Holy Cross’ Alternate College Theatre Presents the Musical Cabaret

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Alternate College Theatre (ACT) at the College of the Holy Cross presents the musical Cabaret, Feb. 4-6 at 8 p.m. and Feb. 6-7 at 2 p.m. in Fenwick Theatre (second floor, O’Kane Hall).  Tickets are $7 for members of the Holy Cross community and $10 for the general public.  Tickets can be purchased by calling the ACT box office at (508) 793-3536 or they can be reserved at the Hogan Lobby Tables beginning February 1.

Based on Christopher Isherwood's The Berlin Stories, Cabaret is set in Berlin, Germany, in 1930 at the dawn of the Hitler era. A good time can be found at the “Kit Kat Club,” where anything goes on the stage.  Sally Bowles, a girl from Chelsea, London, is working as a singer at the club and doing her best to live a thrillingly decadent life. Along comes Clifford Bradshaw, a young and attractive American writer who has traveled to Berlin with the hopes of finding inspiration to write a novel.  Cliff falls in with the denizens of the Kit Kat Klub, and takes Sally as his roommate.  As he struggles to write his novel, Cliff witnesses the blindness and self-deception of Germans who allow Nazism to gradually take control while they are emotionally and spiritually fast asleep. The musical features a book by Joe Masteroff with lyrics by Fred Ebb and music by John Kander.

ACT is a student-run organization at Holy Cross. In each production, students manage every aspect from directing and acting to lighting and set design. In Cabaret, the director is Brielle Hart ‘10; other members of the production staff include producer Bobby Pedalino ‘10, costume designer Alexandra Osgood ‘10, lighting and set designer Emily McCourt ‘10, and stage manager Larry DeBellis ’10.

Cabaret may not be suitable for children.