[NEohioPAL]AUDITIONS for African-American Men -- Ragtime, The Musical

Tue Apr 20 11:40:13 PDT 2004

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The Jewish Community Center of Cleveland=20
in cooperation=20
with Cuyahoga Community College Eastern Campus
presents

Ragtime -- The Musical

Book by Terrance McNally,=20
Music by Stephen Flaherty and Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
Based on the novel by E.L. Doctorow

AUDITIONS FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN MEN

Tuesday, May 11, 2004 at 7:00pm at Tri C East, Building Two
4250 Richmond Rd. Highland Hts., Ohio 44122.=20

The cast is complete (see below), EXCEPT for the following characters:

Booker T. Washington
35- 65 yrs old.=C2=A0 supporting role.

Henson
30 - 50 yrs old.=C2=A0 Admiral Peary's right hand man appears in one scene=20
and will double in the Harlem ensemble

Harlem ensemble / Coalhouse's Gang
18 yrs and up; some have speaking parts and solo singing lines.

Preparation:=C2=A0=20
Please prepare one short song; bring sheet music; an accompanist will be=20
provided.=C2=A0 You will also be asked to read from the script and learn a s=
hort dance=20
combination.

Compensation:=20
A stipend is available for participation in this production.

Please reply to this e-mail or call 216-496-6087 to confirm whether you will=
=20
be attending.=C2=A0 Call or e-mail if you have any questions.
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PRODUCTION STAFF
Director -- Fred Sternfeld
Music Director -- David Williams
Choreographer -- Martin Cespedes
Set Designer -- Richard Gould
Lighting Designer -- Colleen Dowling
Costume Designer -- Dana Romeo
Assistant Costumer -- Jenniver Sparano
Sound Designer -- Casey Jones
Magic Consultant -- Vincent Polowy

CAST OF CHARACTERS

Coalhouse Walker, Jr. =E2=80=93 Kyle Primous*
Sarah =E2=80=93 Yolanda Christine Davis
Tateh =E2=80=93 Marc Moritz*
Little Girl -- Emma Wahl
Mother =E2=80=93 Maggie Stahl Wirfel
Mother=E2=80=99s Younger Brother =E2=80=93 Sean Szaller
Father =E2=80=93 Matthew Wright*
Little Boy (Edgar) -- Andrew Johnson
Grandfather =E2=80=93 James A. Reilly
Emma Goldman =E2=80=93 Amiee Collier
Houdini =E2=80=93 Robert Gibb
Evelyn Nesbit =E2=80=93 Kristin Netzband
J.P. Morgan =E2=80=93 Hans Holznagel
Henry Ford, Admiral Peary, Conductor, Whitman =E2=80=93 Mark Cipra
Harry K. Thaw, Clerk =E2=80=93 Tim Hnat
Willie Conklin, Stanford White =E2=80=93 John M. Regan
Sarah=E2=80=99s Friend -- Meryl Trimble Johnson
Houdini=E2=80=99s mother, Baron's Assistant -- Mary Faktor
Incumbent Candidate, Reporter, Bureaucrat -- Allen M. White
Brigit, Mrs. Whitstein, Welfare Official -- Kari Kandel
Doctor, Lawyer, Judge, Child Buyer -- Patrick Carroll
Jury Foreman -- Michael Green
Kathleen -- Anne Marie Pinto
Rally Organizer, Reporter -- Paul Hoffman
Booker T. Washington --
Black Lawyer --
Matthew Henson --
Little Coalhouse --

