Stubb/Post Officer Clerk) Lewis & Clark & the End of the World (William Clark) Operation: Stardust (Harry Hamilton) Reckless (Doctors 1 through 6) Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Sir Toby Belch) Rough Crossing (Ivor Fish) She Stoops to Conquer (Tony Lumpkin, Constance Lumpkin) Stardust for Christmas (Harry Hamilton) Stardust for Emily Jean (Harry Hamilton) Swingtime Stardust (Harry Hamilton) Sylvia (Director) Talking With (Co-Stage Manager) Ten Seconds in the Life of Fenwick Green (Gustav Mahler/Fess Parker/Scott/Craig/Gussy/Burl Ives' Evil Twin) The 1940s Radio Hour (Clifton) The Glass Menagerie (Director) The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Mr. Nick Cricker/Durdles, Client of Puffer) The Stardust Club Christmas 1944 (Harry Hamilton) The Stardust Serenade 1942 (Harry Hamilton) The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Panthino/2nd Outlaw/Sir Eglamour) The Winter's Tale (Polixines) The Zoo Story (Jerry) Unexpected Tenderness (Dialect Coach) Waiting for Godot (Estragon)
Kathleen Gallagher
In 8 seasons and 11 shows at Harlequin:
A Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Clementine/Bouncer 1/Priest) Assassins (Emma Goldman/Ensemble) Billy (Chorus/Journalist/Nancy) Forever Stardust (Rosemary Wyatt) Holiday Broadcast of 1943 (Helen) Operation: Stardust (Rosemary Wyatt) Stardust for Christmas (Rosemary Wyatt) Talking With (Dragons) The 1940s Radio Hour (Ginger) The Stardust Cavalcade 1943 (Rosemary Wyatt) The Stardust Club Christmas 1944 (Rosemary Wyatt)
Derik Nelson
In 2 seasons and 3 shows at Harlequin:
Assassins (Billy/Boy) Hapgood (Joe) The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Master Nick Cricker/Deputy)
Jamal Brown
In 2 seasons and 5 shows at Harlequin:
Assassins (Ensemble) Cyrano de Bergerac (Cuigy/Cadet) Inspecting Carol (Walter E. Parsons) La Béte (Rene Du Parc) Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Sebastian)
Ian Eisendrath
In 2 seasons and 3 shows at Harlequin:
Assassins (Musical Director, Conductor/Keyboard 1) Forever Stardust (Musical Director, Gordy Andrews, band leader) The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Musical Director, Maestro Thomas Purcell, conductor)
Jessica Crawford
In 1 season and 1 show at Harlequin:
Assassins (Keyboard 2)
Nancy Curtis
In 1 season and 2 shows at Harlequin:
Assassins (Woodwinds 1) Forever Stardust (Charlene Bujeaud, reeds)
Adrienne West
In 1 season and 1 show at Harlequin:
Assassins (Woodwinds 2)
Syd Potter
In 14 seasons and 15 shows at Harlequin:
A Stardust Christmas Carol (Arranger, Chet Farmer, Trumpet) A Stardust Homecoming (Chet Baker (trumpet)) Assassins (Trumpet) Operation Stardust (Chet Farmer, Trumpet) Phantom of the Stardust (Miles Coznat, trumpet) Sixties Chicks (Musical Arranger) Stardust for Christmas (Musical Arranger, Chet Farmer, Trumpet) Stardust Radio Review (Musical Arranger) Stardust Serenade 1942 (Arranger) Swingtime Stardust (Coot James, trumpet) The 1940s Radio Hour (Musician) The Stardust Cavalcade 1943 (Zoot Simms, trumpet) The Stardust Serenade 1942 (Zoot Simmons, trumpet) The Twelfth Night of Stardust (Chet Farmer, Trumpet)
David Broyles
David is a self-taught axeman who excels in a wide variety of styles and has been applying his craft in the Northwest music scene for over 35 years. He has played with funk groups Bump Kitchen, Sweatband, and Mother’s Friends; the improv jazz-rock group Jam Camp; and the swing group The Hot Five. Currently, he plays in the band Pontiac Alley, a diverse Americana outfit, and the 90’s tribute band Smelly Cat.
