LARSON HALL THEATER, DERBY ACADEMY NOVEMBER 14-16 @ 7:30 PM NOVEMBER 17 @ 2:00 PM
“I used to pretend I was someone quite mysterious and fascinating.
Then I grew up and realized I was mysterious and fascinating.”
In a Berlin nightclub, as the 1920s draw to a close, a garish Master of Ceremonies welcomes the audience and assures them they will forget all their troubles at the Cabaret.
With the Emcee’s bawdy songs as wry commentary, Cabaret explores the dark, heady and tumultuous life of Berlin’s natives and expatriates as Germany slowly yields to the emerging Third Reich. Cliff, a young American writer newly arrived in Berlin, is immediately taken with English singer Sally Bowles.
Meanwhile, Fräulein Schneider, proprietor of Cliff and Sally’s boarding house, tentatively begins a romance with Herr Schultz, a mild-mannered fruit seller who happens to be Jewish.
Director Lisa Pratt Music Director Michael Wade Choreographer Christina Maggio
About
Daring, provocative and exuberantly entertaining, Cabaret explores the dark and heady life of Bohemian Berlin as Germany slowly yields to the emerging Third Reich.
Cast List
Master of Ceremonies (Emcee) – Shawn Verrier
Clifford Bradshaw – James Fernandes
Ernst Ludwig – Tony Wallace-Light
Customs Officer – Greg Cimmino
Fraulein Schneider – Maryann Zschau
Fraulein Kost – Cara Lee Chamberlain
Herr Schultz – Danny Bolton*
Telephone Girl – Em Bergman
Sally Bowles – Stephanie Wallace-Light
“Two Ladies” – Madison Pratt, Halle Pratt
“If You Could See Her” Gorilla – Caitlin Conrad
Maitre D’ – Noel Connolly
Max – Connor O’Brien
Bartender – Paul Newcomb
German Sailors – Elias Carbone, Greg Cimmino, Noel Connolly, Paul Newcomb, Connor O’Brien
Kit Kat Girls: Maria – Madison Pratt Lulu – Halle Pratt Rosie – Em Bergman Fritzie – Alyse Clinton Texas – Emily Crosta Frenchie – Caitlin Conrad
Kit Kat Club Patrons, Party-Goers, Ensemble – Em Bergman, Elias Carbone, Greg Cimmino, Noel Connolly, Alyse Clinton, Caitlin Conrad, Emily Crosta, Melisse Lombard, Paul Newcomb, Connor O’Brien, Halle Pratt, Madison Pratt
* The actor appears through the courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
