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THE CAST
Mother... Lorraine Leavel**
Father... Steve Givens**
Edgar (The Little Boy)... Carter Huffman
Younger Brother... Levi Marine
Grandfather... Brian Flint
Tateh... Steven Dow
The Little Girl... Kennedy Megee
Coalhouse Walker... Rodney Davis
Sarah... Kierstyn Woody
Booker T. Washington... Claudius Bowden*
Harry Houdini... Jakob Faulkner
Evelyn Nesbit... Julianna Markel
Emma Goldman... Trudy Graboyes
J. P. Morgan... John Zinzi*
Henry Ford... Steven Perry
—People of Harlem—
Marcie Clark • Kim Daniels • Teleea Jackson
Dulcena Kemmerlin* • Michael Taylor* • Pamella Taylor*
Jason Parker • Andrew Showell • Earl Thompson
—People of New Rochelle—
Sandi Bisgood • Blake Blair • Zachary Burger
Nina Galerstein* • Natalie Howard • Beth Howlett*
Pat Hudson* • Don Megee* • Zachary Naar
Diane Potter • Deb Wittle
—Immigrants—
Cheryl Graves • Bill Howlett* • Kori Lewandowski
Gabe Marine • Heather Marine • Johanna Marine
Deb Mengert • Susan Newark* • Dick Pack
Lorenzo "Lars" Skye • Marsha Shull* • Frankie Valenti
Admiral Peary... Dick Pack
Baron's Assistant... Zachary Naar
Black Lawyer... Jason Parker
Brigit... Pamella Taylor**
Town Hall Bureaucrat... Deb Mengert
2nd Bureaucrat... Sandi Bisgood
Clerk... Marsha Shull*
—Coalhouse's Gang—
Marcie Clark • Jason Parker • Andrew Showell
Michael Taylor* • Earl Thompson
Conductor... Michael Taylor*
Doctor... Deb Wittle
—Firemen—
Gabe Marine • Zachary Burger
Henson... Andrew Showell
Judge... Dick Pack
Jury Foreman... Gabe Marine
Kathleen... Kim Daniels
Mrs. Whitstein... Pat Hudson**
—Newspaper Sellers—
Lars Skye • Natalie Howard • Frankie Valenti
Policeman... Zachary Burger
—Reporters—
Johanna Marine • Nina Galerstein* • Susan Newark**
Sarah's Friend... Dulcena Kemmerlin**
Umpire... Bill Howlett**
Welfare Official... Cheryl Graves
White Attorney... Blake Blair
Whitman... Blake Blair
Willie Conklin... Don Megee**
Coalhouse Walker III... Joshua Thompson
*Performers also in the cast of Possums' 2011 production of Ragtime
**Reprising their role from Possums' 2011 production of Ragtime
THE PRODUCTION TEAM
Director... Kenney Workman**
Music Director... Diane Trautman
Choreographers... Aimee Voshell-String** & Misty Yencer
Assistant to the Director... Rosanne Pack
Stage Manager... Fior Zinzi
Character Coach... Donna de Kuyper
Costumes... Marsha Shull
Set Construction... Fred Dean*
Lights & Sound... Chase Schirmer & Ruth Lawson
**Held the same position in the Possums' 2011 production of Ragtime
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PPP's 50th Anniversary 2023 production of the Broadway musical
Ragtime
book by Terrance McNally / music by Stephen Flaherty / lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
based on the novel by E.L. Doctorow / directed by Kenney Workman
Fridays, September 15 & 22 at 7:30p
Saturdays, September 16 & 23 at 7:30p
Sundays, September 17 & 24 at 2:00p
Plus... Saturday, September 23 at 2:00p
Possum Hall Theater / 411 Old Laurel Road / Georgetown DE
Reserved Seats: $27.00
Senior/Students: $25.00
ABOUT THE SHOW...
Written by the multiple award-winning composer/lyricist team of Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens (Once on This Island, Seussical and Lucky Stiff), noted playwright Terrence McNally, and based on E.L. Doctorow's distinguished novel, Ragtime is the winner of the 1998 Tony Awards for Best Score, Book and Orchestrations, and both the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Musical and Best Score.
Called by TIME Magazine "A triumph for the stage," and by the International Herald Tribune "the best musical in twenty years," this acclaimed musical is filled with pageantry, emotion, and hope, bursting onto the stage like no other musical.
At the dawn of a new century, everything is changing... and anything is possible. Set in the volatile melting pot of turn-of-the-century New York, three distinctly American tales are woven together – that of a stifled upper-class wife, a determined Jewish immigrant and a daring young Harlem musician – united by their courage, compassion and belief in the promise of the future. Together, 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 is just as diverse as the melting pot of America itself, drawing 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. Ragtime is a truly unique and powerful portrait of America.
POSSUM FLASHBACK!
Here's the program from PPP's 2011 production of
RAGTIME
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2011
POSSUM FLASHBACK!
The Cast Talks about RAGTIME...
Digital Photography - Gary Conaway
