Ragtime

This epic new musical by the award-winning composer/lyricist team Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens (Lucky Stiff, My Favorite Year, Once On This Island, Seussical) paints a nostalgic and powerful portrait of life in turn of the century America. Based on E.L. Doctorow’s distinguished novel, Ragtime The Musical intertwines three distinct stories that poignantly illustrate history’s timeless contradictions of wealth and poverty, freedom and prejudice, hope and despair, and love and hate.

Flaherty’s score is just as diverse as the Melting Pot of America that it seeks to recreate. It draws upon traditional Jewish folk sounds to color the haunting music of the immigrants, Vaudeville’s outrageous style to capture the spectacle of Evelyn Nesbit, and Joplin and Jazz to invoke the enlivened spirit of Harlem.

With a book by Terrance McNally (Kiss of the Spider Woman, Master Class), this 1998 Tony award winning show for best score, book, and orchestrations, features 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 momentous musical is sure to inspire actors and audiences alike! {VIEW GALLERY}

April 30,May 1,7,8,14,15,21,22,28 & 29 at 8:00 PM Evening Performance
May 1,2,8,9,15,16,22,23,& 30 at 2:00 PM Matinee Performance

Susan B. Katz Theatre at the River of Grass Arts Park

Coalhouse: KENT HARRIS
Sarah: JEANNE GRAY
Tateh: JAMES CICHEWICZ
Emma Goldman: LINDA ROBERTS
Mother: CINDY PEARCE
Father: MICHAEL TOROK
Younger Brother: TROY MERANDA
Little Boy: DANIEL WETCHER
Little Girl: SAMANTHA ADLER
Grandpa: JON FERREL
Evelyn Nesbit: JADE WHELAN
Houdini: DAWN LUNA
Houdini's Mother: RUTH FINK
Henry Ford: AKEXANDER LUNA
Young Louise: CAITLIN HEMMER
Youngest Louise: VICTORIA CICHEWICZ
Carnival Boy: JASON BLITMAN