It’s a tricky time to be staging Assassins anywhere in the United States. The provocative musical by Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman centers on historical figures who attempted to assassinate or succeeded in killing American presidents. Following last year’s assassination attempts on Donald Trump and the fatal shooting of a healthcare CEO by a radicalized gunman, the show’s themes now feel less like history and more like headlines.

“It was chosen in early summer of last year way before the election,” says Miners Alley Performing Arts Center artistic director Len Matheo. “But we always said, ‘Well, it could be interesting depending on what happens in the election.’”

That speculation has become all too real. Now, Miners Alley’s production of Assassins runs August 8 through Septem

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