Cabaret November 16 - December 3, 2017

Writ ten by Christopher Isherwood

Music by John Kander

Lyrics by Fred Ebb

Directed by Dennis Henry

Linn Maxwell Kel ler

Black Box Theatre

Haas Center for Performing Arts

Act I : 85 minutes

Fifteen Minute Intermiss ion

Act II: 35 minutes

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

Broadway production directed by Harold Prince

Produced for the Broadway Stage by Harold Prince

Directed by Dennis Henry

CABARET is presented by arrangement with

TAMS-WITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY, INC.

560 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10022

Act I “Willkommen" – Emcee and Kit Kat Girls and Boys

"So What?" – Fräulein Schneider

"Telephone Song/Telephone Dance" – Cliff and Kit Kat Girls and Boys

"Don't Tell Mama" – Sally and the Kit Kat Girls

"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" – Emcee and Guards

"Don't Go" – Cliff

"Sitting Pretty and Money" – Emcee and Kit Kat Girls

"Married" – Herr Schultz and Fräulein Schneider

"Tomorrow Belongs to Me" (Reprise) – Fräulein Kost,

Ernst Ludwig and Company

Act II "Kickline" – Emcee and Girls

"Married" (Reprise) – Herr Schultz

"If You Could See Her" – Emcee

"What Would You Do?" – Fräulein Schneider

"I Don't Care Much" – Emcee

"Cabaret" – Sally

"Willkommen (Reprise)" -Emcee and Cliff

Hannah Frank - Production Stage Manager - is a senior Theatre major and a

Business minor. Hannah was awarded a Certificate of Merit from KCACTF for her

Stage Management for Six Characters in Search of an Author. Her previous work

includes as Run Crew Intern & Assistant Props Designer for Mason Street

Warehouse’s It Shoulda Been Y ou, Stage Manager in 2016 & 2017 for GVSU’s

Greenshow, Production Stage Manager for both P.S. Series Detroit and Six

Characters in Search of an Author.

Jill Dole Hamilton - Costume Designer - also serves as GVSU’s Theatre

facilities coordinator. She received her M.A. in Design from the University of

Cincinnati and she has a lengthy list of GVSU productions for the Music, Theatre,

and Dance Department.

Dennis Henry - Director - is a visiting professor in his second year at GVSU and

is originally from San Diego but his theatre career has taken him all over the US,

having performed in more than 40 states. Dennis’ acting and directing credits

include American Shakespeare Center, Cleveland Play House, National Theater

for the Arts and Education, Nebraska Repertory Theatre, Pigeon Creek

Shakespeare, and Virginia Shakespeare Festival. He is a member of Actors’ Equity

Association and hold M.F.A. in Directing for Stage and Screen from the Johnny

Carson School of Theatre and Film at the University of Nebraska.

Emily “Lee” Ketola - Sound Designer/Board Operator - is a junior English

major and Theatre minor. Lee’s previous work includes Sound Board Operator for

Helen, Detroit, Measure for Measure and Six Characters in Search of an Author.

She also was a Chorus member/Flying Monkey for Wizard of Oz, Marty in

Grease, a Villager in Beauty and the Beast and makeup for Beauty and the Beast,

Les Miserables and White Christmas.

Sally Langa - Costume Shop Supervisor - works for the GVSU Theatre and

Music productions and she has built costumes for many West Michigan

productions such as GR Ballet, Hope College Dance, Mason Street Warehouse and

Heritage Theatre to name a few.

Justin Loser - Music Director - is excited to be a par t of the production of

Cabaret which returns him to the GVSU Stage. He is a 2002 alumni from Grand

Valley State University where he was a music major. Over the years, Justin has

been an active member in his church community where he has served in many

different capacities including music and tech director and as a regular keyboardist

and bass player. He currently manages the largest wedding services company in

Grand Rapids, where he is also a DJ. He has been on stage in productions of West

Side Story, and How to Succeed in Business, in the orchestra for The Man of La

Mancha, and Schoolhouse Rock, and has been music director with The Allendale

Civic Theater and most recently Aquinas College. When he’s not doing something

musical, Justin partners with his wife to support his family, including his four

children, and he is thankful for their encouragement and inspiration during this

production.

Katlyn Pavlik - Assistant Stage Manager - is a freshman Biology major. This is

Katlyn’s first production at GVSU!

