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Ragtime

Oct 24, 2023 - Jan 7, 2024
The Statue of Liberty in front of the words "Ragtime" repeated in the colors of the American flag

The triumphant Tony Award-winning musical portrait of America at the turn of the 20th century.

The stories of three American families intertwine against the backdrop of a towering slate of historical figures. Together, through a dazzling array of musical styles from the era, they weave a stunning tapestry that reveals both the promise and prejudice of the American experience.

In the tradition of Titanic, West Side Story and Into the Woods, Signature reinvents this expansive epic for its trademark intimate space.

“A triumph for the stage”
TIME Magazine

Book by Terrence McNally
Music by Stephen Flaherty
Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
Based on the novel Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow
Music Directed by Jon Kalbfleisch
Choreographed by Ashleigh King
Directed by Matthew Gardiner
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Performance Info

Seating Chart

Seating Chart
  • Running Time

    Running time is approximately 2 hours and 45 minutes, including one 15-minute intermission.

  • This show is recommended for mature upper elementary aged children and up – Parents should use discretion about what is age appropriate for their children; Signature does not admit children under 6 years of age.

  • Content Warnings

    The show contains strong language, including racism, has violence, guns/gunshot sounds, explosions, use of herbal cigarettes and death and will use theatrical haze.

Content Warnings

The show contains strong language, including racism, xenophobia, Anti-Semitism, and sexism. There is depiction of beatings and death on stage, including police violence. Guns appear onstage and there are gunshot sound effects. The production will use theatrical haze and herbal cigarettes.

This show is recommended for mature upper elementary aged children and up – Parents should use discretion about what is age appropriate for their children; Signature does not admit children under 6 years of age.

Specialty Nights

Discussion Nights

November 14 & December 6, 2023

Pride Night

December 1, 2023

Masks Required

November 5, 2PM, November 14, 7:30PM & January 5, 8PM

ASL Interpreted

December 15, 2023

Audio Described

December 10, 2PM

Program

Flip through the Ragtime Program

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Cast Members

Theodore Sapp

Ensemble

Tobi Baisburd

Emma Goldman/Kathleen/Brigit Understudy

She/Her OTHER: Jerry Herman Ring Theatre; Godspell, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, A New Brain. EDUCATION: University of Miami: BFA Musical Theatre. @tbaisburd

Trenton McKenzie Beavers

Swing

he/him DC AREA: Monumental Theatre Co.: Spring Awakening (Moritz); Toby’s Dinner Theatre: SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical (Helen Hayes Award Outstanding Ensemble nomination); Kennedy Center: The Arithmetic of Memory (Reader/Aaron). TV/FILM: PBS: Black Broadway: A Proud History, A Limitless Future, How Great Thou Art: A Sacred Celebration. OTHER: American Pops Orchestra: The Bodyguard – feat. Deborah Cox, Howard University: 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Barfeé). EDUCATION: Howard University: BFA in Musical Theatre. Ig: @trentonmbeavers

IO Browne

Swing

she/her/hers DC AREA: Olney Theatre Center: The Joint; Strand Theater: The Cosby Satires, Countdown; Riverside Center: The Color Purple; Toby’s Dinner Theatre: Dreamgirls; ArtsCentric: The Wiz, Little Shop of Horrors. TV/FILM: HBO: We Own This City (Leyla Whitaker) MTV: True Life: Crime (Mahlayshia). COMMERCIAL: DC Lotter, D’Amore Law Group, Blackout Bingo, AARP, Kaiser Permanente. EDUCATION: Morgan State University: Bachelor of Arts Degree in Theatre Arts. www.iobrowne.com

