Winner of several Obie Awards, Tintypes [1981] is a treasure chest of popular tunes from the time when sheet music was king. The five cast members portray a myriad of character types drawn from American society during the age of ragtime, including Teddy Roosevelt, Emma Goldman, and Anna Held, evoking the pride, nostalgia, suffering and optimism felt by Americans at the start of the last century.

A disfunctional family takes a journey of self-discovery and reconciliation and learns to reach out to one another.