The 7:30 PM concert, backed by a 40-piece orchestra, is directed by Steve Black, who produces the event alongside music director Lianne Goodwin. Nikki Sell provides choreography.

Featured in the Ragtime concert are Nicole Vander Laan
as Mother, Peter Adams (Ragtime national tour) as Father, Kami Rushell Smith as Sarah,
 Joshua Heggie as Coalhouse, Phil Tayler as Tateh, Alex Cherkasov as Little Boy, Uatchet Jin Juch as Little Girl, Daniele Cotter Griggs as Emma Goldman, Thom Smoker
as Younger Brother, John Fogle as Grandfather, Sarah Leary as Evelyn Nesbit, Alex Grover as Harry Houdini, Andrew Haserlat (The Wizard of Oz national tour) as Henry Ford, Jack Agnew as J.P. Morgan, Dwaine Devonish Daye as Booker T. Washington, Craig Massey as Harry K. Thaw, Harry Rothman as Admiral Peary and Jeanine Robinson (Ragtime national tour) as Sarah's Friend.

Based on the novel by E. L. Doctorow, Ragtime features a Tony Award-winning score by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty with a Tony-winning book by Terrence McNally.

The concert, a collaboration between students, community members and professionals, will benefit Healing Abuse Working For Change.

Veterans Memorial Middle School is located at 217 Pleasant Street in Marblehead, MA. For more information and tickets, vist SalemTheatre.com or MLTLive.com.