Erin Driscoll

Erin Driscoll

Kathleen/Ensemble

she/her SIGNATURE: Titanic, Road Show, Sunday in the Park with George, The Threepenny Opera, Miss Saigon, Spin, Company, The Best Little Whorehouse…, Brother Russia, Hairspray (Helen Hayes Award, Outstanding Ensemble), [title of show], Sweeney Todd, Kiss of the Spider Woman, The Witches of Eastwick, Into the Woods, Assassins (Helen Hayes Award, Outstanding Resident Musical), Urinetown (2006 Helen Hayes Award, Outstanding Actress). DC AREA: Arena Stage: My Fair Lady; Ford’s Theatre: Into the Woods, Violet, Our Town, Parade, A Christmas Carol; Olney Theatre: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Cinderella, Anything Goes; Round House Theatre: A Year with Frog and Toad; Kennedy Center: Regina (w/ Patti LuPone). REGIONAL: Arden Theatre: A Year with Frog and Toad, Candide. EDUCATION: James Madison University, BM. AWARDS: 2006 Roger Sturtevant Award.

Bill English

Bill English

Father

BROADWAY: Anything Goes, Twentieth Century (Roundabout). OFF-BROADWAY: Atlantic: Days of Wine and Roses; NYMF: The Shaggs; BAM: Borderland; Roundabout: Streamers. REGIONAL: Flint Rep: Into the Woods; ATC: The Music Man; NSMT: The Full Monty, A Christmas Carol; and others. TV: Madam Secretary, The Good Wife, Elementary, Person of Interest, Outnumbered, Cavemen, Family Guy, Melrose Place. FILM: Providence, The Last Day of August, Battleground. OTHER: Composer and lyricist for the Little Kids, Big Hearts podcast. TRAINING: BFA, University of North Carolina School of the Arts. IG: @mrbillenglish

Nkrumah Gatling

Nkrumah Gatling

Coalhouse Walker Jr.

SIGNATURE: Grand Hotel. BROADWAY: Camelot, Miss Saigon, Hair. NATIONAL TOUR: The Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, Hair. OFF-BROADWAY: Encores!: Cabin in the Sky; Second Stage: Witness Uganda. REGIONAL: Arden Theater: Ragtime; Stages: The Fantasticks; Pennsylvania Shakespeare: Ragtime; Kansas City Starlight: Miss Saigon; Hollywood Bowl: Hair; Theater Under the Stars: Dreamgirls, It’s a Wonderful Life; Goodspeed Theater, Band Geeks; Theater by the Sea: Little Mermaid; Meadowbrook Theater: Once on This Island; Northern Stage: Matilda. DC AREA: Kennedy Center: Chess. AWARDS: Lotte Lenya Vocal Competition: 2018 Marc Blitzstein Award. EDUCATION: 2007 Sam Houston State University, BFA Musical Theater.

Declan Fennell

Declan Fennell

The Little Boy

SIGNATURE: Billy Elliot (Small Boy), Assassins (u/s Billy). DC AREA: The Kennedy Center: The Who’s Tommy (Tommy Age 4). FILM/TV: Burst the Silence (Young Robbie); MGM/Amazon: Harlan Coben’s Shelter (Scared Child), PBS Kids: Alma’s Way (Lucas).

Ariel Friendly

Ariel Friendly

Ensemble

she/her SIGNATURE: Ragtime. DC AREA: McClean Players, Workhouse Arts Center. REGIONAL: Florida Studio Theatre: Buddy Holly, Cinderella; Outdoor Theatre: Lost Colony: The Lost Colony; Wolfhart Haus Dinner Theatre: Grease, For God and Country, The Motown Sound. EDUCATION: BFA Emory & Henry College. @ariel_friendlyshow

Jordan Clark Halsey

Jordan Clark Halsey

Harry Houdini/Henry Ford/Willie Conklin Understudy

he/they DC AREA: Kennedy Center: Shear Madness, sons who wear dresses; ArtsCentric: RENT; Theater Alliance: Blood at the Root; Synetic Theater: Richard III, Sleepy Hollow; Imagination Stage: Beauty and the Beast; Keegan Theater: The Ice Child. REGIONAL: Fulton Opera House: The Sound of Music; Gretna Theatre: Cheaper by the Dozen. EDUCATION: American University. @itsjordanclarkhalsey

