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Charles Guiteau, Leon Czolgosz, and John Wilkes Booth from Sondheim's Assassins, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
John Wilkes Booth rendering from Sondeheim's Assassins, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
John Wilkes Booth from Sondeheim's Assassins, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
John Wilkes Booth from Sondeheim's Assassins, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Samuel Byck rendering from Sondeheim's Assassins, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Samuel Byck from Sondeheim's Assassins, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Samuel Byck from Sondheim's Assassins, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Samuel Byck and Nixon from Sondeheim's Assassins, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Leon Czolgosz rendering from Sondheim's Assassins, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Leon Czolgosz from Sondheim's Assassins, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Charles Guiteau research board from Sondheim's Assassins, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Charles Guiteau rendering  from Sondheim's Assassins, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Charles Guiteau from Sondheim's Assassins, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Charles Guiteau from Sondheim's Assassins, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
John Hinckly costume rendering from Assassins, design by Katharine Tarkulich
John Hinckley, Jr. from Sondheim's Assassins, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
John Hinckley, Jr. from Sondheim's Assassins, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Squeaky Fromme research board from Sondheim's Assassins, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Squeaky Fromme rendering from Sondheim's Assassins, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Squeaky Fromme from Sondheim's Assassins, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Squeaky Fromme from Sondheim's Assassins, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Sarah Jane Moore rendering from Sondheim's Assassins, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Sarah Jane Moore from Sondheim's Assassins, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Sarah Jane Moore and Squeaky Fromme from Sondheim's Assassins, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Lee Harvey Oswald Rendering from Sondheim's Assassins, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Lee Harvey Oswald from Sondheim's Assassins, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Lee Harvey Oswald from Sondheim's Assassins, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Giuseppe Zangara rendering from Sondheim's Assassins, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Giuseppe Zangara from Sondheim's Assassins, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Giuseppe Zangara and Proprietor from Sondheim's Assassins, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Proprietor from Sondheim's Assassins, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
President Rendering from Sondheim's Assassins, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Balladeer and Abraham Lincoln from Sondeheim's Assassins, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Sarah Jane Moore and President Ford from Sondheim's Assassins, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Ensemble from Sondheim's Assassins, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Emma Goldman from Sondheim's Assassins, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Leon Czolgosz and Emma Goldman from Sondheim's Assassins, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Assassins and Ensemble from Sondeheim's Assassins, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich
Assassins from Sondeheim's Assassins, costume design by Katharine Tarkulich

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Assassins

music & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by John Weidman

The costume design process began with in-depth research on each of the historical characters. The assassins wore black, white, and red: black and white for the way they viewed the world and red for their passion. The Proprietor was dressed in black and white because of his cold and calculating character. The ensemble wore shades of gray, both to represent the way they viewed the world and to allow them to fade into the background the way the rest of the population faded for the assassins. The Balladeer moved between the world of the assassins and the ensemble, so he wore elements of both. The President wore one navy pin-striped suit for the entire show, only changing hats and the color of his tie depending on the president portrayed.
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