“Ragtime: The Musical” at Battery Factory Theater

“Ragtime: The Musical”
Music & Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty
Book by Terrence McNally
Based on a Novel by E. L. Doctorow

This epic new musical paints a nostalgic and powerful portrait of life in turn of the century America by intertwining three distinct stories that poignantly illustrate history?s timeless contradictions of wealth and poverty, freedom and prejudice, hope and despair, and love and hate. With a score that is as diverse as the melting pot of America that it seeks to recreate, "Ragtime" draws upon traditional Jewish folk sounds to color the haunting music of the European immigrants, Vaudevillian style to capture the spectacle of Anglo-American society, and Joplin and Jazz to invoke the enlivened spirit and rhythms of African-American, working-class Harlem. Winner of four of its thirteen 1998 Tony Award® nominations, including Best Score, Best Book, and Best Orchestrations, it 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.

Performed by Battery Factory Theater
At Oskar Schindler Performing Arts Center
Performances ran
Friday, July 25, 2003 thru Sunday, August 10, 2003
Booker T. Washington.... Jan Carden
Brigit.... Kimberly Eve Gelfand
Coalhouse Walker, III.... Kyra Marshall
Coalhouse Walker, Jr..... Jeff Foote
Emma Goldman.... Leslie Potashner
Evelyn Nesbit.... Chelsey Keding
Father.... Christopher Russoniello
Grandfather.... Gerry Kirschbaum Has Bio Has photo
Henry Ford.... David Kozo
Houdini.... Aaron Cowan
J. P. Morgan.... Jay Harris
Kathleen.... Ann Hirsch
Mother.... Jennifer Shark
Sarah.... Esere Onaodowan
Standford White.... Tommy Donaldson
Tateh.... Jimmy Blackman
Willie Conkin.... Sanford Levine
Young Boy.... Melissa Trenk
Young Girl.... Victoria Rosen
Younger Brother.... Troy Cooper
Ensemble.... Tallah Ausby
Ensemble.... Christina Boateng
Ensemble.... Charlie Brooks
Ensemble.... Carri Dolce
Ensemble.... Dana Dorman
Ensemble.... Natalie Doyle
Ensemble.... Corryn Fojut
Ensemble.... Kelly Gelfand
Ensemble.... Mary Hafeman
Ensemble.... Judi Layne
Ensemble.... Francesna Longo
Ensemble.... Marvin Lowenthal
Ensemble.... Nira Luna
Ensemble.... Jessica Lynne Matta
Ensemble.... Kiwuan Miles
Ensemble.... Matt Muench
Ensemble.... Okieriete Onaodowan
Ensemble.... Julia Passamano
Ensemble.... Leigh Passamano
Ensemble.... Shari Ann Quirk Has Bio
Ensemble.... Mark Rementilla
Ensemble.... Jelani Remy
Ensemble.... Nicole Ryu
Ensemble.... Rose Shapiro
Ensemble.... Lynette Shead
Ensemble.... Niajja Camille Sheard
Ensemble.... Juliana Tarris
Ensemble.... Valerie Termine
Ensemble.... Kyle Younger Has Bio Has photo
Directed by Sandra Van Dyke
Assistant Directed by Hannah Wachtel
Choreography by Gina Keys
Produced by Shari Ann Quirk Has Bio
Costume Design by Judith Flower
Costume Design by Beth Passamano
Production Managed by Elissa Errick
Lighting Design by Brian Luftig
Stage Managed by Bethany Weinstein
Musical Direction by Duane Yaiser Has Bio
Technical Direction by Mathew Kaplan Has Bio Has photo
Properties by Meredith Neill
Performances 
Note: These recording are not of the productions list here, but of Broadway or Hollywood versions.