Brian Stokes Mitchell (Coalhouse Walker Jr.), Marin Mazzie (Mother), Mark Jacoby (Father), Peter Friedman (Tateh), Steven Sutcliffe (Mother's Younger Brother), Audra McDonald (Sarah), Paul Dano (The Little Boy), Lea Michele (The Little Girl), Jim Corti (Harry Houdini), Camille Saviola (Emma Goldman), Lynette Perry (Evelyn Nesbit), Richard Allen (Booker T. Washington), David Mucci (Willie Conklin), Kingsley Leggs (Matthew Henson), Paul Soles (Grandfather), Larry Daggett (Henry Ford), Mike O'Carroll (J.P. Morgan), Mary Bond Davis (Sarah's Friend)