In 15 seasons and 18 shows at Harlequin:
Assassins (Guitar/Banjo) Cabaret (Guitar/Banjo) Dancin' in the Aisles (Band) Dancin' in the Streets (Guitar) First Date (Guitar) Forever Stardust (Dave Clapton, guitar) Fun Home (Guitar) Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Jacek (Guitar)) Hundred Days (Guitar) Little Shop of Horrors (Guitar) Magical Mystery Midsummer Musical (Guitar) Sixties Chicks Too (Guitar) Sixties Kicks! (self) Soul on Fire! (Guitar) Stardust for Emily Jean (Dave Clapton, guitar) Swingtime Stardust (Dave Clapton, guitar) Tapestry - the Music of Carol King (Guitar) The Stardust Christmas Fandango (Dave Masters (Guitar))
Rick Jarvela
Rick has been an active bass player in the Puget Sound area since 1978. He has performed with the Tacoma Symphony, Olympia Symphony, Olympia Chamber Orchestra, Sweatband, Mood Swing, Size 3 and The Hot Five. His Harlequin credits include Tenderly, Man of La Mancha, First Date, Little Shop of Horrors, Pippin, Assassins, A Rock N’ Roll Twelfth Night, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Dancin’ In The Streets, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Sixties Chicks, Sixties Kicks! and so many Stardust shows that he has lost count! Rick currently performs with the Jazz Senators, teaches private lessons and performs as a freelance bassist. Rick wishes to thank his wife Kay, and kids Nicole and Aaron for their continued support.
In 26 seasons and 47 shows at Harlequin:
A Christmas Survival Guide (Bass) A Rock N' Roll Twelfth Night (Bass) A Stardust Christmas Carol (Dexter Brown / bass, Dexter Brown, Bass) A Stardust Homecoming (Dexter Brown (bass)) Arcadia (Acoustic Bass) Assassins (Bass) Cabaret (Bass) Dancin' in the Aisles (Band) Dancin' in the Streets (Bass) First Date (Bass) Forever Stardust (Dexter Brown, bass) Fun Home (Bass) Hundred Days (Bass) Jesus Christ Superstar (Bass) Let the Good Times Roll! (Bass) Little Shop of Horrors (Bass) Magical Mystery Midsummer Musical (Bass) Man of La Mancha (Tenorio/Tuba) Operation Stardust (Dexter Brown, Bass) Operation: Stardust (Private Dexter Brown, bass) Phantom of the Stardust (Dexter Brown, bass) Rock 'n' Roll Twelfth Night (Bass) Sixties Chicks (Bass) Sixties Chicks Too (Bass) Sixties Kicks! (self) Soul on Fire! (Bass) Stardust for Christmas (Dexter Brown, Bass, Alber Jenson) Stardust for Emily Jean (Dexter Brown, bass) Stardust Radio Review (Dexter Brown, bass) Summer in the Sixties (Bass) Swingtime Stardust (Dexter Brown, bass) Tapestry - the Music of Carol King (Bass) Tenderly (Bass) The 1940s Radio Hour (Bass) The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Mr. Christopher Lyon, bass) The Rocky Horror Show (Bass) The Stardust Cavalcade 1943 (Dexter Brown, bass) The Stardust Christmas Blizzard (Dexter Brown, Bass) The Stardust Christmas Commotion (Dexter Brown (Bass)) The Stardust Christmas Dazzle (Dexter Brown (Bass)) The Stardust Christmas Enchantment (Dexter Brown (Bass)) The Stardust Christmas Fandango (Dexter Brown (Bass)) The Stardust Club Christmas 1944 (Albert Jenson) The Stardust Serenade 1942 (Dexter Brown, bass) The Twelfth Night of Stardust (Dexter Brown, Bass)
Darlene Jones
In 2 seasons and 4 shows at Harlequin:
Assassins (Drums) Forever Stardust (Patty O'Malley, drums) Swingtime Stardust (Patty O'Malley, drummer) The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Miss Julia Fairfax, percussion)