Ragtime

Music by Stephen Flaherty

Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens

June, 2013

Directed by Deb Royals

Music Direction by Carolyn Colquitt

 

June, 2013

 

Clare Hall, Saint Francis of Assisi.  11401 Leesville Road, Raleigh 27613

 

Ragtime Production Website

 

Winner of 4 Tony Awards.

A brilliantly written musical that tells the story of three very different families.

   New World - Tateh is an immigrant trying to find success.

 New Hope - Mother is a Victorian housewife struggling to find her voice.

  New Music - Coalhouse is a pianist eager to embrace equality.

Their challenges are underscored by a bold new music - Ragtime. 

 

 

Called by Time Magazine "A triumph for the stage," and by the International Herald Tribune "the best musical in twenty years," this acclaimed musical won 1998 Tony Awards for Best Score, Book and Orchestrations, and won both the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Musical and Best Score.

 

RAGTIME is not only a powerful portrait of life in turn-of-the-century America, but a relevant tale for today. Written by the award-winning composer/lyricist team of Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens (ONCE ON THIS ISLAND, SEUSSICAL and LUCKY STIFF), noted playwright Terrence McNally, (KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN, MASTER CLASS), and based on E.L. Doctorow's distinguished novel, the musical intertwines the stories of three extraordinary families, as they confront history's timeless contradictions of wealth and poverty, freedom and prejudice, hope and despair, and what it means to live in America.

 

The Tony-winning score by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty is just as diverse as the melting pot of America itself. It draws upon many musical styles from the ragtime rhythms of Harlem and Tin Pan Alley to the klezmer of the Lower East Side, from bold brass band marches to delicate waltzes, from up-tempo banjo tunes to period parlor songs and expansive anthems.

 

Featured are such show stopping songs as "Getting Ready Rag," "Your Daddy’s Son," "Wheels of a Dream," "Till We Reach That Day," "Back To Before," and "Make Them Hear You." This thrilling musical is sure to inspire actors and audiences alike!

 

 

Ragtime Cast

 

THE CHARACTERS              CAST A                           CAST B

 

MOTHER                     Lora Fabio                           Mary Kathryn Walston

 

FATHER                        John Adams                         Jason Hassell

 

SARAH                        Carly Prentis Jones              Connie McCoy Rogers

 

SARAH’S FRIEND         Terra Hodge    

COALHOUSE WALKER    Byron Jennings           Allen Brown

LITTLE BOY                JJ Malach

TATEH                          Coty Cockrell 

LITTLE GIRL              Monica Powell                    Allison Baumgartner

MOTHER’S YOUNGER BROTHER     Ian Finley

 

Performance Dates:

 

Cast A - June 14, 16, 22 with A. Baumgartner, 27, 29

Cast B - June 15, 21, 23, 28, 30

 

THE CELEBRITIES

EVELYN NESBIT – MORGAN PARPAN

EMMA GOLDMAN – ALISON LAWRENCE

WILLIE CONKLIN – DEL FLACK

BOOKER T. WASHINGTON – JADE ARNOLD

HARRY K. THAW – TIM CHERRY

STANFORD WHITE – DAVID SERXNER

HARRY HOUDINI – THOM HAYNES

J.P. MORGAN – PHIL LEWIS

HENRY FORD – MARK PHIALAS

ADMIRAL ROBERT PEARY – GUS ALLEN

CHARLES S. WHITMAN – JOHN ADAMS (CAST B),   JASON HASSELL (CAST A)

GRANDFATHER – BING COX

 

THE ENSEMBLE:

GUS ALLEN - CONDUCTOR, FIREMAN

MARIA BARBER

REGINA BROOKS

TODD CARPER

HANNAH COX

BARBARA DICIERO- REPORTER

LOUISE FARMER - REPORTER

DANNIBETH FARNUM - IMMIGRANT

JAMAL FARRAR - JUROR, COALHOUSE MAN

SHAWNA FETTERMAN - EVELYN NESBIT GIRL, WELFARE WORKER

CARLY GRISSOM - EVELYN NESBIT GIRL

GWEN VEALE HENDRIX

CHRISTINA MIAL - ENSEMBLE

DEXTER MORGAN - ENSEMBLE

E.J. PARKER - HENSON

KARYN RAHN - ENSEMBLE

SAMANTHA RAHN - BRIGETT, EVELYN NESBIT GIRL

CHARLES SANDERS - JUROR, COALHOUSE MAN

CARLOS SANTIAGO - IMMIGRANT, LITTLE BOY UNDERSTUDY

SHAKORA SEABROOKS

LAURA SHERIDAN - EVELYN NESBIT GIRL

 

THE PRODUCTION TEAM:

 

DIRECTOR - DEB ROYALS

MUSIC DIRECTOR - CAROLYN COLQUITT

SCENIC & LIGHT DESIGN - LEX VON BLOMMESTEIN

SOUND DESIGN - BEVERLY MARRIOTT & BENJAMIN TRAN

 

STAGE MANAGER - KARYN ABERTS

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER - KINSEY WATSON

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR - BRIAN SHANKS
CHOREOGRAPHERS - AYA WALLACE & CARRIE SANTIAGO

COSTUMES - DAVID SERXNER, DEB COX

PROPS - RACHEL GALLMAN

PRODUCTION ASSOCIATE - MELISSA REILLY

FRONT OF HOUSE MANAGEMENT - KELLY WATSON

MARKETING - NANCY WILLIAMS

 

 

The Justice Theater Project is funded in part by the City of Raleigh based on the recommendations of the Raleigh Arts Commission.

 

This project was supported by the N.C. Arts Council, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources.

 

"Ragtime" was presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI, 421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019. Tel: (212)541-4684, FAX (212)397-4684 www.MTIShows.com

 

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