Well I was a Coalhouse Man/Juror/Striker in 2006 and we changed a lot of things in the script/music. Everybody LOVED it! They said it was so real and it was really well received!

I love this show and saw it from a very randomly placed box seat at the Ford Theatre on Broadway. It was fun mainly because I could see backstage left. That was 1999.

In 2005 I was able to audition. I so wanted to be Tateh, but was cast as Stanford White/Ensemble. Of course ole Stanny is killed in the opening number so I then became many other roles including an Immigrant, the man that tries to buy the girl from Tateh, a factory worker, a protester, etc. I recall being in 16 of the the 32 numbers.

This was a community production with a cast of 60. Some very talented people for the most part and an adequate amount of white/immigrant men and African-Americans to cast the leads and have a few left for ensemble.

There were definitely gasps in the audience but we didn't change any of the dialogue. However, standing ovations and nothing but praise for the show after. Even after three long hours of tense plot and heavy singing. I think we pulled it off pretty well.

I was Evelyn Nesbit in a production in 2003.
I did a lot of research and read "Architect of Desire", found a bunch of Evelyn Nesbit's vintage postcards, the Time magazine that interviews Joan Collin's as she made her debut as Evelyn Nesbit for the movie "The Girl on the Red Velvet Swing", it also had an interview with an aged Evelyn Nesbit. I also found a guy in California who made a VHS video of the movie "The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing" (it was SOOO hard to find)! Originally, they had wanted Marilyn Monroe to play the part, she could not commit so this film was Joan Collins American debut. I also liked the PBS documentary "American Experience-Murder of the Century".

There is a lot more information about Evelyn now, and a new biography as well.

The show was extremely well recieved in our state and got great reviews! It was one of the best stage experiences I have been fortunate to be blessed with. We had a wonderfully nice and very talented cast!

i was evelyn nesbit when my high school did it this past fall.

it was probably one of the best experiences ive had doing a show.
i had never had more than an ensemble role before so fun to take a character already created and try to make it my own without bending too far.

im doing another show now and it still doesnt compare to how much i loved playing evelyn.
the killer costumes, the swing..gah i miss it.

Just got cast as Mother in a well-known teen community production. It's a dream come true, I'm so excited!!! Mother is a HUGE dream role of mine, it's incredible. I can't believe it. We don't start rehearsals for a month though. Haha.
Originally I auditioned with Evelyn in mind, reading a 300 page biography on her life and the original EL Doctrow novel.
Even though Mother is a dream role (don't get me wrong, Evelyn looks like a ton of fun too!), I didn't audition with her in mind, thinking I didn't have a chance at it (considering all the leads went to 17&18 year olds in our last production, I'm quite a good deal younger).
Well, I took a chance and now I'm living my dream!!!