Teens and adults (ages 16 and older) are invited to audition for Scottsdale Desert Stages Theatre’s upcoming production of the Tony Award-winning Ragtime.

This epic musical with a score by the award-winning composer/lyricist team of Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, paints a nostalgic and powerful portrait of life in turn-of-the-century America. Based on E.L. Doctorow's distinguished novel, Ragtime intertwines three distinct stories that poignantly illustrate history's timeless contradictions of wealth and poverty, freedom and prejudice, hope and despair, and love and hate.
This 1998 Tony award winning show for best score, book, and orchestrations, features such show stopping songs as "Getting Ready Rag," "Your Daddy's Son," "Wheels of a Dream," "Till We Reach That Day," "Back To Before," and "Make Them Hear You." This momentous musical is sure to inspire actors and audiences alike!

Auditions are 7pm Sunday, August 9, 2009 at Scottsdale Desert Stages Theatre, 4720 N. Scottsdale Road, at the SW corner of E. Highland Ave. and N. Scottsdale Road in Scottsdale, AZ  85251. No appointment needed. Come dressed for movement. Bring sheet music or CD. Accompanist provided. Performance dates are Oct 9 – Nov 1, 2009. For questions, call the Theatre Box Office at (480) 483-1664.