Shaun Parkes as Charles S. Gilpin

John Hensley as Eugene O'Neill

Nick Moran as Jasper Deeter

Liza Weil as Agnes Boulton

Nija Okoro as Florence Gilpin

Lonnie Farmer as W.E.B. DuBois

Eve Annenberg as Susan Glaspell

Nicholas Dorr as Jig Cook

Heather Egeli as Ida Rauh

Alexandra Foucard as Anita Bush

Sarah MacDonnell as Christine Ell

Daniel Washington as Paul Robeson

Tim Misuradze as James Light

Michael James Dreyer as Witch Doctor

David Bishop as Theatre Patron

John Clayton as Charles Ellis

Anna McEntee as Mary Blair

Adrienne Earle Pender as Lincoln's Maid Susan

Janey David as Lounge Singer

Ian Bowater as George Hunterfield

Charles Daniel as Boxing Trainer

Stuard Derick as Robert Elwyn

Larry Mahan as Charles' Friend at Speakeasy

Bryce Egeli as Theatre Custodian

Dave Loving as Chauffeur

Leslie Lobell as Society Woman

Will Oxtoby as Cub Reporter

Kayleigh Brown as Minstrel Singer

Christina Egeli as Stage Manager

Tim Costigan as Palace Guard

Issa Coulibaly as Drummer

Chev Hardy as Speakeasy Singer

James Little as Actor at Audition

Roger A. Chauvette as Minstrel Show Caller

Paul Hickey as Usher

Seneeca Wilson as Alma Benjamin

Fred Biddle as Langston Hughes