{"id":33735,"date":"2019-11-21T11:28:14","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T16:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/college.unc.edu\/?p=33735"},"modified":"2024-07-02T17:13:11","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T17:13:11","slug":"playmakers-ragtime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=33735","title":{"rendered":"PlayMakers Repertory Company presents Tony Award winning musical Ragtime"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Adam Poole as Tateh with the company of Ragtime. (photo by HuthPhoto)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

PlayMakers Repertory Company<\/a> proudly presents \u201cRagtime,\u201d the Tony Award-winning epic musical that captures the electric, chaotic, at once hopeful and desolate world that was America at the turn of the last century. Directed with a prescient 21st century lens by Zi Alikhan in his PlayMakers debut, the production runs from November 20 to December 15.<\/p>\n

America at the dawn of the 20th century is a symphony of diverse and often clashing rhythms. Cultures collide with the influx of immigrants. The divide between rich and poor grows as industrial and financial giants loom large. Passions and tempers flare over the legacy of reconstruction that promised justice but never delivered it. Prepare to be swept away by a dynamic, immersive staging of \u201cRagtime\u201d that brings the audience cheek-to-jowl with the intersecting lives of a wealthy white family, a Jewish immigrant and his daughter, and an African American ragtime musician. The Paul Green Theatre has been reimagined to create a 360\u00b0 experience that envelopes the audience, puts them literally in the middle of the action, and provides a heightened ability to get inside the rollercoaster of living, breathing passions and pains of the great American experiment\u2014one hundred years ago and today.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am delighted to bring to our stage the talents and genius of Zi Alikhan, our director, and Mark Wendland, our scenic designer, who are two of the most visually innovative and thoughtful artists working in American theatre today,\u201d said Vivienne Benesch, PlayMakers\u2019 Producing Artistic Director. \u201cTheir desire is to give the audience a true \u2018walk-with-me\u2019 experience that makes \u2018Ragtime\u2019 relevant and alive in new and unexpected ways. Add in the marvelous, \u00fcber-talented Lauren Kennedy, Fergie L. Philippe, and the rest of our cast soaring on the wheels of an exquisite score, and this is truly the musical event of the season. This production will remind us all why we love the great American musical\u2014and make us recognize its power to help us understand who we are as Americans today and how we got this way.\u201d<\/p>\n

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AnnEliza Canning as Sarah and Fergie L. Philippe as Coalhouse. (photo by HuthPhoto)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Before each performance, audiences are invited to experience North Carolina 360: VR Stories<\/em><\/strong>, an immersive virtual reality experience that captures the stories of North Carolina families some here for generations some recently arrived. North Carolina 360 <\/strong>is funded by UNC Humanities for the Public Good, UNC Center for Faculty Excellence, UNC Libraries Health Sciences Library, Jacob Stiglitz and Brian Batista of UNC ARVR, Department of Dramatic Art, Arts Everywhere, and PlayMakers Repertory Company.<\/p>\n

\u201cRagtime\u201d features Lauren Kennedy as Mother (PlayMakers debut, Broadway\u2019s \u201cSunset Boulevard \u201cand \u201cLes Miserables\u201d), Fergie L. Philippe as Coalhouse Walker (PlayMakers debut, \u201cHamilton\u201d National Tour), AnnEliza Canning as Sarah (PlayMakers debut), Adam Poole as Tateh (\u201cJump,\u201d \u201cShe Loves Me\u201d), and Jeffrey Blair Cornell as Father\/J.P. Morgan (\u201cMy Fair Lady,\u201d \u201cThe Tempest\u201d). Also featuring David Adamson as Grandfather (\u201cInto the Woods,\u201d \u201cBig River\u201d), Sergio Mauritz Ang, Ensemble (PlayMakers debut; \u201cMuch Ado About Nothing\u201d at Classics in Color), Anthony August as Booker T. Washington (PlayMakers debut; \u201cFade to Black Festival\u201d at The Landing Theatre Company), Emily Bosco, Ensemble (\u201cDairyland,\u201d \u201cShe Loves Me\u201d), Toshia Cunningham-Swinson as Sarah\u2019s Friend (PlayMakers debut), Ray Dooley as Henry Ford (\u201cLife of Galileo,\u201d \u201cThe Nutcracker\u201d), David Fine as Younger Brother (PlayMakers debut; \u201cThe Tempest\u201d at NC Stage Company), Julia Gibson as Emma Goldman (\u201cThe Cake,\u201d \u201cBewilderness\u201d), Liz Howard, Harlem Ensemble (PlayMakers debut), Faith Jones, Harlem Ensemble (PlayMakers debut, \u201cCaroline, or Change\u201d at Raleigh Little Theatre), Sarah Keyes as Evelyn Nesbitt (\u201cNative Son,\u201d \u201cLife of Galileo\u201d), Tyrone Kaiku, Ensemble (PlayMakers debut, \u201cThe Scottsboro Boys\u201d at Theatre Raleigh), Lydia Kinton as Willie Conklin (PlayMakers debut), Tristan Parks, Harlem Ensemble (\u201cLeaving Eden,\u201d \u201cLife of Galileo\u201d), and Sebastiani Romagnolo as Harry Houdini (PlayMakers debut). The Creative Team of \u201cRagtime\u201d includes: Zi Alikhan (Director; Associate Director, Broadway\u2019s \u201cThe Rose Tattoo\u201d), Mark Hartman (Music Director; \u201cMy Fair Lady,\u201d), Tracy Bersley (Choreographer; \u201cSense and Sensibility,\u201d), Mark Wendland (Scenic Designer; Broadway\u2019s \u201cDeath of a Salesman\u201d), Lux Haac (Costume Designer; \u201cBetween Two Knees\u201d at Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Masha Tsimring (Lighting Designer; \u201cMy Fair Lady\u201d), Eric Alexander Collins (Sound Designer; \u201cPeter and The Starcatcher\u201d), NJ Agwuna (Assistant Director), Tristan Parks (Assistant Choreographer); Tia James (Vocal Coach; \u201cSkeleton Crew\u201d), Greg Kable (Dramaturg; \u201cSweeney Todd\u201d), Jacqueline E. Lawton (Dramaturg; \u201cDairyland\u201d), and Charles K. Bayang (Stage Manager; \u201cInto the Woods\u201d).<\/p>\n

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David Adamson as Grandfather, Lauren Kennedy as Mother, Ray Dooley as Little Boy, Fergie L. Philippe as Coalhouse and David-Fine. (photo by HuthPhoto)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rated PG-13 for some adult situations and language. Please contact our Box Office for more details. For information and to purchase tickets, call 919.962.7529 or visit www.playmakersrep.org. Individual ticket prices start at $15.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Performance and Special Event Schedule:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • November 20\u2013December 15, 6:00 – 7:15 p.m. \u2014 North Carolina 360: VR Stories, a virtual reality experience, in the Paul Green Gallery.<\/li>\n
  • November 21, 6:00 p.m. \u2014 \u201cThe Vision Series\u2014Directors in Conversation,\u201d a behind-the-scenes preview with members of the creative team before the evening\u2019s performance, at the Joan H. Gillings Center for Dramatic Art. Free and open to the public.<\/li>\n
  • November 20\u201322, 7:30 p.m. \u2014 Preview performances<\/li>\n
  • November 23, 7:30 p.m. \u2014 Opening Performance & Press Opening, with post-show Opening Night Celebration<\/li>\n
  • November 26, 2:00 p.m. \u2014 All-access performance for attendees with special needs, with sign language interpretation and audio description<\/li>\n
  • November 26, 7:30 p.m. \u2014 Community Night. General admission seating, with all tickets $15<\/li>\n
  • November 30, 2:00 p.m. \u2014 Open captioned performance, with dialog, stage direction, and sound effects communicated on a \u201cuniversal access\u201d live caption unit<\/li>\n
  • November 27\u2013December 10\u2014 As part of our 2019\/20 Legacy | NOW season, PlayMakers is hosting a series of pre- and post-show conversations with members of the creative team, dramaturgs, local artists, scholars and cultural workers. Visit www.playmakersrep.org\/ragtime\/#NOW for a complete schedule.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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