Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome…to Cabaret, Kander and Ebb’s legendary musical about British nightclub singer Sally Bowles, American writer Cliff Bradshaw, and the decadence of Berlin in the decade before the second World War. With mounting fear and uncertainty outside, the bawdy Emcee lures you into the world of the Kit Kat Club where your troubles are left at the door.
The musical Cabaret is based on John Van Druten’s 1951 play I Am a Camera. Shortly before the outbreak of World War II, Van Druten’s friend and fellow writer, Christopher Isherwood, fled Europe. In 1945, Isherwood published a book of two short novels called The Berlin Stories, which were his recollections of his time spent in Berlin between 1930 and 1933 as Hitler ascended to power. Van Druten adapted his friend’s book into the play I Am a Camera, which opened on Broadway in 1951 with Julie Harris portraying the carefree character named Sally Bowles.
The original Broadway production of Cabaret opened at the Broadhurst Theatre in New York City on Nov. 20, 1966. A critical and box office success, Cabaret played for 1,165 performances before closing on Sept. 6, 1969. The show won eight Tony Awards in 1967, including Best Musical. Since then, the show has been revived on Broadway four times (in 1987, 1998, 2014, and 2024). The 1972 movie version of Cabaret, directed by Bob Fosse, received 10 Academy Award nominations and won eight of them – most notably for Fosse as best director, for Liza Minelli as Best Actress as Sally Bowles, and for Joel Grey as Best Supporting Actor, reprising his Broadway role as the Emcee.
Matt McCombs
(The Emcee)
Julia Mullin
(Sally Bowles)
Keon Dalziel
(Cliff)
Bernadette Hisey
(Fräulein Schneider)
Steve Brown
(Herr Schultz)
Adam C. Alderson
(Ernst Ludwig)
McKenna Hassel
(Fräulein Kost/Fritzie/Sally US)
Benjamin Neiberlein
(Max/Cliff US)
Ella Embry
(Rosie/Dance Captain)
Ozzie Casino
(Frenchie/Dance Captain)
Emily Kirkpatrick
(Kit Kat Girl/Kost US)
Alysa Musselman
(Helga)
Tess Marie Phillips
(Kit Kat Girl)
Allison Thomas
(Texas)
Tong Xu
(Lulu/Emcee US)
Simeon Schmitt
(Victor)
De'Ontae Murray
(Hans)
Elijah Chase
(Bobby)
Spencer Marfy
(Herman, Max US/Ernst US)
Zachary Dyson
(Ensemble/Kit Kat Boy Swing)
Ben Gonzalez
(Ensemble/Kit Kat Boy Swing)
Jack Clymire
(Boy)
Setting:
The Kit Kat Klub and Berlin the late 20's/early 30's
There will be a 20-minute intermission between the acts.
ACT ONE
"Willkommen"
Emcee and Company
"So What?"
Fräulein Schneider
"Don't Tell Mama"
Sally, Kit Kat Girls
"Mein Herr"
Sally
"Perfectly Marvelous"
Sally and Cliff
"Two Ladies"
Emcee and Two Ladies
"It Couldn't Please Me More"
Fräulein Schneider and Herr Schultz
"Tomorrow Belongs to Me"
Boy/ Emcee
"Maybe This Time"
Sally
"Money"
Emcee and Kit Kat Girls and Boys
"Married"
Herr Schultz and Fräulein Schneider (Fräulein Kost in German)
"Tomorrow Belongs to Me (Reprise)"
Fräulein Kost, Ernst Ludwig and Company
ACT TWO
"Entr'acte / Kickline"
Emcee and Girls
"Married (Reprise)"
Herr Schultz
"If You Could See Her (The Gorilla Song)"
Emcee
"What Would You Do?"
Fräulein Schneider
"I Don't Care Much"
Emcee
"Cabaret"
Sally
"Finale Ultimo"
Company
John Ebner
Pit Conductor/Keyboards
Don Dasco
Bass
George Dean
Guitar/Banjo
Willow DiGiacomo
Sax/Winds
Mick Shaull
Drums
Thank you to Dylan Fujimura and the Baldwin Wallace Theatre and Dance Department, Ryan Ciriaco, and Scott Spence and our friends at the Beck Center.
Set Construction Crew
James Boyd, Jr.
Chris Capron
Elijah Chase
Dale Gilbert
Kathy Kohl
Dave Moledor
Richard Morris, Jr.
Electrics Crew
Jack-Anthony Ina
Celia Bentrott,
James Boyd, Jr.
Wittman Sullivan
Richard Morris, Jr.
Van Wornkey
Follow Spot Operators
Estella Gilley
Stephen Kraus
Annabelle Otto
Evelyn Shaw
Van Wornkey
Costume Construction Crew
Beth Desberg
Millie Keyser
Lindy Lincicome
Jasen Smith
Costume Inventory Crew
Jenny Banker
Fly Operators/Backstage Crew
Kenneth Hardman
Kyle Means
Paul Means
Carly Moritz
Laura Niehaus
Mason Shuman
Robin Ungerleider
Sean Vollman
Front of House
Jenny Banker
Mary Lu Barbour
Loren Bruns
Jeannie Clarkson
Douglas Fidler
Patti Gabb
Tim Gabb
Tonya Gulley
Brian Jackson
John Marfy
Patti McCoy
Jevion Newsome
Keiaira Newsome
Marci Paolucci
Katherine Peck
Bessie Raines
Mega Rankin
Brad Rito
Katie Rito
Eric Steckel
Verna Vander Kooi
Layne Weakland
Becky Zaman
Props Hands
Joie Boughner
Scott Davis