Avery Laina Harris

The Little Girl

she/her EDUCATIONAL: Mantua Drama: Disney’s Little Mermaid Jr. (Ariel); Metropolitan School of the Arts: Trolls World Tour (Tiny Diamond), Night at the Met (Butterfly Sister). TV Commercial (Varsity Tutors). TRAINING: Metropolitan School of the Arts. EDUCATION: middle school in Fairfax County. IG: avery.laina.harris

Jonathan Keith

Coalhouse Walker III

ONLINE/IN-PERSON READINGS: Metropolitan Wesley A.M.E. Zion Church: Wendell Wilford King, History of the A.M.E. Zion General Conference, Sarah E. Good, Cathay Williams. WEBSITE VIDEO: Pepco: Reduce Energy Use; DC Challenge. AWARDS: 2020-2023 Honor Roll. EDUCATION: 2nd Grade Talented/Gifted Program.

Emerson Holt Lacayo

The Little Girl

OTHER: Shrek (Young Fiona), The Music Man (Amaryllis), Seussical (Jojo), Broadway Theatre Connection ‘23: Mark Myars, Jarrett Reiche, Sharrod Williams, and Rick Bertone. EDUCATION: The School of the Cathedral (5th grade).
www.emersonholtlacayo.com @emholtla

Matthew Lamb

Matthew Lamb

The Little Boy

OFF BROADWAY: New York Theatre Workshop: Merrily We Roll Along (Frank Jr); Transport Group: Nine in Concert. REGIONAL: Bucks County Playhouse: Tommy & Me (Young Ray); New Theatre and Restaurant: Freaky Friday (Fletcher); MTKC Pro: A Christmas Story: The Musical (Randy Parker); The Theatre in the Park: School of Rock (Billy); Music Theatre Kansas City: Barnum (Tom Thumb). TV/WEB: Hulu: Only Murders in the Building (Young Charles); Disney Junior: Firebuds (Harry); YouTube: Katuri (Squirrel). FILM: Smile (Jackson), Manodrome (Raymond). OTHER: The Green Room 42; Once Upon a One More Time Promotion (Soloist) matthew-lamb.com @matthewlambofficial

Claire Leyden

Claire Leyden

Brigit/Ensemble

she/her NATIONAL TOUR: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Mrs. Bucket); New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players: The Pirates of Penzance (Mabel), HMS Pinafore, The Mikado (Re-imagined). NEW YORK: Heartbeat Opera: The Extinctionist, Der Freischütz; Victor Herbert Renaissance Project: Madeleine (Madeleine). REGIONAL: Riverside Center for the Performing Arts: The Pirates of Penzance (Mabel); Bristol Valley Theater: It’s A Small World (or, The Robot Play) (World Premiere), Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily; College Light Opera Company: Brigadoon (Jean), A Little Night Music (Mrs. Segstrom), The Sorcerer (Aline). TV: “Gossip Girl.” AWARDS: Lotte Lenya Competition Songbook Prize and Emerging Talent Award. EDUCATION: Williams College, BA. www.ClaireLeyden.com @claireley

Jake Loewenthal

Jake Loewenthal

Mother's Younger Brother

he/him SIGNATURE: Ragtime, Into the Woods, She Loves Me, RENT. DC AREA: Shakespeare Theatre Company: King Lear, Our Town; Rep Stage: Falsettos. REGIONAL: Barrington Stage Company: Cabaret; Hartford Stage: Macbeth, La Dispute; Trinity Rep: A Christmas Carol; Quintessence Theatre Group: King Lear; Playhouse on Park: Cabaret; Theater at Monmouth: Henry V, Richard III, Dial M For Murder; Short North Stage: Bad Jews, The Rocky Horror Show, Noises Off, Sondheim on Sondheim (director); Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre: Young Frankenstein. EDUCATION: MFA Brown/Trinity.

