A Chorus Line Tech!

Hello everyone!

The tech team will be hanging up lights for our upcoming main stage production, A Chorus Line. If you ever wanted to get involved with Cabaret Theatre, or you are interested in learning about lights, or you just want something to do on Wednesday night, this is the perfect opportunity to do so! 

We will be working on lights on Wednesday, February 17th, starting at 8:00pm until we are done setting up all the lights. Feel free to come by whenever you can though, and you do not have to stay for the entire time--any amount of time will be greatly appreciated! Also feel free to bring friends along--the more the merrier!

NO PRIOR EXPERIENCE IS NECESSARY! We will be more than happy to show you how to do things :) Please dress comfortably in clothing that you would not mind getting dirty. 

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact our managing director, Stephanie van Oppen, at managing.cabarettheatre@gmail.com. 

We hope to see you then!

Rent Cast List!

We are very excited to announce the cast for our last main stage production,Rent! Congratulations to all! We saw an amazing amount of talent come out to audition, and the decision was very difficult. If you did not get casted, do no be discouraged! There are many opportunities for one to get involved with Cabaret Theatre, and we encourage you to reach out to us!

THE CAST:
Mark – Jonah Levinson
Roger – Liam McGeary
Mimi – Olivia Accardo
Collins – Justin Luckenbaugh
Angel – LaJuan Miller
Maureen – Jillian Hanna
Joanne – Erica Nadera
Benny – Tyler Conroy
Male Ensemble – Paolo Arceo, Brandon Conti, Dominick Scalera, Russell Umali
Female Ensemble – Kim Bollard, Stephanie Leiva, Jordan Vinson

Cabaret Theatre Presents: RNL XII: Divorce?

Hey there ;) What are you doing this Valentine's Day weekend? Want to indulge on some fresh, new, and exciting sketches that may bring you and your S.O. closer...or possibly do permanent damage to your relationship...we can't really guarantee anything...BUT ANYWAY spend your Valentine's Day weekend with your favorite group of hooligans--along with our very charismatic host of the night, Tyler Conroy--as we try and do the comedy thing for the 12th time in a row!

For those of you going "What the....?" let us explain. RNL is almost exactly like SNL, like the same SNL you watch on television at 11:30pm eastern/central time, except we're very Rutgers-oriented, and the FCC doesn't know we exist so...you know things are bound to get crazy!

If you love comedy, need a good laugh, or need a good place to take a date (cause Valentine's Day coming up and all that), then email cabtheatre@gmail.com or visit cabarettheatre.org today and reserve your tickets today! The sooner you reserve, the less likely you are to enter ticket limbo because we do sell out fast!

SHOW DATES:
Friday, February 12th at 8:00pm
Saturday, February 13th at 8:00pm and 11:59pm

WHERE:
Cabaret Theatre, located on the corner of Suydam Street and Nichol Avenue on the Douglass Campus

ADMISSION:
Students, Faculty, Staff, and Seniors (60+) / $5
General Admission / $7

When reserving via email, specify your name, the number of tickets you wish to purchase, and the date/time of the show you wish to attend. Please note that sending an email or submitting a form does not mean you are automatically have tickets reserved--you must wait until a confirmation email is sent.

Patrons with reservations must arrive no later than twenty minutes prior to performance time to purchase their tickets. Once past the twenty-minute mark, reservations may be voided at the discretion of the box office management to accommodate any patrons on the waiting list or any walk-up sales.

Starring:
-Kim Bollard
-Chisa Egbelu
-Abid Hassan
-Justice Hehir
-Maddie Hehir
-Christopher Michael
-Raynee Morris
-Benji Sills
-Jacob Torsiello

Host: Tyler Conroy
With musical guest: Leeds

If you have any questions, please email our producer, Kayla Votapek, at producer.cabarettheatre@gmail.com, or our RNL Representative, Abid Hassan at shassan20180@gmail.com.

We hope to see you then!

RUSA allocations paid for by student fees

Cabaret Theatre Presents: A Chorus Line

Can you believe we’re already halfway through our season? It’s crazy right?! Time flies when you’re making theatre magic. Now that everyone has settled down and are back on that student grind, it is time to put up our third main stage production—A Chorus Line, directed by Shayna Carney!