Ensemble -- Alex Puette, Allen M. White, Amy Pawlukiewicz, Andrea C. Kirby,=20
Anna Weinstein, Anne Marie Pinto, Anne Markt, Ayeshah Douglas, Beverly Simmo=
ns,=20
C.J. Bonde, Cheryl Eitman, Dani Apple, Danielle Saks, Dave Moody, Denise C.=20
Edwards, Emily Grodzik, Halle Morse, Hans Holznagel, Heather Farr, Jared=20
Sampson, Jeannie Tyler, Jim McCormack, John H. Lipian, John M. Regan, Jolene=
=20
McPherson, Jonah Weinstein, Kari Kandel, Lauren Berger, Mark Cipra, Mary Fak=
tor,=20
Michael Green, Mort Goldman, Nikki Lopresti, Noelle Williams, Patrick Carrol=
l,=20
Paul Hoffman, Ron Lee Davis, Sara Masterson, Sierra Matthews-Heard, Suzzanne=
=20
Ponomarenko, Terry Hughes, Theresa Benyo-Marzullo, Theresa Burrage, Tim Hnat=
 &=20
Tisha A. Eisenhuth

* member of Actors Equity Association

ABOUT THE PLAY: Ragtime, the musical=C2=A0 is a Tony-award winning musical b=
ased=20
on E. L. Doctorow's best-selling novel by the same name, is an epic musical=20
that paints a powerful portrait of American life through three remarkable=20
families: one upper middle class white, one socialist immigrant Jewish, and=20=
one=20
Harlem black. The plot intertwines three distinct stories that poignantly=20
illustrate history's timeless contradictions of wealth and poverty, freedom=20=
and=20
prejudice, hope and despair, and love and hate.

As the fictional characters embark on personal voyages of self-discovery=20
their lives become dramatically entangled with real-life characters such as=20=
Henry=20
Ford, Emma Goldman, Booker T. Washington, Harry Houdini, and Evelyn Nesbit.=20
Ragtime is a richly colored tapestry of tragedy, triumph, desire,=20
disillusionment, passion, and romance set against a backdrop of early Twenti=
eth-century=20
American life.

PRODUCTION LOCATION & DATES: Ragtime, the musical will be presented at=20
Cuyahoga Community College Eastern Campus, Building Two in the Theater, 4250=
=20
Richmond Rd. Highland Hts., Ohio 44122.=20

Performances will be Oct. 28 =E2=80=93 Nov. 14, 2004. Preview October 28 at=20=
7:30pm;=20
Other Performances: Thursdays November 4 & 11 at 8:00pm; Saturdays, October=20=
30,=20
November 6 & 13 at 8:00pm: Sundays, October 31, November 7 & 14 at 2:00pm &=20
7:30pm. There will be school matinees on Tuesday, November 2 & 9 at 10:00am.

There is a possible one week extension, November 18 =E2=80=93 21, same times=
 as=20
above.