Keenan McCarter

Matthew Henson/Ensemble

he/him SIGNATURE: Ragtime, The Color Purple. DC AREA: Ford’s Theatre: Shout Sister Shout! REGIONAL: Southern Illinois Summer Music Festival: Roméo et Juliette (The Duke), La bohème (Schaunard); Lyric Opera of Chicago OIN: La Cenerentola (Dandini), Die Zauberflöte (Papageno); American Chamber Opera: Madama Butterfly (Sharpless); U.S. Army: The Falling and the Rising (Homecoming Soldier). OTHER: The U.S. Army Field Band and Soldiers’ Chorus; The U.S. Army Chorus in Washington, DC. EDUCATION: Alabama State University: Bachelor of Arts, vocal performance; Southern Illinois University, Carbondale: Master of Music, vocal performance.

NURNEY

Ensemble

BROADWAY: The Book of Mormon. NATIONAL TOUR: The Book of Mormon, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. REGIONAL: Sacramento Music Circus, Olney Theatre Center, American Pops Orchestra, Toby’s Dinner Theatre. B.S. Communication Studies, Towson University. @chroniclesofnurnia

Lucas Rahaim

The Little Boy Understudy

he/him DC AREA: Toby’s Dinner Theatre: It’s a Wonderful Life (Young George/Pete Bailey); Ovations Theatre: Les Misérables (Gavroche); Silver Spring Stage: A Christmas Story (Ralphie Parker). EDUCATION: Current 7th grader at Takoma Park Middle School.

Lawrence Redmond

Lawrence Redmond

Grandfather/Charles S. Whitman/Ensemble

SIGNATURE: Ragtime, Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods, She Loves Me, Assassins, Blackbeard, Grand Hotel, Passion, Titanic, The Fix, Elmer Gantry, Gypsy, Sweeney Todd, Over and Over, A Stephen Sondheim Evening, Working, Sunday in the Park with George, No Way to Treat a Lady (1998 Helen Hayes Award),Three Nights in Tehran, The Rink (1997 Helen Hayes Award), Passion, Cabaret. DC AREA: Ford's Theater: Little Shop of Horrors, Twelve Angry Men; Shakespeare Theatre Company: Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing; Arena Stage: The Great Society, Intelligence, All the Way, Ruined, Passion Play; Round House Theatre: Quixote Nuevo; Olney Theatre Center: Miss You Like Hell; AWARDS: 2023 Lunt-Fontanne Fellow, 2023 Anderson-Hopkins Award for Excellence in Theatre, seven additional Helen Hayes nominations; Multiple DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities Artist Fellowships (9/12/25-19/13/12) www.lawrenceredmond.com 

Maria Rizzo

Maria Rizzo

Evelyn Nesbit/Ensemble

she/her SIGNATURE: Into the Woods, She Loves Me (Ilona - Helen Hayes Award), A Chorus Line, Assassins, Grand Hotel, Crazy For You, A Little Night Music, The Gulf (world premiere), West Side Story, Cabaret, Gypsy (Louise - Helen Hayes Nom), Spin (world premiere), The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Xanadu. DC THEATRE: Arena Stage: Anything Goes (Erma - Helen Hayes Award), Fiddler on the Roof; Olney Theatre Center: Evita, Grease!; Keegan Theatre: Chicago (Roxie - Helen Hayes Award), Cabaret (Sally Bowles - Helen Hayes Nom), The Sunshine Boys, Spring Awakening; Studio 2ndStage: Carrie the Musical; 1stStage: Bat Boy; Toby's Dinner Theatre: Hairspray. REGIONAL: Arkansas Rep Theatre: Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. EDUCATION: The Catholic University of America, BM, Musical Theatre. @mariarizz9o

