RAGTIME
Presented by Fairfield Summer Theatre
July 17-20
Fairfield
Directed and vocal direction by Ryan Heinrich
Choreographed by Emily Brinkman
Produced by Tracy Botos & Darlene Feldmann
Cast: Kaela O’Connor as Mother, Derrick Jordan as Coalhouse Walker, Jr., Sean Jones as Younger Brother, Renee Jackson as Sarah, Mike Embree as Tateh, Tom Dierling as Father, Madeleine Drees as Evelyn Nesbitt, Rhonda Lucas as Emma Goldman, Nathan Sansone as Little Boy, Connor Bernard as Harry Houdini, Sydney Frazier as Little Girl, John Ginter as Grandfather, Brian Smith as Willie Conklin, Kip Moore as Booker T. Washington, Jeff Christian as Admiral Peary, Sean Davis as Henry Ford, Scott Cain as J.P. Morgan & Raven Thomas as Sarah’s Friend
Ensemble: Brandon Burtis, Jamal Cann, Alaina Chester, Scott Christian, David Eschenbrenner, Raven Fulton, Victoria Garcia, Deja Jackson, Jeffery Jackson, Emma Jordan, Gina Jungkunz, Bridget Lorenz, Amy Mirlisena, Nadiya Pope, Stacey Schiller, Kendall Sullivan, Kelly Walker, Garrett Wallace & Michael Wright
Based on the 1975 novel by E. L. Doctorow, Ragtime tells the story of three groups in the United States in the early 20th century: African Americans, represented by Coalhouse Walker Jr., a Harlem musician; upper-class suburbanites, represented by Mother, the matriarch of a white upper-class family in New Rochelle, New York; and Eastern European immigrants, represented by Tateh, a Jewish immigrant from Latvia.
Historical figures in the stories include Harry Houdini, Evelyn Nesbit, Booker T. Washington, J. P. Morgan, Henry Ford, Stanford White, Harry Kendall Thaw, Admiral Peary, Matthew Henson, and Emma Goldman.
- Thu-Sat, July 17-19 at 8pm
- Sun, July 20 at 2pm
