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Cabaret

Experience KWMP Like Never Before - Cabaret Nov 21-20 2024


Cabaret

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

Originally Co-directed and Choreographed by Rob Marshall
Originally Directed by Sam Mendes

CABARET is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Tams-Witmark LCC. www.concordtheatricals.com

Performances

Where: Conrad Centre for the Performing Arts (36 King St. W., Kitchener)

Performances:

Coming to the Conrad Centre for the Performing Arts this November, Kander & Ebb’s Cabaret will immerse audiences in the tantalizingly vivacious world of the Kit Kat Klub. Set against the prelude to a transformative era in Germany, Cabaret‘s bold exploration of anti-Semitic themes and the seductive allure of escapism challenges us to see beyond the dazzle of the stage lights, offering a glimpse into the lives shadowed by the impending tide of history.

Cabaret won eight Tony® Awards in 1967, including Best Musical, and features such well-known songs as “Willkommen,” “Maybe This Time,” “If You Could See Her,” “Mein Herr” and the title song “Cabaret.”

 

Meet the Creative Team

Headshot for Andrew TribeAndrew Tribe – Director
Andrew is a director, educator and theatre administrator. Recent directing credits: The Phantom of the Opera, Titanic—The Musical (Grand Theatre), A Chorus Line and Grease (Mainstage Theatre Company), Ride the Cyclone (OKTC Alumni), Peter & the Starcatcher, A Christmas Story – The Musical, Sweeney Todd, Matilda the Musical, Bright Star, School of Rock (Original Kids Theatre Company), One Song Glory (Musical Stage Company). Artistic Director of Original Kids Theatre Company 2012 – 2022. Andrew has taught as a teaching artist with the Stratford Festival, Musical Stage Company, The Grand Theatre, and Young People’s Theatre. Proud graduate of the University of Northern Colorado, Western University, University of Toronto, and Sheridan College.

Headshot of Michael BrownMichael Brown – Music Director
Michael is thrilled to rejoin KWMP for this production of one of the world’s best-loved musicals. Michael started playing the piano as a young child, and developed an early appreciation for all kinds of music. During his first show with KWMP, and under the mentorship of long-time Music Director Fen Watkin, Michael discovered the joy of musical theatre and music direction. Fast-forward more than 20 years and almost 30 shows, and he still finds the same thrill in the creative process, and in the collaboration with other imaginative spirits. Many thanks to KWMP for the opportunity to work together again! Previously with KWMP: 28 shows, including Joseph (2024), Shrek (2018), Seussical (2017), Grease (2016), and Hairspray (2012).

Headshot of Ciara Moules Ciara Moules – Choreographer
Ciara is a choreographer, teacher and performer who is delighted to be returning to KWMP for Cabaret. She is eager to indulge in the world of Fosse for this production and bring another musical to life through movement. Growing up, Ciara developed a strong love for dance, especially all things jazz. She was later introduced to the world of theatre and never looked back. Some of her most recent shows include: Brigadoon (2024), Joseph (2024), Guys & Dolls (2023), Up Close & Personal (2023), Addams Family (2022), Titanic (2019), and Chicago (2019). Ciara is thrilled to work with this talented creative team to bring another successful KWMP show to our community.

 

Meet the Cast

Emcee – Xander Bechard
Sally Bowles – Mikayla Lane
Clifford Bradshaw – Tristan Pilcher
Ernst Ludwig –  Anton Wąsowicz
Fräulein Schneider – Michele Di Tomasso
Fräulein Kost – Andrea Wingelaar
Herr Schultz – Philip Sullivan

Kit Kat Club

Harvey Blossom Ignacio
Sarah Bowman
Charlie Brohman
Amie Debrone
Ruth Guerra
Laura Hole
Sarah Jones
Ana Maria Rajcan
Ryan Marrin
Katie Neeb
Amanda Romano-Paret
Adam Steblin
Kim Wall-Stone
Jeffrey Zeuner

Synopsis

Coming to the Conrad Centre for the Performing Arts this November, Kander & Ebb’s Cabaret will immerse audiences in the tantalizingly vivacious world of the Kit Kat Klub. Set against the prelude to a transformative era in Germany, Cabaret‘s bold exploration of anti-Semitic themes and the seductive allure of escapism challenges us to see beyond the dazzle of the stage lights, offering a glimpse into the lives shadowed by the impending tide of history.

In a Berlin nightclub, as the 1920’s 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. 

Cabaret won eight Tony® Awards in 1967, including Best Musical, and features such well-known songs as “Willkommen,” “Maybe This Time,” “If You Could See Her,” “Mein Herr” and the title song “Cabaret.”