Characters: 13 male, 6 female. Various sets. Winner 2010 New York Musical Theatre Festival Award for ExcellenceWinner National Music Theatre Network Award This charming rags to riches romp with a melodic score follows Ragged Dick, Horatio Alger's first best selling hero, from penniless bootblack to budding Wall Street entrepreneur. His adventures bring him face to face with scheming ex convicts, vicious comic villians, kind benefactor | Shine : The Horatio Alger Musical by Roger Anderson, Paperback | Indigo Chapters