Artistic/Production Biographies

Artistic/Production Biographies

Karissa Attard - Properties - is a junior Theatre major and a Shakespeare

Service award recipient. She has served as an Stage Manager for Bard To Go: The

Wonder of Will: This is Your Afterlife! and Assistant Stage Manager for the

Shakespeare Festival’s Measure for Measure. She was the Properties Supervisor for

Helen and worked in the scene shop building sets for Measure for Measure,

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Good Kids and Helen.

Katelyn Bonanno - Assistant Stage Manager - is a junior Theatre major and she

is an aspiring Stage Manager!

Robbie Bell - Dramaturg - is a senior Theatre major and Shakespeare Service

Award winner. Robbie was the Assistant Director for Bard To Go: The Wonder of

Will: This is Your Afterlife and has appeared as Cop #3 in Measure for Measure,

Chorus for the Greenshow, Kylie in Good Kids, Hoyden in Restoration Comedy

and as Dr. Charlotte Wallace in Beyond Therapy. She has also served at the Sound

Board Operator for All’s Well That Ends Well, Properties Supervisor for All in the

Timing, Designer/Assistant Stage Manager for Six Characters in Search of an

Author and as the Director for Detroit.

Liz Coulston - Choreographer - is a locally-based choreographer, instructor, and

performer. During her time as a student at Ohio Northern University, she worked

with numerous companies including Dayton Contemporary Dance Company,

Eisenhower Dance, and River North Dance Chicago. Liz is currently a graduate

student in the social work program at GVSU. Recent choreography credits include

Chicago (Southwestern Michigan College), The Little Mermaid (Southwestern

Michigan College), My Fair Lady (Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra), and

Spring Awakening (Lake Michigan College).

This beloved American holiday classic comes to captivating life as a live 1940s

radio broadcast. With the help of an ensemble that brings a few dozen characters to

the stage, the story of idealistic George Bailey unfolds as he considers ending his

life one fateful Christmas Eve.

TWO PERFORMANCES: December 8 and 9 ant 7:30pm at the NEW Books and

Mortar on Bridge! 442 Bridge Street NW – Grand Rapids, Michigan 49504

Nick Boyd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kit Kat Dancer, Max

Chloe Chavers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kit Kat Dancer, Texas

Sara Gochenour* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kit Kat Dancer, Lulu

Tyler DeGood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kit Kat Dancer, Viktor

Allison Gilde* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kit Kat Dancer, Frenchie

Leanne Hoag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kit Kat Dancer, Helga

Rachel Renaud* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kit Kat Dancer, Fritzie

Bruno Streck Rodriques* . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kit Kat Dancer, Bobby

Charlie Wilburn* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kit Kat Dancer, Rosie

Jake Jager* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Emcee

Jacob Miller* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Herr Schultz

Kevin McCasland* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ernst Ludwig

Lindsey Normington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sally Bowles

Kenya Shakir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fräulein Schneider

Christa Wright* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fräulein Kost

Parker Ykimoff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cliff Bradshaw

*Member of Alpha Psi Omega:

Phi Beta Chapter National Honorary Theatre Society

Advisory: Contains sexually and politically

provocative material.

A Strobe Light is utilized during this production.

The Cast

Artistic/Production Personnel

Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dennis Henry

Production Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hannah Frank

Scenic Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Al Sheffield

Lighting Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Liam Shaffer

Costume Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J ill Dole Hamilton

Technical Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chr is Mahlmann

Sound Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emily “Lee” Ketola

Assistant Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Katelyn Bonanno

Assistant Stage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katlyn Pavlik

Costume Shop Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sally Langa

Costume Shop Crew . . . . . . . . . . . .Alyssa Bjork, Ron Boudreau,

Tyler DeGood, Monica Haller,

Dorothy Kilvington, Cristina Piecuch, Maria Simaz

Light Board Operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .*Seth Bur ton

Sound Board Operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emily “Lee” Ketola

Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kar issa Attard

Dramaturgs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robbie Bell,

*Sara Gochenour, *Christa Wright

Box Office Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Talyce Murray,

Emily Hoffmeyer, Miranda Owens

Please remember:

Turn off all cell phones and other electronic devices.

Video recording and photography are prohibited.