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in cooperation <BR>
with Cuyahoga Community College Eastern Campus<BR>
presents<BR>
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=3D"0"><I>Ragtime -- The Musical</FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#fff=
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<BR>
Book by Terrance McNally, <BR>
Music by Stephen Flaherty and Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens<BR>
Based on the novel by E.L. Doctorow<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#ff0000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR:=20=
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>AUDITIONS FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN MEN</FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#=
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>Tuesday, May 11, 2004 at 7:00pm at Tri C East, Building Two<BR>
</FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR:=20=
#ffffff" SIZE=3D3 PTSIZE=3D12 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"=
>4250 Richmond Rd. Highland Hts., Ohio 44122. <BR>
<BR>
The cast is complete (see below), EXCEPT for the following characters:<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#0000ff" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR:=20=
#ffffff" SIZE=3D3 PTSIZE=3D12 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"=
>Booker T. Washington</FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=
=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D3 PTSIZE=3D12 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FAC=
E=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"><BR>
35- 65 yrs old.=C2=A0 supporting role.<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#0000ff" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR:=20=
#ffffff" SIZE=3D3 PTSIZE=3D12 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"=
>Henson</FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-=
COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D3 PTSIZE=3D12 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LAN=
G=3D"0"><BR>
30 - 50 yrs old.=C2=A0 Admiral Peary's right hand man appears in one scene <=
BR>
and will double in the Harlem ensemble<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#0000ff" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR:=20=
#ffffff" SIZE=3D3 PTSIZE=3D12 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"=
>Harlem ensemble / Coalhouse's Gang</FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#=
ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D3 PTSIZE=3D12 FAMILY=3D"S=
ANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"><BR>
18 yrs and up; some have speaking parts and solo singing lines.<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#ff0000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR:=20=
#ffffff" SIZE=3D3 PTSIZE=3D12 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"=
>Preparation:=C2=A0 <BR>
</FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR:=20=
#ffffff" SIZE=3D3 PTSIZE=3D12 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"=
>Please prepare one short song; bring sheet music; an accompanist will be pr=
ovided.=C2=A0 You will also be asked to read from the script and learn a sho=
rt dance combination.<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#ff0000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR:=20=
#ffffff" SIZE=3D3 PTSIZE=3D12 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"=
>Compensation:</FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACK=
GROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D3 PTSIZE=3D12 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Ari=
al" LANG=3D"0"> <BR>
A stipend is available for participation in this production.<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR:=20=
#ffffff" SIZE=3D4 PTSIZE=3D14 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"=
>Please reply to this e-mail or call 216-496-6087 to confirm whether you wil=
l be attending.=C2=A0 Call or e-mail if you have any questions.<BR>
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<P ALIGN=3DCENTER></FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#ff0000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"=
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=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0">PRODUCTION STAFF</FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=
=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D3 PTSIZE=3D12 FAMILY=
=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"><BR>
Director -- <A HREF=3D"http://www.fredsternfeld.com/index.htm">Fred Sternfel=
d</A><BR>
Music Director -- David Williams<BR>
Choreographer -- Martin Cespedes<BR>
Set Designer -- Richard Gould<BR>
Lighting Designer -- Colleen Dowling<BR>
Costume Designer -- Dana Romeo<BR>
Assistant Costumer -- Jenniver Sparano<BR>
Sound Designer -- Casey Jones<BR>
Magic Consultant -- <A HREF=3D"http://www.vincentmagic.com/">Vincent Polowy<=
/A><BR>
<BR>
</FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#ff0000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR:=20=
#ffffff" SIZE=3D3 PTSIZE=3D12 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"=
><I>CAST OF CHARACTERS</FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=
=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D3 PTSIZE=3D12 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FAC=
E=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"></I><BR>
<BR>
Coalhouse Walker, Jr. =E2=80=93 Kyle Primous*<BR>
Sarah =E2=80=93 Yolanda Christine Davis<BR>
Tateh =E2=80=93 Marc Moritz*<BR>
Little Girl -- Emma Wahl<BR>
Mother =E2=80=93 Maggie Stahl Wirfel<BR>
Mother=E2=80=99s Younger Brother =E2=80=93 Sean Szaller<BR>
Father =E2=80=93 Matthew Wright*<BR>
Little Boy (Edgar) -- Andrew Johnson<BR>
Grandfather =E2=80=93 James A. Reilly<BR>
Emma Goldman =E2=80=93 Amiee Collier<BR>
Houdini =E2=80=93 Robert Gibb<BR>
Evelyn Nesbit =E2=80=93 Kristin Netzband<BR>
J.P. Morgan =E2=80=93 Hans Holznagel<BR>
Henry Ford, Admiral Peary, Conductor, Whitman =E2=80=93 Mark Cipra<BR>
Harry K. Thaw, Clerk =E2=80=93 Tim Hnat<BR>
Willie Conklin, Stanford White =E2=80=93 John M. Regan<BR>
Sarah=E2=80=99s Friend -- Meryl Trimble Johnson<BR>
Houdini=E2=80=99s mother, Baron's Assistant -- Mary Faktor<BR>
Incumbent Candidate, Reporter, Bureaucrat -- Allen M. White<BR>
Brigit, Mrs. Whitstein, Welfare Official -- Kari Kandel<BR>
Doctor, Lawyer, Judge, Child Buyer -- Patrick Carroll<BR>
Jury Foreman -- Michael Green<BR>
Kathleen -- Anne Marie Pinto<BR>
Rally Organizer, Reporter -- Paul Hoffman<BR>
Booker T. Washington --<BR>
Black Lawyer --<BR>
Matthew Henson --<BR>
Little Coalhouse --<BR>
<P ALIGN=3DLEFT><BR>
<P ALIGN=3DCENTER>Ensemble -- Alex Puette, Allen M. White, Amy Pawlukiewicz,=
 Andrea C. Kirby, Anna Weinstein, Anne Marie Pinto, Anne Markt, Ayeshah Doug=
las, Beverly Simmons, C.J. Bonde, Cheryl Eitman, Dani Apple, Danielle Saks,=20=
Dave Moody, Denise C. Edwards, Emily Grodzik, Halle Morse, Hans Holznagel, H=
eather Farr, Jared Sampson, Jeannie Tyler, Jim McCormack, John H. Lipian, Jo=
hn M. Regan, Jolene McPherson, Jonah Weinstein, Kari Kandel, Lauren Berger,=20=
Mark Cipra, Mary Faktor, Michael Green, Mort Goldman, Nikki Lopresti, Noelle=
 Williams, Patrick Carroll, Paul Hoffman, Ron Lee Davis, Sara Masterson, Sie=
rra Matthews-Heard, Suzzanne Ponomarenko, Terry Hughes, Theresa Benyo-Marzul=
lo, Theresa Burrage, Tim Hnat & Tisha A. Eisenhuth<BR>
<P ALIGN=3DLEFT><BR>
<P ALIGN=3DCENTER>* member of Actors Equity Association<BR>
<P ALIGN=3DLEFT><BR>
</FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#ff0000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR:=20=
#ffffff" SIZE=3D3 PTSIZE=3D12 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"=
>ABOUT THE PLAY:</FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BA=
CKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D3 PTSIZE=3D12 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"A=
rial" LANG=3D"0"> <I>Ragtime, the musical=C2=A0 </I>is a Tony-award winning=20=
musical based on E. L. Doctorow's best-selling novel by the same name, is an=
 epic musical that paints a powerful portrait of American life through three=
 remarkable families: one upper middle class white, one socialist immigrant=20=
Jewish, and one Harlem black. The plot intertwines three distinct stories th=
at poignantly illustrate history's timeless contradictions of wealth and pov=
erty, freedom and prejudice, hope and despair, and love and hate.<BR>
<BR>
As the fictional characters embark on personal voyages of self-discovery the=
ir lives become dramatically entangled with real-life characters such as Hen=
ry Ford, Emma Goldman, Booker T. Washington, Harry Houdini, and Evelyn Nesbi=
t. Ragtime is a richly colored tapestry of tragedy, triumph, desire, disillu=
sionment, passion, and romance set against a backdrop of early Twentieth-cen=
tury American life.<BR>
<BR>
</FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#ff0000" BACK=3D"#ffffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR:=20=
#ffffff" SIZE=3D3 PTSIZE=3D12 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"=
>PRODUCTION LOCATION & DATES:</FONT><FONT  COLOR=3D"#000000" BACK=3D"#ff=
ffff" style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3D3 PTSIZE=3D12 FAMILY=3D"SAN=
SSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"> <I>Ragtime, the musical</I> will be prese=
nted at Cuyahoga Community College Eastern Campus, Building Two in the Theat=
er, 4250 Richmond Rd. Highland Hts., Ohio 44122. <BR>
<BR>
Performances will be Oct. 28 =E2=80=93 Nov. 14, 2004. Preview October 28 at=20=
7:30pm; Other Performances: Thursdays November 4 & 11 at 8:00pm; Saturda=
ys, October 30, November 6 & 13 at 8:00pm: Sundays, October 31, November=
 7 & 14 at 2:00pm & 7:30pm. There will be school matinees on Tuesday=
, November 2 & 9 at 10:00am.<BR>
<BR>
There is a possible one week extension, November 18 =E2=80=93 21, same times=
 as above.<BR>
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