A Chorus Line takes the audience on an emotional journey through an audition process as a group of potential dancers and performers are put through a vigorous series of dance numbers. After the initial cut, the director, Zach, makes each auditionee tell their personal story of how they came to be in show business, and what are their hopes, and inspirations. As each character's story unwinds, the audience is able to identify with each performer and why they have endured a life filled with rejection, injury, pain and heartache to be involved in the "glamorous" world of the musical theatre. 

SHOW DATES:
Friday, February 26th at 8:00pm
Saturday, February 27th at 8:00pm
Sunday, February 30th at 7:00pm
Friday, March 4th at 8:00pm
Saturday, March 5th at 8:00pm
Sunday, March 6th at 7:00pm

WHERE:
Cabaret Theatre, located on the corner of Suydam Street and Nichol Avenue on the Douglass Campus

ADMISSION:
Students, Faculty, Staff, and Seniors (60+) / $8
General Admission / $12

Email cabtheatre@gmail.com or visit cabarettheatre.org to reserve your tickets.

When reserving via email, specify your name, the number of tickets you wish to purchase, and the date/time of the show you wish to attend. Please note that sending an email or submitting a form does not mean you are automatically have tickets reserved--you must wait until a confirmation email is sent.

Patrons with reservations must arrive no later than twenty minutes prior to performance time to purchase their tickets. Once past the twenty-minute mark, reservations may be voided at the discretion of the box office management to accommodate any patrons on the waiting list or any walk-up sales.

PRODUCTION STAFF:
Director: Shayna Carney
Assistant Director: Tatianah Demande
Stage Manager: Marilou Pellizzari
Music Directors: Katie Mattina and Lee Mamolen
Assistant Stage Manager: Kenny Laboy and Monika Jasionek
Choreographer: Daniela Stefanelli

THE CAST:
Zach - Oren Merhav
Larry - Eric Figueroa Acosta
Al - Justin Luckenbaugh
Greg - Kevin Anbarserri
Bobby - Alex Albanese
Paul - Benji Sills
Don - Mike Vercellone
Mike - Paolo Arceo
Mark - Rafael Lozada
Richie - Rejy Drayton
Bebe - Olivia Accardo
Cassie - Allie Ambriano
Connie - Mariela Dorado
Diana - Krystina Matos
Judy - Tara Reid
Kristine - Kim Bollard
Maggie - Julianna Pica
Sheila - Jacqui Pecora
Val - Mary Berko
Roy - Dominick Scalera
Frank - Craig Dilliplane
Butch - Russell Umali
Tom - Joseph Haverlock
Tricia - Ashtyn Greenstein
Vicki - Rachel Appleton
Lois - Gayle Fuentes

THE PIT:
Reed 1 - Eric Lampmann
Reed 2 - Connor Babos
Trombone - Julie Zedeck
Trumpets – Ryan Gorman and Jason Lakshmanan
Keyboard 1 - Edward Looney
Keyboard 2 - Siying (Miranda) Jiang
Drums - Skyler Fortgang

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to our producer, Kayla Votapek, at producer.cabarettheatre@gmail.com, and our artistic director, Markus Robinson, at artistic.cabarettheatre@gmail.com.

We hope to see you then!

RUSA allocations paid for by student fees

CALL TO AUDITION: Rent - Pit Edition!

Do you play rock instruments? Are you interested in jamming out with us for the final mainstage of Cabaret's 40th anniversary season? Come out to pit auditions for RENT on Sunday, 2/7 from 1-3:30pm. What better Super Bowl pregame is there??

We are looking for musicians to play the following books: Guitar 1, Guitar 2, Bass, Drums

Please prepare a 16-32 bar excerpt in the style of the show, and be ready for some sight-reading examples from your respective book. Instrumentalists must bring their instruments and any equipment necessary. Please also bring your semester schedule and a list of conflicts until April 17th. For any questions, please contact Bernadette Burke (bernadettedelia@gmail.com) or Stephanie Mangioglu (sam519@scarletmail.rutgers.edu).Thank you for considering coming out, and we'll see you on Sunday the 7th!

RUSA allocations paid for by student fees

CALL TO AUDITION: The 8th Annual Original Play Festival

Every year, Cabaret Theatre puts together a play festival that features the works of student playwrights, directed by students, and performed by students. The Original Play Festival not only gives life into new plays, but it is also a celebration of student theatre. Now in it’s 8th year running, Cabaret Theatre is proud to present the world premires of new, student-written pieces OPF…but in order to do that, we need actors! We need you to come audition and help keep this tradition alive and running!

