Titanic the Musical
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Written by Peter Stone
directed by Jason Howard
Description
The sinking of the TITANIC in the early hours of April 15, 1912, remains the quintessential disaster of this century. A total of 1,517 souls-men, women and children-lost their lives (only 711 survived). That the finest, largest, strongest ship in the world-called, in fact, the "unsinkable" ship - should have been lost during its maiden voyage was incredible. But the catastrophe had social ramifications that went far beyond that night's events. The accommodations of the ship, divided into 1st, 2nd and 3rd Classes, mirrored almost exactly the class structure (upper, middle and lower) of the English-speaking world. But when the wide discrepancy between the number of survivors from each of the ship's classes was revealed-all but two of the women in 1st Class were saved while 155 women and children from 2nd and 3rd (mostly 3rd) drowned-there was a new, long-overdue scrutiny of the prevailing social system and its values. The musical play TITANIC examines the causes, the conditions and the characters involved in this ever-fascinating drama. This is the factual story of that ship - of her officers, crew and passengers, to be sure - but she will not, as has happened so many times before, serve as merely the background against which fictional, melodramatic narratives are recounted. The central character of our TITANIC is the TITANIC herself.
The sinking of the TITANIC in the early hours of April 15, 1912, remains the quintessential disaster of this century. A total of 1,517 souls-men, women and children-lost their lives (only 711 survived). That the finest, largest, strongest ship in the world-called, in fact, the "unsinkable" ship - should have been lost during its maiden voyage was incredible. But the catastrophe had social ramifications that went far beyond that night's events. The accommodations of the ship, divided into 1st, 2nd and 3rd Classes, mirrored almost exactly the class structure (upper, middle and lower) of the English-speaking world. But when the wide discrepancy between the number of survivors from each of the ship's classes was revealed-all but two of the women in 1st Class were saved while 155 women and children from 2nd and 3rd (mostly 3rd) drowned-there was a new, long-overdue scrutiny of the prevailing social system and its values. The musical play TITANIC examines the causes, the conditions and the characters involved in this ever-fascinating drama. This is the factual story of that ship - of her officers, crew and passengers, to be sure - but she will not, as has happened so many times before, serve as merely the background against which fictional, melodramatic narratives are recounted. The central character of our TITANIC is the TITANIC herself.
CAST
Thomas Andrews
Wally Whitley
J. Bruce Isman
Jeff Butler
Captain Smith
John Meiners
Murdoch
Chad Duda
Lightoller/John Thayer
Taylor Stockett
Pitman/J.J. Astor
Kenny Haney
Boxhall/Rogers
Alex Andre
Harold Bride
Tom Deibel
Frederick Barret
Neal Gage
Frederick Fleet/George Widener
Michael Davis
Henry Etches
Dwayne Bailey
Bellgirl
Sarah Dickens
Hartley
Brandon Rhodes
Ida Straus
Maggie Eubanks
Isador Straus
Durrel Dickens
Alice Beane
Jessica Cottar
Edgar Beane/The Major
John Eubanks
Caroline Neville
Nicole Lawsone-Chelly
Charles Clark
Billy Agan
Kate McGowan
Rachel Butler
Kate Murphey
Kelly Kilgore
Kate Mullins
Erin Cressy
Jim Farrell/Guggenheim
Zak Daily
Mme Aubert
Koni Hovatar
Madaline Astor
Lauren Whitley
Marian Thayer
Jeanne McGee
Jane Thayer
Robyn Priddy
Eleanor Widener
Patti Meiners
Charlotte Wardle Cardeza
Kimberly Coonce
Edith Corse Evans
Cindy Lloyd
Latimer
Ashley Cressy
The Damicos
Clarke Hines
Josh Hines
