AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE

EVERYONE EVERYWHERE,

MOVING TO THE RAGTIME!

RAGTIME makes its much anticipated Australian Premiere this November at Arts Centre Melbourne for 11 performances only.

We’re thrilled to announce internationally renowned tenor Alexander Lewis joins the cast in the role of Tateh. Georgina Hopson, the 2017 winner of the Rob Guest Endowment will play the role of Mother. They join a stellar cast including Kurt Kansley, Chloe Zuel, Adam Murphy,

John O’May, John McTernan and Anton Berezin. Our all Australian company is joined onstage by our 20 piece Production Company Orchestra.

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, Ragtime is filled with pageantry, emotion and hope, bursting onto the stage like no other musical.

Ragtime draws upon many musical styles: the ragtime rhythms of Harlem and Tin Pan Alley, the klezmer of the Lower East Side, brass band marches and delicate waltzes, from up-tempo banjo tunes and expansive anthems. A truly unique and powerful portrait of America, Ragtime is sure to inspire.

A powerful portrait of the birth of the American nation, RAGTIME is filled with pageantry, emotion and optimism. A musical not to be missed.

11 PERFORMANCES • 2 TO 10 NOV• STATE THEATRE

Director
ROGER HODGMAN

Musical Director
GUY NOBLE

Choreographer
DANA JOLLY

Costumes
ISAAC LUMMIS

Set
CHRISTINA SMITH

Lighting
NIGEL LEVINGS

Sound
SYSTEM SOUND

THE PRODUCTION COMPANY ORCHESTRA

CAST

KURT KANSLEYCoalhouse Walker Jr

GEORGINA HOPSONMother

ALEXANDER LEWISTateh

CHLOE ZUELSarah

ADAM MURPHYFather

SAGE DOUGLASEmma Goldman

MACKENZIE DUNNEvelyn Nesbit

FINN ALEXANDERYounger Brother

JOHN McTERNANGrandfather

JOHN O'MAYHenry Ford

ANTON BEREZIN JP Morgan

JOTI GOREBooker T Washington

MATT HAMILTONWillie Conklin

LOUIS LUCENTEHarry Houdini

RUVA NGWENYASarah's Friend

SHAUNTAI BATZKE

KAYA BYRNE

MIA DABKOWSKI-CHANDLER

MARK DOGGETT

COURTNEY GLASS

GARETH JACOBS

NANA MATAPULE

BARRY MITCHELL

VICTORY NDUKWE

GRETA SHERRIFF

JAS SMITH

ANGELINA THOMSON

KEMPTON MALONEY

HUDSON SHARP

SUMMER HAMILTON

ANNIE SAINSBERY

PHOTO GALLERY

PHOTOGRAPHY BY JEFF BUSBY

The RAGTIME Company and Guy Noble conducting The Production Company Orchestra.

Joti Gore (Booker T. Washington) and Kurt Kansley (Coalhouse Walker Jr) with Gareth Jacobs background

Victory Ndukwe, Gareth Jacobs, Kurt Kansley (Coalhouse Walker Jr), Nana Matapule and Finn Alexander (Younger Brother)

Sage Douglas (Emma Goldman)

Georgina Hopson (Mother) and Alexander Lewis (Tateh)

Adam Murphy (Father), Alexander Lewis (Tateh) and Georgina Hopson (Mother)

Adam Murphy (Father) Georgina Hopson (Mother) and Alexander Lewis (Tateh)

FRONT Anton Berezin, Kempton Maloney (Little Boy), Adam Murphy (Father), Louis Lucente, BACK Barry Mitchell, Mark Doggett, Kaya Byrne, John O'May, Matt Hamilton

Finn Alexander (Younger Brother) and Adam Murphy (Father)

Kaya Byrne, Matt Hamilton (Willie Conklin), Mark Doggett and Barry Mitchell.

Kurt Kansley (Coalhouse Walker Jr)

Sage Douglas (Emma Goldman) Finn Alexander (Younger Brother) and Company

Chloé Zuel (Sarah) and Kurt Kansley (Coalhouse Walker Jr)

Chloé Zuel (Sarah)

Anton Berezin, Alexander Lewis (Tateh) and Summer Hamilton (Little Girl)

Georgina Hopson (Mother) and Kempton Maloney (Little Boy)

John O'May (Henry Ford) Kurt Kansley (Coalhouse Walker Jr) and Company

Kurt Kansley (Coalhouse Walker Jr) and Jas Smith, Joti Gore, Ruva Ngwenya, Nana Matapule, Angelina Thomson, Shauntai Batzke, Victory Ndukwe (obscured) and Gareth Jacobs

Jas Smith, Gareth Jacobs, Joti Gore, Shauntai Batzke, Kurt Kansley (Coalhouse Walker Jr), Angelina Thomson, Victory Ndukwe and Ruva Ngwenya.

Alexander Lewis (Tateh) and Summer Hamilton (Little Girl)

Sage Douglas (Emma Goldman) and Alexander Lewis (Tateh)

Kempton Maloney (Little Boy)

Mia Dabkowski-Chandler, Mackenzie Dunn (Evelyn Nesbit) and Greta Sherriff.

Greta Sherriff, Mackenzie Dunn (Evelyn Nesbit) and Mia Dabkowski-Chandler.

Finn Alexander (Younger Brother)

L to R John O'May, Anton Berezin, Mia Dabkowski-Chandler, Finn Alexander (Younger Brother) Kempton Maloney (Little Boy), Gerta Sherriff, Georgina Hopson (Mother), Mackenzie Dunn (obscured) Adam Murphy (Father), John McTernan (Grandfather) and Kaya Byrne.

The RAGTIME Company

Adam Murphy (Father) John O'May (Henry Ford) and Anton Berezin (J.P. Morgan)

TOP Alexander Lewis (Tateh) John McTernan (Grandfather), Mia Dabkowski-Chandler, Barry Mitchell, Finn Alexander (Younger Brother) MIDDLE Gareth Jacobs, Ruva Ngwenya, Victory Ndukwe, Angelina Thomson, Nana Matapule, Joti Gore, Shauntai Batzke and Jas Smith FRONT Chloé Zuel (Sarah) and Kurt Kansley (Coalhouse Walker Jr)

Ruva Ngwenya (Sarah's Friend), Gareth Jacobs, Angelina Thomson, Kurt Kansley (Coalhouse Walker Jr) Joti Gore, Shauntai Batzke and Chloé Zuel (Sarah)

Summer Hamilton (Little Girl) and Alexander Lewis (Tateh)

Chloé Zuel (Sarah) and Kurt Kansley (Coalhouse Walker Jr)

Alexander Lewis (Tateh) Summer Hamilton (Little Girl) Kempton Maloney (Little Boy) and Georgina Hopson (Mother)

L to R Joti Gore, Ruva Ngwenya, Nana Matapule, Kurt Kansley (Coalhouse Walker Jr), Shauntai Batzke, Jas Smith, Victory Ndukwe, Angelina Thomson and Gareth Jacobs (kneeling)