Book by Terrence McNally
Music by Stephen Flaherty
Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
Based on "Ragtime" by E.L. Doctorow

Performed July 31 - August 17, 2003 at the DBCC Theater Center location

CREATIVE TEAM

Lester Malizia, Director
Bob McDowell, Music Director
Bob Fetterman, Scenic Designer
Kate Gelabert, Choreographer
Santo Loquasto, Original Costume Designer
Brian O'Keefe**, Costume Coordinator
Annmarie Duggan, Lighting Designer
Richard Lighthall, Sound Designer
Mark Harborth*, Production Stage Manager/Fight Captain
Joseph Travers, Fight Choreographer
Andrew J. White, Assistant Director

CAST

Richard Todd Adams* - Father
Jennifer Avery* - Evelyn Nesbit
Darlin Barry - Houdini's Mother
Toby Blackwell* - Coalhouse Walker, Jr.
Gary Briggle* - Tateh
Jason Dula* - Younger Brother
Carly Hughes - Sarah
Jay Aubrey Jones* - Booker T. Washington
Doug Landrum - J.P. Morgan
Denise Maffitt* - Emma Goldman
Scott Moreau - William Conklin
Michael Paulauski - Edgar (Little Boy)
James Radloff - Grandfather
Rachel Rhodes - Little Girl
Jeanine Robinson - Sarah's Friend
Joseph Speildenner - Houdini
Scott Streigel - Henry Ford
Julia Truilo - Mother
Broderick Williams, Jireh Hargroves - Young Coalhouse

ENSEMBLE

Adrienne Boyle, Harry Bryce, Holly Butler, Kristin Calgaro, Mark Catlett, Paul Cruz, Mary Ann Douglas, David Allen Fox, Jenn Fraser, Lindsey Gionfriddo, Erica Giovanni, Forrest Hedden, E. Jeanelle Henderson, Westley Holiday, Damon Keith, J. Michael Kinsey, Michael Marcotte, Allison Miller, Laura Oldham, Jeremy Parrish, Vonzel Reynolds, Kahliah Rivers, Nick Scalzo, David Schlumpf, Benjamin Simpson, Marjorie Thomas, Rebecca Uhey, Amanda Wansa, Ron Zarr

*Members of Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the U.S.

**Some costumes in this production have been rented from NETworks Productions.

SYNOPSIS

Every American will see a piece of their own history in the characters of this inspirational and evocative story: a Jewish immigrant artist, Tateh (Gary Briggle), in search of the American dream, an upper-middle class mother (Julia Truilo) haunted by the desire for a more meaningful life, and African-American pianist Coalhouse Walker Jr. (Toby Blackwell), who thinks his shiny, new Ford Model T will bring him respect that many white Americans are not willing to give. Ragtime paints a picture of America's struggle to melt together, invoking such legendary figures as Harry Houdini, Henry Ford, J.P. Morgan, Emma Goldman, Stanford White, and Evelyn Nesbitt to add detail to the portrait of what America looked like at the turn of the century.

Presented through special arrangement with and all authorized performance materials are supplied by Music Theater International, 421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019