"RAGTIME" by Terrance McNally
Music: Stephen Flaherty
Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens
Director: Emilie Whelan
Musical Director: Jefferson Turner
Choreography: Nicole Buckels
The show runs Friday through Sunday, August 5-21. All performances are at 8pm.
All peformances are FREE and open to the public, but a limited number of seats are available for reservations online.
Opulent and muscular, RAGTIME unpacks and remixes the birth of the moving picture, the Harlem Renaissance, and the American tradition o...
"RAGTIME" by Terrance McNally
Music: Stephen Flaherty
Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens
Director: Emilie Whelan
Musical Director: Jefferson Turner
Choreography: Nicole Buckels
The show runs Friday through Sunday, August 5-21. All performances are at 8pm.
All peformances are FREE and open to the public, but a limited number of seats are available for reservations online.
Opulent and muscular, RAGTIME unpacks and remixes the birth of the moving picture, the Harlem Renaissance, and the American tradition of armed insurrection as a tool to combat tyranny and oppression. Amidst appearances from historical figures like Harry Houdini, Booker T. Washington, JP Morgan, Henry Ford and Emma Goldman, the show centers on Coalhouse Walker, Jr. - an outstanding jazz pianist who demands dignity for the future American man.
RAGTIME features a spirited and diverse cast of 16, directed by Big Easy Award-winning Emilie Whelan* and starring Amy Alvarez, Ashley Rose Bailey, Thaddeus Bailey, Shannon Flaherty*, Jon Greene, Ian Hoch*, Clint Johnson, Kate Kuen, Donald Lewis, April Louise, Jessica Lozano*, Kevin Murphy, Andrew Vaught*, Cameron-Mitchell Ware, Philip Yiannopolous* and Angie Zeiderman.
(* are Cripple Creek Theatre Company members)
RAGTIME is made possible with support from New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, Arts Council of New Orleans and Keller Family Foundation.
Photo: Josh Brasted