*Member of Alpha Psi Omega: Phi Beta Chapter National Honor-

ary Theatre Society

The Theatre Program at Grand Valley recognizes that the casting in

this play that is outside of the recognized ethnic character types may

be perceived by some as insensitive or even racist. This was not our

intent. We acknowledge that antisemitism is a particular prejudice

that has been perpetuated against the Jewish people for centuries and

culminated in the 20th century with the rise of Nazism by white

Germans, who proceeded to wage a world war and to implement a

mass genocide against the Jewish people. Ultimately, over six million

Jews were murdered by the Nazi machine. Between the Nazi

takeover in 1933 and the end of the war in 1945, 2 out of every 3

Jews in Europe had been murdered. Nearly 100,000 gay men were

arrested during that time period, and 15,000 were sent to

concentration camps. It is estimated that over half died during their

imprisonment. And while we acknowledge that there were many

good people who resisted the genocide, often risking their own lives

to help those trying to hide or escape, the vast majority of white

German citizens stood by while Hitler’s regime executed its Final

Solution.

The Cabaret Band

Matt Sumner - trumpet

Tom Stansell - saxophone

Mariya Sumner - piano

Drew Mayhew - bass

Tim Froncek - drums

Program Note

Grand Valley Opera Theatre presents

Oklahoma!

Music and Lyrics by Rodger and Hammerstein

Stage Direction by Christopher Carter

Artistic Direction by Dale Schriemer

February 2 - 11, 2018

*

PS Series Productions:

Oleanna

Written by David Mamet

Directed by Jacob Molli

February 22 - 25, 2018

Auditions November 19 & 20. For more information check out the Theatre’s website (gvsu.edu/theatre)

No Exit

Written by Jean-Paul Sartes

Directed by Bruno Streck - Rodrigues

April 5 - 8, 2018

*

Theatre at Grand Valley presents

J. B.

Written by Archibald MacLeish

Directed by Roger Ellis

March 23 - 31, 2018

Coming in 2018 - Tickets On Sale Now!

Director’s Note

It could never happen today. It could never happen here. It is easy to think that,

isn’t it? That is what many residents of Europe in the 1930’s thought. It is certainly

what the characters in Cabaret believe. Sally Bowles dismisses politics as

irrelevant. Schultz believes the Nazi’s are just another temporary political party of

no consequence. Schneider and Cliff see the danger, but run away from the fight.

None of them knew just how bad it would get. How do you imagine the

unimaginable?

Even for us today, with the benefit of hindsight, the horrors of the Holocaust are so

atrocious that is difficult to grasp its reality. But it was real. It happened. And

happened because not enough people had the courage to stand up.

So could it happen today? Could it happen here? Of course. Human history is

littered with genocide. As you read this, there is an attempted genocide going on in

the southeast Asian nation of Myanmar under the rule of a woman who was once

awarded the Noble Prize for Peace. So it can happen anywhere.

But I don’t think it will happen here. For the last several decades in the United

States there has been a healthy resistance to those who would follow the path of the

Nazis and their kind. I am optimistic that our society will continue to stamp out

racism and oppression when it rises up. I think most of us have learned from the

historical mistakes of our country and are better for it now.

This relative peace we enjoy, however, cannot be taken for granted. When

neo-Nazis walk the streets of Virginia with torches chanting, “Jews will not replace

us,” we must speak out. And when our political leaders fail to denounce this

behavior, we must speak out. When a President makes a proclamation that the

military must begin discriminating against the LGBT community, we must speak

out.

Like Weimar Germany and its Kit Kat Klubs, America 2017 is a place that allows

for many freedoms and privileges. Enjoy it! “What good is sitting alone in your

room? Come let the music play!” sings Sally. “In here everything is beautiful,”

insists the Emcee. Just don’t forget that outside lurks that which will not only end

the good times, but, if permitted, will do far worse.

Imagine the unimaginable. Don’t let it happen again.

--DENNIS HENRY

NOVEMBER 2017

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Dress Circle Contributions: Cast Biographies

Rachel Renaud - Kit Kat Dancer, Fritzie - is a senior

Elementary Education, English and Theatre major. Rachel is a

Shakespeare Scholarship recipient and was seen as Antonio in

The Tempest, Sharon in Detroit, Mariana in Measure for

Measure and Second Actor in Six Characters in Search of an

Author.

