Characters in Ragtime:

4 leads, 12 supporting roles, 40 roles

    Coalhouse Walker, Jr. (15-30 year-old African American man)

            Solos in 13 songs & 100 lines

            (His Name is Coalhouse Walker, Gettin’ Ready to Rag, New Music, Wheels of a

              Dream, Justice, ‘Till We Reach That Day, Coalhouse Soliloquy, Coalhouse Demands,

              Sarah Brown Eyes, He Wanted to Say, Make Them Hear You, Wheels of A Dream

              Reprise, & Finale)

    Mother (20-50 year-old Caucasian woman)

            Solos in 8 songs & 150 lines

            (Goodbye My Love, Journey On, What Kind of Woman?, Nothing Like the City, New                         Music, ‘Till we Reach That Day, Our Children & Back To Before)

    Tateh (20-50 year-old Jewish man)

           Solos in 8 songs & 129 lines

                (Journey On, A Shtetl Iz Amerike, America, Nothing Like the City, Gliding, ‘Till We Reach That Day,Buffalo Nickel, Photoplay, Inc. & Our Children)

    Father (20-50 year-old Caucasian man)

        Solos in 5 songs & 115 lines

            (Journey On, New Music, ‘Till We Reach That Day, What a Game! & Atlantic City)

    Sarah (15-30 year-old African American woman)

        Solos in 8 songs & 43 lines

            (Your Daddy’s Son, New Music. Wheels of a Dream, Justice, President, Sarah Brown Eyes, Wheels of a Dream Reprise & Finale)

    Younger Brother (15-30 year-old Caucasian man)

        Solos in 4 songs & 74 lines

            (New Music, The Night That Goldman Spoke at Union Square, ‘Till We Reach That Day & He Wanted to Say)

    Emma Goldman (20-50 year-old Jewish woman)

            Solos in 3 songs & 48 lines

            (The Night That Goldman Spoke at Union Square, Till We Reach That Day & He Wanted to Say)

    Little Boy (5-10 year-old Caucasian boy)

        Solos in 2 songs & 58 lines

            (Nothing Like the City & Harry Houdini Master Escapist)

    Evelyn Nesbit (15-30 year-old Caucasian woman)

        Solos in 2 songs & 37 lines

            (Crime of the Century & Atlantic City)

    Booker T. Washington (30-50 year-old African American man)

        Solos in 2 songs & 24 lines

            (Coalhouse Demands & Look What You’ve Done)

    Harry Houdini (15-30 year-old Caucasian/European man)

        Solos in 3 songs & 22 lines

            (America, Harry Houdini Master Escapist & Atlantic City)

    Little Girl (5-10 year-old Jewish girl)

        Solos in 2 songs & 19 lines

            (A Shtetl Iz Amerike, Nothing Like the City)

    Willie Conklin (20-50 year-old Irish man)

        Solos in 1 song & 16 lines

            (Coalhouse Demands)

    J.P. Morgan (50-80 year-old Caucasian/European man)

        Solos in 1 song & 13 lines

            (America)

    Henry Ford (30-50 year-old Caucasian man)

        Solos in 1 song & 12 lines

            (Henry Ford)

     Grandfather (50-80 year-old Caucasian man)

        11 lines

Other Characters in Ragtime

Must be young or middle-aged adults

    Conductor/ Charles S. Whitman (11 lines, Male)

    Admiral Peary/ Town Hall Bureaucrat/ Fan 2 (11 lines, Male)

    Stanford White/ Tateh’s Customer/Baseball Fan 1(9 lines, Male)

    Kathleen/ Welfare Official (7 lines, Female)

    Brigit/ Baron’s Assistant (5 lines, Female)

    Matthew Henson/ Clerk/ Fan 3 (5 lines, Male)

    Reporter/ Fan 4 (5 lines, Male)

    Policeman (5 lines, Male)

    Harry K. Thaw/ Judge/ Umpire (4 lines, Male)

    Reporter/ White Lawyer (4 lines, Female)

    Willie Conklin’s Fireman buddy/ Policeman 3 (5 lines, Male)

    Houdini’s Mother/ Mrs. Whitstein (2 lines, Female)

    Jury Foreman/ Second Bureaucrat (2 lines, Female)

    Doctor/ Policeman 2 (2 lines, Male)

    Newsboy #1 (2 lines, Young Male or Female)

    Newsboy #2 (2 lines, Young Male or Female)

    Newsboy # 3 (2 lines, Young Male or Female)

COALHOUSE GANG

    Male Soloist 1/ Harlem Man ( 9 lines, Male)

    Male Soloist 2/ Coalhouse Follower (9 lines, Male)

    Female Soloist 1/ Harlem Woman ( 7 lines, Female)

    Sarah’s Friend (4 lines of singing solo)

    Male Soloist 3/ Lawyer/ Follower 1 (4 lines, Male)

    Female Soloist 2/ Follower 2  ( 2 lines, Female)

    Female Soloist 3 / Follower 3 ( 2 lines, Female)