What is the All-Ohio Show?
The annual All-Ohio Show is one of the most exciting opportunities that Ohio Thespians offers. The production serves to bring together the best high school theatre artists throughout the state for an experience they likely would not have in their school communities, working with a production team of professional theatre artists.
Every inducted Thespian is invited to audition/interview for the company. Once the company is selected, the All-Ohio production is created over four immersive rehearsal, tech weekends leading up to opening night. The All-Ohio Show is the featured MainStage show to open the Ohio Thespian Festival each year.
See the Audition and Interview Packet below for information about the audition/interview process for this year.
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The Story of Ragtime
This sweeping musical portrait of early-twentieth-century America tells the story of three families in the pursuit of the American Dream.
Written by the award-winning composer/lyricist team of Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens (Once on This Island, Seussical and Lucky Stiff), noted playwright Terrence McNally, and based on E.L. Doctorow's distinguished novel, Ragtime is 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. Called by TIME Magazine "A triumph for the stage," and by the International Herald Tribune "the best musical in twenty years," this acclaimed musical is filled with pageantry, emotion and hope, bursting onto the stage like no other musical.
At the dawn of a new century, everything is changing... and anything is possible. Set in the volatile melting pot of turn-of-the-century New York, three distinctly American tales are woven together – that of a stifled upper-class wife, a determined Jewish immigrant and a daring young Harlem musician – united by their courage, compassion and belief in the promise of the future. Together, they confront history's timeless contradictions of wealth and poverty, freedom and prejudice, hope and despair... and what it means to live in America.
The Tony-winning score is just as diverse as the melting pot of America itself, drawing upon many musical styles, from the ragtime rhythms of Harlem and Tin Pan Alley to the klezmer of the Lower East Side, from bold brass band marches to delicate waltzes, from up-tempo banjo tunes to period parlor songs and expansive anthems. A truly unique and powerful portrait of America, Ragtime is sure to inspire !
Cast
Coalhouse Walker Jr.
Micah Carnes | Westerville South HS, Troupe 513
Mother
Lucy Robinson | Bexley HS, Troupe 2512
Tateh
Jordan Nahhas | Perrysburg HS, Troupe 52
Sarah
Dria Mogaka | Olentangy Orange HS, Troupe 7423
Father
Bauer Embrey | Crooksville HS, Troupe 6548
Younger Brother
Zeke Moses | Bexley HS, Troupe 2512
Little Boy
Owen Suarez | Dublin Karrer MS
Little Girl
Lina Bachmann | Olentangy Orange MS
Emma Goldman
Carly Routte | Chillicothe HS, Troupe 3170
Evelyn Nesbitt
Hope Rooney | New Albany HS, Troupe 6596
Kathleen
Payton Theile | Bexley HS, Troupe 2512
Brigit
Lauren Beiser | McNicholas HS, Troupe 4737
Sarah's Friend
Shira Baughman | Westerville North HS, Troupe 3156
Grandfather
Jacob Donley | Clay HS, 12918
Harry Houdini
Catch Haney | Olentangy Orange HS, Troupe 7423
Willie Conklin
Brock Stuller | Clay HS, 12918
JP Morgan
Parker Seger | McNicholas HS, Troupe 4737
Henry Ford
Elliott Jingo | Westerville South HS, Troupe 513
Harry Thaw
Owen Lambermont | Olentangy Orange HS, Troupe 7423
Stanford White
Jamie Bridenbaugh | Chillicothe HS, Troupe 3170
Booker T. Washington
Micah Marcus | Chillicothe MS, Troupe 3170
Coalhouse Walker III
Kyle "Deuce" Ringer II
Ensemble
Marnyc Glover | Central Catholic HS, Troupe 10967
Shambhavi Sheev | Riverside HS, Troupe 5931
Alice Zusman | New Albany HS, Troupe 6596
Annemarie Wolfer | McNicholash HS, Troupe 4737
Josie Fortin | McNicholas HS, Troupe 4737
Jacey Stevens | Chillicothe HS, Troupe 3170
Maddie Ballentine | Chillicothe HS, Troupe 3170
Annika Flynn | McNicholas HS, Troupe 4737
Calista Motisher, Bowling Green HS, Troupe 1489
Mandalynn Heckelman | Westerville South HS, Troupe 513
Amelia Franceour | Olentangy Berkshire MS
Madison Mounts | Westland HS, Troupe 1318
Mykailah Welbourne | Central Catholic HS, Troupe 10967
Stella Ngalle | Chillicothe HS, Troupe 3170
Zavier Wallace | Chillicothe HS, Troupe 3170
Zach Rouleau | Chillicothe HS, Troupe 3170
Aidan Thomas | Bowling Green HS, Troupe 1489
Reed Mittendorf | Clay HS, Troupe 12918
Paxton LongoriaF
Aeden Ngalle | Chillcothe MS, Troupe 3170
Ash Lawson | Chillicothe MS, Troupe 3170
Crew
Production Manager
Wittman Sullivan
Akron Firestone School for the Arts CLC, Troupe 5570
Assistant Director
Preston Bronder
Olentangy Orange HS, Troupe 7423
Stage Management
Audrey Milhoan - Lead
Yellow Springs HS, Troupe 4671
Logan Zimmerman - Assistant
Worthington Kilbourne HS, Troupe 1039
Sage Kravitz - Assistant
Worthington Kilbourne HS, Troupe 1039
Preston Bronder - Team
Olentangy Orange HS, Troupe 7423
Lighting
Griffin Braniger - Lead
Delaware Hayes HS, Troupe 420
Van Wornkey - Assistant
Akron Firestone School for the Arts CLC, Troupe 5570
Ace Sadowski - Team
Yellow Springs HS, Troupe 4671
Braden West - Team
Olentangy Orange HS, Troupe 7423
Props
Logan Zimmerman - Lead
Worthington Kilbourne HS, Troupe 1039
Leila Sanders - Assistant
Westerville North HS, Troupe 3156
Ace Sadowski - Team
Yellow Springs HS, Troupe 4671
Sage Kravitz - Team
Worthington Kilbourne HS, Troupe 1039
Costumes
Sam Gilchrist - Lead
Westerville South HS, Troupe 513
Liezle Heath - Assistant
Westerville South HS, Troupe 513
Griffin Braniger - Team
Delaware Hayes HS, Troupe 420
Sound/SFX
Braden West - Team
Olentangy Orange HS, Troupe 7423
Ace Sadowski - Team
Yellow Springs HS, Troupe 4671
Scenic Design & Painting
Noah McAdams - Lead
Chillicothe HS, Troupe 3170
Liezle Heath - Scenic Artist
Westerville South HS, Troupe 513
Laila Sanders - Team
Westerville North HS, Troupe 3156
Sam Gilchrist - Team
Westerville South HS, Troupe 513
Production Team
Director/Choreography
Dan Knechtges*
Music Director
Kate Mickey
Technical Directors
Zach Gerhardt
Assistant Choreographer
Alise Orodi*
All-Ohio Production Coordinators
Kristy Rodriguez*
Jennifer Ludwig
Book by
Terrence McNally
Music by
Stephen Flaherty
Lyrics by
Lynn Ahrens
Based on the Novel by
E. L. Doctorow
*Ohio Thespian Alumni
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