Overview
Character Name
The Balladeer
Show
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Young Adult, Adult
Role Size
Lead
Dancing
Non Dancer
Voice
Tenor
Vocal Range
High Note: G4
Low Note: C3
Time & Place
1860s-1980s, Various Locations in America
Analysis
Reminiscent of Pete Seeger or Woody Guthrie, The Balladeer is the sunny antagonist to the brooding protagonists of Assassins. He’s a cheerful singer-songwriter who sings of the happy illusions to which Americans love to subscribe: that “you can be what you choose” and any
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