Worried that you might not have enough theatre experience to get involved? The Original Play Festival is a wonderful place to start if you are interested in performing, or with just generally getting involved at Cabaret Theatre. Also, wouldn’t it be cool to be a part of the world premiere of a play that your fellow peers wrote? 

The 8th Annual Original Play Festival will be coordinated by Emily Reineke. Plays and directors are currently TBD.

SHOW DATES:
Friday, March 25th at 2:00pm and 7:00pm
Saturday, March 26th at 8:00pm

AUDITION INFORMATION:

**Auditions and callbacks will be at Cabaret Theatre, located at the corner of Suydam St and Nichol Ave**

Monday, February 8th, 7:00pm-11:00pm
Tuesday, February 9th, 7:00pm-11:00pm
Callbacks will be on Wednesday, February 10th, at time TBD

Things to Bring/Prepare: 
-Your schedule/list of conflicts up until March 26th
-Your RUID number

Auditions are opened to part-time and full-time Rutgers undergraduate students.

Still have more questions? Feel free to email our OPF Coordinator, Emily Reineke, at emilyreineke@comcast.net, our Producer, Kayla Votapek, at producer.cabarettheatre@gmail.com, or our Artistic Director, Markus Robinson, at artistic.cabarettheatre@gmail.com with your questions.

We hope to see you then!

RUSA allocations paid for by student fees.

CALLING ALL CABARET ALUMNI!

In honor of 40 years on the banks of the old Raritan, Cabaret Theatre is collecting photos that will be featured in our Instagram as part of our #‎tbt initiative. If you have photos you would like featured, please email them to marketing.cabarettheatre@gmail.com with the name of the people in the photo, the season/year the photo was taken, and the production/event. You may also include a 100-word essay describing a memory associated with the photo.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS - A Series of Special Events

Remember last semester how we had A Weekend of Special Events? We're brining it back again this semester, except now it's A Series of Special Events! We're bringing back The R Factor from the fall, as well as introducing two new special events. Check out the Facebook event pages below for more details about our Spring 2016 line up!

Sunday, January 31st at 7:00pm - Comedy Night - https://www.facebook.com/events/1732049640359002/

Friday, February 5th at 8:00pm - The R Factor - https://www.facebook.com/events/1073260439385394/

Saturday, February 6th at 8:00pm - A Night of One Page Plays - https://www.facebook.com/events/1073260439385394/

CALL TO AUDITION: Rent

We only have one question for you...
525,600 minutes....how do you measure, measure a year?

Yes you are reading it right, fellow Scarlet Knights. It's time for our last main stage auditions of the school year. We're closing up our 40th anniversary season with a beloved musical that has touched the hearts of millions of people round the world. We hope you all are ready...

ABOUT THE SHOW:
Jonathan Larson's Rent follows a year in the life of a group of young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York's Lower East Side. The physical and emotional complications of HIV/AIDS pervade the lives of Roger, Mimi, Tom, and Angel. Maureen deals with her chronic infidelity through performance art; her partner, Joanne, wonders if their relationship is worth the trouble. Benny has sold out his Bohemian ideals in exchange for a hefty income and is on the outs with his former friends. Mark, an aspiring filmmaker, feels like an outsider to life in general. How these young bohemians negotiate their dreams, loves, and conflicts provides the narrative thread to this groundbreaking musical.

SHOW DATES:
Friday, April 8th at 8:00pm
Saturday, April 9th at 8:00pm
Sunday, April 10th at 7:00pm
Friday, April 15th at 8:00pm
Saturday, April 16th at 8:00pm
Sunday, April 17th at 7:00pm

PRODUCTION STAFF:
Director: Kyle Buchanan
Assistant Director : Gina D'Angelo
Musical Directors: Bernadette Burke and Stephanie Mangioglu
Stage Manager: Ajit Mathews
Assistant Stage Manager: Elizabeth Alt
Choreographer: Allie Ambriano
Creative Coordinator: Joana Marmelo

AUDITION INFORMATION:
**Auditions and callbacks will be at Cabaret Theatre, located at the corner of Suydam St and Nichol Ave**

Monday, February 1st, 7:00pm-11:00pm
Tuesday, February 2nd, 7:00pm-11:00pm
Callbacks will be on Wednesday, February 3rd, at time TBD

