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Cassidy Theatre is now accepting video submissions for our upcoming production of
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<strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">"RAGTIME". </span></strong>
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Show Dates: February 2-18, 2023.
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Please submit your vocal selection to the director, Marc Howard at <span style="text-decoration: underline;">marc.c.howard@gmail.com</span>. The director may request you attend callbacks this Saturday at Cassidy Theatre. 6200 Pearl Rd. Parma Heights, OH 44130.
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<br><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>CHARACTERS</strong></span>
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<strong>Coalhouse</strong> - Gender: Male, Age: 25 to 35, Vocal range top: A4, Vocal range bottom: G2, A proud and talented pianist. A Black man who believes that he can take part in the new America and will be treated fairly.
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<br><strong>Sarah</strong> - Gender: Female, Age: 18 to 25, Vocal range top: F5, Vocal range bottom: G3, Washwoman. Sarah is a young Black woman, beautiful and filled with a strong will to live, fueled by an innocent spirit. Falls deeply in love with Coalhouse after much resistance.
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<br><strong>Mother</strong> - Gender: Female, Age: 25 to 35, Vocal range top: E5, Vocal range bottom: G3, The consummate wife and mother. A kind woman with incredible moral fiber. Refined, intelligent, graceful, and open minded.
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<br><strong>Father</strong> - Gender: Male, Age: 30 to 45, Vocal range top: F5, Vocal range bottom: A3, Mother's professionally successful husband. Fancies himself an amateur explorer, he is commanding and attractive. Enjoys being the family breadwinner, a traditionalist.
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<br><strong>Younger Brother</strong> - Gender: Male, Age: 20 to 30, Vocal range top: F5, Vocal range bottom: B3, Mother's younger brother. He is an erratic and passionate soul, a firework waiting to be lit. Influenced greatly by Goldman's teachings.
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<br><strong>Little Boy</strong> - Gender: Male, Age: 8 to 12, Vocal range top: D5, Vocal range bottom: E4, Mother and Father's son. He is open-hearted and curious with inexplicable clairvoyance. Never passes judgement on others.
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<br><strong>Grandfather</strong> - Gender: Male, Age: 50 to 65, Mother's patrician father. He is a retired professor, and easily irritated by nearly everything.
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<br><strong>Tateh</strong> - Gender: Male, Age: 30 to 40, Vocal range top: F5, Vocal range bottom: A3, A Latvian immigrant. He wears the trials and tribulations of his past on his sleeve but remains optimistic that he will be successful. Full of genuine drive and heart. He lives for his little daughter.
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<br><strong>Little Girl</strong> - Gender: Female, Age: 7 to 10, Vocal range top: D5, Vocal range bottom: C4, Tateh's daughter. A vulnerable child in a brand-new home, she has lost her mother and is guarded and shy. She clings to her father.
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<br><strong>Booker T. Washington</strong> - Gender: Male, Age: 45 to 55, Vocal range top: Eb4, Vocal range bottom: D3, Brilliant Black social activist. He is an eloquent and articulate gentleman with no patience for Black Americans leading less than exemplary lives.
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<br><strong>Emma Goldman</strong> - Gender: Female, Age: 30 to 40, Vocal range top: D5, Vocal range bottom: B3, Social activist. Originally from Russia, she is a leader, a fearless advocate for the oppressed.
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<br><strong>Evelyn Nesbit</strong> - Gender: Female, Age: 18 to 25, Vocal range top: D5, Vocal range bottom: B3, The beautiful vaudeville performer, famous for the murder of her high-profile lover by her rich husband.
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<br><strong>Henry Ford</strong> - Gender: Male, Age: 35 to 45, Vocal range top: F5, Vocal range bottom: D4, An American industrialist and founder of the Ford Motor Company.
<br>Harry Houdini - Gender: Male, Age: 25 to 35, Vocal range top: G5, Vocal range bottom: C4, The famous magician, originally from Hungary. With notable physical ability, he stands as a symbol of the 'American Dream.'
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<br><strong>J.P. Morgan</strong> – Gender: Male, Age: 60 to 65, The rich, famous financier.
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<br><strong>Sarah's Friend</strong> - Gender: Female, Age: 18 to 25, Vocal range top: D5, Vocal range bottom: D3, A friend of Sarah's who attends her funeral
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<br><strong>Willie Conklin</strong> - Gender: Male, Age: 25 to 40, Vocal range top: F5, Vocal range bottom: D4, A racist volunteer firefighter who destroys Coalhouse's car
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<br><strong>Ensemble</strong> - Baseball Fans; Coalhouse Supporters; Firemen; Immigrants To America; New Rochelle Citizens; Reporters; Vacationers. Played by Black actors: Coalhouse's Lawyer, Harlem Citizens, Henson
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