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<b><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#14140C">NEW COALHOUSE WALKER JR. ANNOUNCED </span></b><b><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:#333333">TO LEAD THE CAST OF <i>RAGTIME</i> AT CAIN PARK*</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"> (Cleveland Heights, Ohio) – Director and Actor <b>Eugene Sumlin</b> will lead the cast of RAGTIME at Cain Park. Cain Park’s upcoming production of </span><span class="gmail-m8027942958212404160gmail-msohyperlink"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#00447C"><a href="https://www.cainpark.com/278/RAGTIME" target="_blank"><span style="color:#00447C">Ragtime</span></a></span></i></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">,
running from June 13 - June 30 with an official opening scheduled for June 14. The production will feature a cast of 25 actors.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Eugene Sumlin was last seen as Walter Lee in Ensemble Theatre’s critically acclaimed <i>A Raisin in the Sun </i>and at Cain Park in <i>Smokey Joe’s Café.</i></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Featured actors include </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#14140C">Bridie Carroll</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"> (National
tour of <em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Wicked</span></em>) as Mother, along with </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#14140C">Mariah Burks (<i>Toxic Avenger</i>) </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">as
Sarah, and </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#14140C">Scott Esposito (<i>Godspell</i>) </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">as Tateh.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Rounding out the company are Nyla Watson as Sarah’s friend, Anna Barrett as Evelyn Nesbit, </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#14140C">Kate Leigh
Michalski (<i>Rock of Ages, Memphis</i>) </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">as Emma Goldman, </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#14140C">Anthony Savage-Williams</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"> (<i>Memphis</i>)
as Booker T. Washington, Michael Rogan as Grandfather/JP Morgan, </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#14140C">Sam Nasar </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">as Houdini,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#14140C"> Elise
Pakiela </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">as Little Girl, Jake Spencer as Edgar, </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#14140C">Danny Simpson </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">as
Father, </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#14140C">Will Price</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"> as Younger Brother, Sara Chapman as Coalhouse Follower, Darian Wilson (<i>Memphis</i>)
as Harlem Woman/dance captain, Amanda Tidwell as Brigit, Tony Heffner (<i>Rock of Ages</i>) as Henry Ford, Will Sanborn as Willie Conklin, Frank Ivancic (<i>Music Man in Concert, Memphis</i>) as Policeman, Jack Hale as Baron’s Assistant, Adam Kirk as Black
Lawyer, Nate Summers as Harlem Man, Anthony Harris Jr., as Henson and Kirstin Henry as Kathleen. Makay Johnson, John Kost, Reyna Moran, and Cameron Olin are swings.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Based on the novel by E. L. Doctorow, <em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal">RAGTIME</span></em><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></em>features
a book by Terrence McNally, music by Stephen Flaherty, and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens. The Cain Park production is directed by </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#14140C">Joanna May Cullinan</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"> with
musical direction by </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#14140C">Jordan Cooper</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"> and choreography by </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#14140C">Imani
Jackson</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">The creative team includes </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#14140C">Set & Lighting design by Trad A Burns & Ben Gantose</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">,
costume design by </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#14140C">Tesia Benson</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">, sound design by </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#14140C">Carlton
Guc and stage management by Tom Humes.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Nominated for 13 Tony Awards including Best Musical, <em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ragtime</span></em> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#14140C">tells
the story of three families in the pursuit of the American Dream. 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.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-line-height-alt:11.75pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ragtime won 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. Time Magazine called it “a triumph for the stage” while the Huffington Post described it as “the ultimate musical for our time.”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-line-height-alt:11.75pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ragtime tickets are $25 for the June 13 preview (no discounts) and $32 in advance for all other performances. Tickets
are on sale at <a href="http://Ticketmaster.com">Ticketmaster.com</a>, at Ticketmaster outlets, and at the Cain Park Ticket Office (in person and 216-371-3000) as of June 4. Performances are Thursdays-Saturdays at 7pm and 2pm on Sundays. Cain Park is located
at 14591 Superior Road.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-line-height-alt:11.75pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ragtime is supported by WCPN, WCLV, and WKSU. Cain Park season sponsors include the City of Cleveland Heights, the Friends
of Cain Park, and InterContinental Hotels Cleveland.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;mso-line-height-alt:11.75pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">*</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"> Actor previously announced to play Coalhouse Walker
Jr., Roderick Lawrence, is unable to perform due to last minute scheduling conflicts.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:11.75pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">For more: </span><a href="https://www.cainpark.com/278/RAGTIME" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">https://www.cainpark.com/278/RAGTIME</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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