Event Details
Book by Joe Masteroff
Based on the play by John Van Druten and
Stories by Christopher Isherwood
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Directed by Rodolfo Robles Cruz
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 descends into fascism.
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. Musical numbers include “Willkommen,” “Cabaret,” “Don't Tell Mama” and “Two Ladies.”
PERFORMANCES
October 30 at 7:30 p.m. (PREVIEW)
October 31 at 7:30 p.m.
November 2, 5, 7-8 at 7:30 p.m.
November 2, 9 at 2:00 p.m.
About the Director
Rodolfo Robles Cruz (he/him) is a queer Mexican migrant and interdisciplinary theatre artist from Morelia, Michoacán and Fresno, California. He is a M.F.A. in Theatre candidate with a specialization in directing at The University of Texas at Austin. Select directing credits include: Sanctuary City (Texas Theatre and Dance Studio Series), In The Heights (Madera Theatre Project) and Oedipus El Rey (Selma Arts Center). Previous collaborators include: Teatro Vivo, The Pan Valley Institute, Teatro Espejo and Lime Arts Productions. He recently directed James and the Giant Peach, adapted by David Wood, as part of Texas Theatre and Dance's 2024/2025 season programming.
CABARET is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Tams-Witmark LLC. www.concordtheatricals.com
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