Todd Scofield

J.P. Morgan/Admiral Perry/Ensemble

DC AREA: Arena Stage: Holiday, City of Conversation, Sovereignty; Shakespeare Theatre: King Lear, Our Town, Richard III, others; Folger Theatre: Tempest, Hamlet, Cyrano, others; Round House Theatre: Ink, Oslo, The Book of Will, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, others; Kennedy Center: Mister Roberts; Theater J, Studio, Ford’s, Olney, Adventure Theatre, Imagination Stage, and Everyman Theatre. REGIONAL: Arden Theatre: Freud’s Last Session; PlayMakers, Charlotte Rep, and North Carolina Shakespeare Festival. Television: recurring role in seasons 3 and 5 of The Wire.

Matthew Scott

Father

SIGNATURE: Company, First You Dream: The Music of Kander & Ebb, Ace, Side By Side By Sondheim, Beaches. BROADWAY: An American In Paris, Sondheim On Sondheim, Grand Horizons, A Catered Affair, Jersey Boys. WEST END: I Loved Lucy. REGIONAL: Kennedy Center, La Jolla Playhouse, The Old Globe, Paper Mill Playhouse, Philadelphia Theatre Co., Pittsburgh CLO, MUNY, TUTS, Goodspeed, Alliance Theatre, York Theatre Co., O’Neill Theatre Center. TELEVISION: First You Dream: The Music Of Kander & Ebb (PBS), All My Children, 2006 and 2009 Tony Awards. SOLO SHOW: THE JESUS YEAR – a letter from my dad. RECORDINGS: THE JESUS YEAR – a letter from my dad (solo show recording), Sondheim On Sondheim, Noel & Cole, The Land Where The Good Songs Go. EDUCATION: Carnegie Mellon School of Drama. Instagram: m.a.t.t.h.e.w_s.c.o.t.t

Awa Sal Secka

Awa Sal Secka

Sarah

SIGNATURE: Ragtime (Sarah), Gun and Powder (Flo), Jesus Christ Superstar (Simon), Broadway in the Park, Signature Vinyl. NY: GODDESS 2021/2023 Workshop (Zawadi), GRACE Workshop (Jackie). Regional: PAPER MILL: AFTER MIDNIGHT (Sassy). BERKELEY REP: GODDESS (Zawadi). DC: KENNEDY CENTER: RENT (Joanne), Me…Jane (Maisie), Chasing the Wind (Abby). FORD’S: Into the Woods (Baker’s Wife), The Wiz (Glinda/Dorothy u/s. THEATRE J: Intimate Apparel (Mayme). ROUND HOUSE: School Girls (Ama), Caroline, or Change (Dottie). IMAGINATION: Cinderella (Cinderella), Charlie Brown (Lucy). ARTSCENTRIC: L5Y (Cathy), AIDA (Aida), MEMPHIS (Felicia). STUDIO: SILENCE! (Ardelia). OTC: Co-Writer of The Joy That Carries You (Winner of the 2023 Charles MacArthur Award for Best New Play), Children of Eden Concert (Eve), Avenue Q. EDUCATION: Montgomery College. INSTA: @_kujichagulia_ REP: Nicolosi & Co.

Edward L. Simon

Harry Houdini/Ensemble

he/him NEW YORK: The Tank: Vatican Falls; REGIONAL: New Repertory Theatre: Hair; Virginia Repertory Theatre: Cinderella; Westchester Broadway Theatre: A Christmas Carol; Speakeasy Stage Company: The Bridges of Madison County; Wheelock Family Theatre: Billy Elliot. EDUCATION: The Boston Conservatory: BFA. edwardLsimon.com @edwardsimon23.

