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The scene is the Kit Kat Klub, a night club in Berlin, as the 1920’s are drawing to a close. The Master of Ceremonies welcomes the audience to the show and assures them that, whatever their troubles, they will forget them at the Cabaret. The entire orchestra is onstage, and the actors play along with it when they are not part of the dialogue. Cliff, a young American writer, meets Ernst, a German who surprises Cliff by putting his briefcase among Cliff’s luggage at the German border. Musical numbers include Willkommen, Cabaret, Mein Herr, Maybe This Time, The Money Song and Two Ladies. When we revisit the Klub at the end, much is changed, and show ends with a stark foreshadowing of things to come: The Emcee strips off his overcoat to reveal a concentration camp prisoner’s uniform marked with a yellow Star of David and a pink triangle, and the backdrop raises to reveal an electric fence.
Principal Characters (In Order of Appearance)
Emcee – Eric Nelson
Clifford Bradshaw – Jeremy C. Welter
Ernst Ludwig – Jason Powell
Fraulein Schneider – Gladys Chimel
Fraulein Kost – Angela Johnstad
Herr Schultz – Dick Katschke
Sally Bowles – Linda Stieber
Supporting Actors/Ensemble (Listed Alphabetically)
Kit Kat Girl – Janine Anderson
Kit Kat Girl – Ruth Arnell
Victor/Accordian – Tyler Beattie
Customs Officer – Rey Dobeck
Kit Kat Girl – Emily Margaret Heitzer
Sailor – Mark Hooker
Rudy – Danny J. Lewis
Max – Ken Roberts III
Taxi Man – Shawn Roberts
Sailor – Michael Toots Ruggles
Bobby – Joshua D. Schumaker
Kit Kat Girl – Heather Stoskopf
Kit Kat Girl/Gorilla – Amie Strader
Kit Kat Girl – Jessica Taige
Kit Kat Girl – Cindy Zauner
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Director – Mark Salentine
Set Designer – J. Michael Desper
Music Director – Donna Kummer
Choreographer – Reginald T. Kurschner
Lighting Designer – John Dolphin
Prop Coordinator – Pat Westen
Costume Designer – Ellen Kozak
Hair Stylist – Anthony Mackie
Sound Engineer – Jan Pritzl
Assistant Director – Sarah Koehler
Stage Managers – Amy Macali & Jan Szczepanski
Book by Joe Masteroff
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb