Assassins Cast 2022
John Wilkes Booth
Matthew Harcourt
Matt's musical credits include: Jean Valjean Les Miserables; Reben/1st cover Joseph, Joseph and The Technicolour Dreamcoat; Motel Fiddler on the Roof; Mary Sunshine Chicago; Orin Little Shop of Horrors; Collins Rent.
As Director and/or Musical Director; Legally Blonde; The 25th Annual Putnam County spelling Bee; In The Heights; Honk; Barnum; Aladdin; The Little mermaid; Dogfight; Chicago.
Balladeer/Lee Harvey Oswald
Charlie Booker
Charlie graduated from ArtsEd in 2020. Previous credits include: Ensemble Top Hat (Sonning Mill); Monty Montgomery Radio Times; Ensemble in BBC Proms On The Town (Royal Albert Hall).
Credits while training include: Jackie in LaChiusa's The Wild Party (ArtsEd); Ensemble/Dance Captain Nice Work If You Can Get It (ArtsEd).
Proprietor
Alex Alderson
Alex is currently a primary school teacher and also teaches at WestWay School of Performing Arts and Riverside youth Theatre in Sunbury, where she also directs..
Credits include: Princess Fiona Shrek the Musical; Doralee Rhodes '9 to 5' for which she was nominated for a Swan Award and won the NODA Award for Best Female in a Musical. She has also appeared in Sister Act; Little Shop of Horrors; and Let's Hear It for The Girls (Chicapow Productions).
Directing credits include: Goodnight Mister Tom; The Addams Family Musical; Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat; The Snow Queen and various cabarets.
Lynette (Squeaky) Fromme
Lucy Whitney
Lucy graduated from The Guildford School of Acting in 2020. She has since performed in a touring production of Scroogical and is about to appear in a Musical Revue You Are Here at The Edinburgh Fringe. Having been a part of BBTP's production of Assassins previously, Lucy is incredibly excited to be reunited with Lynette Fromm and the rest of the company.
Sara Jane Moore
Becky Silverstein
Becky trained in Musical Theatre at Trinity laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. After teachng in various theatre schools, she is now the proud owner of Stagecoach Performing Arts Farnham and absolutely loves it!
Credits include: Moth A Midsummer Nights Dream; Ado Annie Oklahoma; Stepmother Into the Woods; Adult Woman Spring Awakeing; Sonia Godspell (Trinity Laban); Diana I Love You, Because; Snow White Snow White; Sarah Come on Everybody!; Vocalist Wild West Saturdays; Yellow girl Shout!The Mod Musical; Linda The Wedding Singer; and Marcy The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. She won a Swan Award for Best Supporting Actress in a musical for Roz '9-5' and for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for Lola Copacabana.
Leon Czolgosz
Dan Stark
Dan Graduated in 2016 from PPA in Guildford.
Professional credits include: Sir Galahad Spamalot(Trinity Theatre, Tunbridge Wells); David The Truth Stops Here (Esher Theatre); Vocalist onboard Silverseas and Marella Cruises; Vocalist in The Christmas Show (Fairmont Hotel, Dubai); The Beast Beauty and the Beast (Chequermead Theatre, East Grinstead); Prince Harry Snow White & The Seven Dwarves. (Grantham Arts Theatre)
Charles Guiteau
Ashleigh Wells
Ash was the president of the Oxford Brookes University Musical Theatre Society for 2 years and has since performed with theatrical societies including EBOS, CMP, South Hill Park Community Theatre, BBTP, Wokingham Theatre and The Shinfield Players. Recently, Ash appeared as Lord Farquaad Shrek The Musical and Amos Chicago.
Samuel Byck
Ian Stark
Ian's stage career started over half a century ago as one of the snow children in Carousel. since then he's played everything from Conrad Bye Bye Birdie to Tevye Fiddler on the Roof, via Fagin Oliver! and PT Barnum Barnum, winning numerous awards along the way. In 2012 he took over the role of Backstairs Billy in Graham Woolnough's one-man comedy Tea with the Old Queen, selected by Libby Purves as one the The Times' top ten must-see shows at The Edinburgh Fringe that year. The play toured the UK, Ireland and the Far East, including a regular christmas slot at London's Jermyn Street Theatre.
Giuseppe Zangara
Tyler Fagan
As a young performer, Tyler enjoyed several professional musical theatre roles being lucky eough to join the cast of Mary Poppins and the premier cast of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies.
He recently changed careers, joining te NHS and has begun his full time training as a mental Health Nurse, specialising in forensic psychiatry.
In 2016, Tyler saw this production of Assassins in Chelsea and was blown away and desperate to join the company. He now cannot wait to take on the role of Zangara and suffer a horrible end.
John Hinckley
Henry Bearman
Henry trained at Read College & ArtsEd.
Credits: Ham Not the End of the World (New Town Theatre); Mark Rent (Kenton Theatre); Joseph Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat (South Hill Park).
Ensemble/Emma Goldman
Olivia Davies
Olivia has a degree in Drama and Dance from Royal Holloway University of London. She will be starting her Masters in Musical Theatre at Mountview in September.
Credits include: Margot Legally Blonde; Roxie Hart Chicago; Joanne Company (RHUL Musical Theatre Society); Emma Anything Goes.
Ensemble/Billy
Stanley Hagen
Stanley is an actor/musician with a distinction in Grade 7 solo acting from LAMDA and has just finished his A-Levels at The Bulmershe School.
Roles have included: Puck A Midsummer Nights Dream & Uncle Tales from The Tent (both at The Edinburgh Fringe); Sweeney Todd Sweeny Todd; Miss Trunchbull Matilda (both at the Bulnershe School); Nick Godspell (Kenton Theatre); and Rapunzel's Prince Into the Woods.