Bobby Smith

Bobby Smith

Tateh

he/him SIGNATURE: No Place to Go, She Loves Me, Midnight at The Never Get, Assassins, Grand Hotel, Passion, Light Years, A Little Night Music, Titanic, Simply Sondheim, Company, Midwestern Gothic, Road Show, Threepenny Opera, Disney's Freaky Friday, La Cage aux Folles (Helen Hayes Award), Spin (Helen Hayes Award). BROADWAY: Crazy for You. OFF-BROADWAY: Forever Plaid, The World Goes ‘Round, Of Thee I Sing. NATIONAL TOURS: Brigadoon, The World Goes ‘Round. DC AREA: Theater J: Two Jews Walk Into a War; Studio Theatre: Fun Home, A Class Act; The Long Christmas Ride Home; Caroline, or Change; Grey Gardens; Reefer Madness; Jerry Springer: The Opera; Ford’s Theatre: Elmer Gantry, Liberty Smith, 1776, Violet; Metrostage: Girl in the Goldfish Bowl, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (Helen Hayes Award). AWARDS: 2018 Anderson/Hopkins award.

Dani Stoller

Dani Stoller

Emma Goldman/Ensemble

SIGNATURE: Ragtime (Helen Hayes nomination Best Supporting Performer), Which Way to the Stage, Easy Women Smoking Loose Cigarettes (playwright) SIS playwright. DC AREA: Theater J: This Much I Know, Hester Street Arena Stage: My Body, No Choice (Helen Hayes Nomination best-supporting performer); Olney Theatre Center: The Joy That Carries You (Charles MacArthur Award best new play) The Humans, Thanksgiving Play, The Crucible, The Diary of Anne Frank, Annie; Folger Theatre: Midsummer, District Merchants, As You Like It; Keegan Theatre: Airness, Hair, Dogfight; 1st Stage: Bat Boy (Helen Hayes Nomination), Blithe Spirit, The Good Counselor, The Italian – American Reconciliation; Round House Theatre: Girlhood (Playwright). EDUCATION: BFA Ithaca College MFA Romeo School at CUA. Upcoming: Prayer for the French Republic at Theater J.

Maxwell Kwadjo Talbert

Coalhouse Walker III

he/him THEATER: The Voice That Carries You. DC AREA: DC Metro, Get up DC (Jamie), CSI on Trial (Ernest), Museum of the Bible. Other: Counseling Academic Video-NYU, Safety Video – Safekids. @kwadjo_maxwell

Jordyn Taylor

Sarah's Friend/Ensemble

she/her DC AREA: NextStop Theatre: The Marvelous Wonderettes (Missy); Constellation Theatre Company: Once on This Island (Young Ti Moune, Ti Moune U/S); Toby’s Dinner Theatre: SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical (Pearl Krabs, Sandy U/S). TV/FILM: PBS: How Great Thou Art: A Sacred Celebration. MUSIC DIRECTION: NextStop Theatre: The Marvelous Wonderettes, Summer Theatre Adventures; Howard University: Heathers the Musical. EDUCATION: Howard University: BFA in Musical Theatre IG: @favvvgeminiii TIKTOK: @urfavgemini

Gregory Twomey

Gregory Twomey

Willie Conklin/Ensemble

he/him/his SIGNATURE: Ragtime. DC AREA: ArtsCentric: Rent; Toby’s Dinner Theatre: Memphis, Rent, Xanadu; Adventure Theatre: Oliver, Petite Rouge; Olney Theatre Center: Big River, Witness for the Prosecution. EDUCATION: Montgomery College, University of Maryland @g2dot

Douglas Ullman, Jr.

Douglas Ullman, Jr.

Henry Ford/Ensemble

SIGNATURE: The Bridges of Madison County (u/s Robert, Bud, Charlie). INTERNATIONAL: China: The Sound of Music (Rolf). OFF-BROADWAY: Jerry Orbach Theater: The Fantasticks (Matt). DC AREA: Riverside Center for the Performing Arts: Bright Star (Jimmy Ray). REGIONAL: Florida Repertory Theatre: A Funny Thing… (Hero); Theatre Barn: Cabaret (Cliff); Arundel Barn Playhouse: Godspell (Herb), Grease (Doody). EDUCATION: New York University: Bachelor of Music.www.douglasullmanjr.com @dullman82