Things to Bring/Prepare: 
-16-32 measures of a musical theatre song of the style of the show, to be sung a cappella. PLEASE DO NOT PICK A SONG FROM THE SHOW!
-Your schedule/list of conflicts up until April 17th
-Your RUID number

Auditions are opened to part-time and full-time Rutgers undergraduate students

CHARACTERS:
ROGER DAVIS: A struggling musician and former drug addict. He is reminiscent of Kurt Cobain. Roommates with Mark in the loft and battles with being HIV-positive. 
Vocal range top: A4
Vocal range bottom: F2

MARK COHEN: Filmmaker and video artist. Knee deep in his own soul-searching, Mark is the typical young artist. He and Roger are roommates in the loft. A bit of a nerd. 
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: A2

TOM COLLINS: A computer genius and liberal professor. He is a nurturer with a smooth and relaxed disposition. Used to be a roommate in the loft and is HIV-positive.
Vocal range top: A4
Vocal range bottom: F#2

BENJAMIN COFFIN III: The landlord of Mark and Roger's apartment building. A former roommate in the loft, Benny traded in his personal morals for power and wealth. 
Vocal range top: F#4
Vocal range bottom: Bb2

JOANNE JEFFERSON: A public interest lawyer and headstrong lesbian. She is smart and purposeful in all her decisions. Carries on a tumultuous relationship with Maureen. 
Vocal range top: E5
Vocal range bottom: G3

ANGEL DUMOTT SCHUNARD: The eccentric HIV-positive street drummer. A drag queen with an incredible gift of dance and a magnetic personality. He becomes Tom's lover.
Vocal range top: A4
Vocal range bottom: C3

MIMI MARQUEZ: An HIV-positive stripper with drug addictions. Slender and sickly, she conceals it all at her job in the local strip club. She lives in the same building as the loft.
Vocal range top: E5
Vocal range bottom: Eb3

MAUREEN JOHNSON: An unpredictably zany performance artist. Maureen oozes sexuality and used to live in the loft. She has recently dumped Mark for Joanne.
Vocal range top: F5
Vocal range bottom: C4

Ensemble
Homeless Men & Women; Junkies, Parents (Mrs. Cohen, Mr. & Mrs. Jefferson); Support Group (Steve, Gordon)

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to our producer, Kayla Votapek, at producer.cabarettheatre@gmail.com, and our artistic director, Markus Robinson, at artistic.cabarettheatre@gmail.com.

We hope to see you then!

RUSA allocations paid for by student fees

CALL FOR PLAYWRIGHTS AND DIRECTORS: The 8th Annual Original Play Festival!

HELLOOO CABARET! We hope you all have been staying warm...or cold...*shrug* this is not normal winter weather to begin with.

BUT ANYWAYS, we are about ten days away from the first day of classes of the new semester! And while it sad to come back to break, it is also something to celebrate because we can now continue doing awesome Cabaret-things for the rest of the season! Like our beloved, spring-semester-tradition, the Original Play Festival!

The 8th Annual Original Play Festival is coming up at Cabaret and we cannot wait to read your scripts and your director applications! For those who do not know, OPF [Original Play Festival] at Cabaret is a festival comprised of multiple student-written one-act plays, directed and acted by students. The Original Play Festival at Cabaret is a tradition that celebrates new work and the importance of student theatre!

If you are interested in writing a short play for consideration, please email your scripts to artistic.cabarettheatre@gmail.com, emilyreineke@comcast.net, AND producer.cabarettheatre@gmail.com by midnight on JANUARY 25th! 

If you are interested in directing for the festival, please fill out the attached application and email it to artistic.cabarettheatre@gmail.com, emilyreineke@comcast.net, AND producer.cabarettheatre@gmail.com by midnight on JANUARY 25th!

Auditions will take place February 8-9th and callbacks on the 10th, time TBD. 
 
***PLAYWRIGHTS TAKE NOTE***
Please make sure to not exceed 15 pages [11 size, Times New Roman font, multiple line spacing {regular}] 
If you have any questions about meeting this length requirement, please email artistic.cabarettheatre@gmail.com, or emilyreineke@comcast.net. 

We look forward to seeing everyone back on campus, and we can't wait to read your plays and/or applications!

8th Annual OPF Directors Application