Kara-Tameika Watkins

Kara-Tameika Watkins

Ensemble

she/her SIGNATURE: Passing Strange, Daphne’s Dive, Jesus Christ Superstar, Jelly's Last Jam, Dreamgirls, Hairspray, Sunset Boulevard, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. DC AREA: Arena Stage: Crowns, Smokey Joe’s Café; Ford's Theatre: Little Shop of Horrors, Children of Eden; Studio Theatre: Caroline, or Change; Olney Theatre: Miss You Like Hell, Carmen: An Afro-Cuban Musical, Peter Pan, Camelot; Round House Theatre: Caroline, or Change; Once on this Island; Creative Cauldron: Caroline, or Change. REGIONAL: Capital Reperto Repertory Theatre: The Honky Tonk Angels; Arts Center of North Carolina: Rock of Ages; PCLO: Hairspray; Northshore Music Theatre: Hairspray; Nevada: Hairspray, Smokey Joe’s Café. Proud Member AEA.

James Whalen

James Whalen

Grandfather/JP Morgan Understudy

he/him SIGNATURE: Ragtime, Daphne’s Dive. DC AREA: Woolly Mammoth: Shipwreck; Arena Stage: The Heiress, The Little Foxes; Round House Theatre: Small Mouth Sounds, NSFW; Rep Stage: True West, Boeing Boeing; Olney Theatre Center: Colossal, DA; Theatre J: The Sisters Rosensweig, The Argument, Race; The Kennedy Center: Shear Madness; Mosaic Theatre Company: Fabulation; Everyman Theatre: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Ghosts, Tribes, The Dresser, The Beaux’ Stratagem, Time Stands Still, Betrayal, The Cripple of Inishmaan. REGIONAL: Actors Theatre of Louisville: Dracula. TV/FILM: House of Cards, VEEP, I Love You But I Lied, Money Matters, Mistaken, A Beautiful Mind.

Teal Wicks

Teal Wicks

Mother

she/her BROADWAY: The Cher Show (Lady), Finding Neverland (Mary Barrie), Wicked (Elphaba), Jekyll & Hyde (Emma). OFF-BROADWAY: The Blue Flower (Second Stage), Piece of My Heart (Signature Theater), Stairway to Paradise (Encores!), Fahrenheit 451 (59E59). NATIONAL TOUR: Wicked (Los Angeles & San Francisco companies), Jekyll & Hyde, Pippin. DC AREA: Kennedy Center: Jekyll & Hyde. REGIONAL: Two River Theater, ART, Goodspeed Musicals, Broadway Sacramento, George Street Playhouse, Theatreworks, Casa Mañana. TV/FILM: The Peripheral, EVIL, NCIS: New Orleans, Elementary, Chicago Justice, The Good Wife. @tealwicks

Tobias A. Young

Tobias A. Young

Booker T. Washington/Ensemble

he/him SIGNATURE: Disco Fever, Passing Strange, The Color Purple. OFF-BROADWAY: Fabulous! The Queen Of New Musical Comedies. DC AREA: Ford's Theatre: Ragtime (Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Ensemble), The Wiz; Olney Theatre Center: Guys & Dolls (Nicely Nicely), In The Heights (Piragua Guy, Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Musical); Adventure Theatre: James and The Giant Peach (Earthworm, Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Ensemble); Toby's Dinner Theatre: Dreamgirls, The Wiz (The Lion), In The Heights (Piragua Guy, Helen Hayes Award Nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor) Les Miserables, The Color Purple (Preacher/African Chief), Memphis (Bobby), Sister Act (Tj), Ain't Misbehavin (Fats Waller). PMA Agency. IG: @SimplyTobiasYoung, TikTok: @SimplyFoodByTy, YouTube: @TobiasYoung.

Creative Team

Jon Kalbfleisch

Music Directed by

SIGNATURE (Resident Music Director) Ragtime, Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods, She Loves Me, Broadway in the Park (Wolf Trap), Simply Sondheim, A Chorus Line, Assassins, Passion, Crazy for You, A Little Night Music, West Side Story, Cabaret, Sunday in the Park, Gypsy, Company, Hairspray, Saturday Night, Side by Side, Sunset Boulevard, Show Boat, Anyone Can Whistle, Spider Woman, Merrily, Into the Woods, Pacific Overtures, Elegies, Allegro, Follies, 110 in the Shade, Putting It Together, Forum, Sweeney Todd, Wings. BROADWAY: Ambassador Theatre: The Visit (Actor's Fund Benefit), Marius Company: Les Misérables (Associate Conductor). DC AREA: Kennedy Center: First You Dream; National Theatre, Warner Theatre, Round House Theatre, Everyman Theatre. OTHER: Carnegie Hall, Lawton Philharmonic Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony. TV: Celebration of the Arts (Executive Producer), Good Morning America. AWARDS: Grammy nomination; Bernstein MASS, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, pianist; Anderson-Hopkins Award; ten Helen Hayes Awards and 30 nominations; Distinguished Alumni Award, Cameron University. EDUCATION: Master of Music, Southern Methodist University.

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Enhance Your Experience

The Ragtime Gazette

Click the link below to read more about the many historical figures that appear in Ragtime, America at the turn of the 20th Century, the history of ragtime music and more.

Inside Signature with Teal Wicks

November 2, 2023 1 – 2PM
The Mead Lobby and Streaming Online
FREE, No reservation required

Teal Wicks makes her Signature debut as Mother in Ragtime. Come learn about her Broadway career from making her debut as Elphaba in Wicked to originating roles in The Cher Show and Finding Neverland, as well as her childhood in California and her advice for actors on learning to take risks.

Inside Signature with Awa Sal Secka

December 7, 2023 1 – 2PM
The Mead Lobby and Streaming Online
FREE, No reservation required

Signature favorite Awa Sal Secka has been seen in Simply Sondheim, Gun & Powder and Jesus Christ Superstar. Now she stars as Sarah in Ragtime. Hear about how she fell in love with musical storytelling and her playwriting debut, The Joy that Carries You, which received its premiere at Olney Theatre Center last year.

Holiday Food Drive

Signature Theatre is a drop-off location for the Arlington Food Assistance Center (AFAC) Holiday Food Drive. You can help support our neighbors in need by bringing canned foods to Signature when you come to the show, or drop them off in our lobby Monday through Sunday from 12PM – 8PM. Most needed items include canned tuna, canned soups, canned vegetables, canned tomatoes, peanut butter (in plastic jars), and low sugar cereal. Low sodium & low sugar preferred, No glass, No ice packs, styrofoam coolers, or plastic bags

Thank you for your support! Learn more at www.afac.org

Food and Drink Specials

Head to Ali’s Bar in the Mead Lobby on the 2nd floor before the show to enjoy our specialty menu items inspired by the show and by the famous dinner held at the White House in 1901 between Booker T. Washington and President Theodore Roosevelt including Mock Turtle Soup, Savory Sweet Potato Casserole and Ragtime Sugar Crisps, with Houdini and Hot Toddy drinks.

Backstage Tours

Saturdays 5:30 – 6:15PM
November 11, November 18, December 2 & December 9

Go backstage into the exciting world of Ragtime and learn how we bring this epic musical to life, led by an actor from the show. A cast member will take you through the dressing rooms, the green room, and more to talk about the design and production process

Press Reviews

Truly extraordinary

BroadwayWorld

Sensationally realized

The Washington Post

You don't want to miss this one

MD Theatre Guide

One for the ages... a smash

Washington City Paper

Resplendent

Talkin' Broadway

Incredibly delightful and moving

TheatreBloom

A syncopated sensation

The Rogers Revue

A stunner

The Free-Lance Star