Emily “Charlie” Wilburn - Kit Kat Dancer, Rosie - is a

senior Hospitality and Tourism Management major and a Theatre

minor. Charlie is the winner of the 2016 & 2017 Shakespeare

Service Award for Costume Shop Assistant. She has previously

appeared as Sebastiana in The Tempest, The Step Daughter in

Six Characters in Search of an Author, Rosemary in Café

Murder, Luciana in The Comedy of Errors and as Rosie in Sex

and the Supernatural. Charlie was also the Stage Manager for

Good Kids, Assistant Stage Manager for Helen and Sweeney

Todd and the Assistant Director for Measure for Measure.

Christa Wright - Fräulein Kost - is a junior Theatre major and

Human Rights minor. Christa is a Shakespeare Scholarship

recipient and has portrayed the roles of Multiple Characters in

Bard To Go: This is Your Afterlife, Chorus Leader in Helen,

Madison in Good Kids, Julietta in Measure for Measure,

Snake/Careless/Maid in The School for Scandal, Dame Coy in

Jack the Juggler, Lady in Waiting/Nightingale in Once Upon a

Mattress and as Narrator in A Christmas Carol.

Parker Ykimoff - Cliff Bradshaw - is a senior Theatre major.

Parker’s previous roles include as Antipholous/Mercurtio/Witch/

Pyramus in Bard To Go 2017, Pompey in Measure for Measure,

Bertram in All’s Well That Ends Well and as Old Woman in

Helen. He also was the Sound Designer and Host #1 for Bard To

Go 2017, Detroit, Good Kids, Light Board Operator for Twilight:

Los Angeles, 1992, Women of Lockerbie, Sound Board Operator

for All In the Timing, Reasons to be Pretty and he was a

Stagehand for Company, Comedy of Errors, Sex and the

Supernatural and Beyond Therapy.

Cast Biographies

Jacob Miller - Herr Schultz - is a junior Theatre and History

major and a Music minor. Jacob is a Shakespeare Scholarship

recipient and he has been seen as Trinculo in The Tempest, Old

Servant in Helen, Ensemble in Sweeney Todd: The Demon

Barber of Fleet Street and as Elbow in Measure for Measure.

Lindsey Normington - Sally Bowles - is a junior

Communications major and Theatre minor. Lindsey was the First

Place Award for Visual Arts in the 2015 GVSU Shakespeare

Festival’s Competition. Her previous roles at GVSU include as

Ariel #1 in The Tempest, Reginald Denny/Alice Waters/Jay Woo

Yahng in Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, Diana in All’s Well That

Ends Well, Narcissa in Restoration Comedy and as Janet in the

Rocky Horror Picture Show at Dog Story Theatre.

Bruno Streck Rodrigues - Kit Kat Dancer, Bobby - is a senior

Theatre and Communications major and a Music minor. Bruno is

the recipient of a Shakespeare Scholarship and International

Merit. His previous roles include as Stephano in The Tempest,

Teuker in Helen, Ensemble in Sweeney Todd: The Demon

Barber of Fleet Street, Witch 3/Ross/Seyton/Donalbain in Bard

To Go: Macbeth at GVSU, as Newbie in Hit the Wall at Actors’

Theatre, Hortensio/Page in The Taming of the Shrew of Pigeon

Creek, Grimsby in The Little Mermaid, Policeman 2 in Wait

Until Dark, Steward in Into The Woods, and Rudolph in The

Matchmaker at Southwest Michigan College, Dominick Vitale in

My Big Gay Italian Funeral and as Hans in The Christmas

Schooner for Twin City Players.

Kenya Shakir - Fräulein Schneider - is a Higher Education

Administration graduate major. This is Kenya’s first role at

GVSU.

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Cast Biographies

Nick Boyd - Kit Kat Dancer, Max - is a Music major . Nick’s

previous roles include as Lefou in Beauty and the Beast, Rodger

in Grease, Wizard of Oz in W izard of Oz, Seymour in Little Shop

of Horrors, Donkey in Shrek, Schroeder in You're a Good Man

Charlie Brown.

Chloe Chavers - Kit Kat Dancer, Texas - is a senior Theatre

major. Chloe’s previous roles include Ensemble in Joseph & the

Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Minnie McKnight in Parade:

The Musical , Gertrude in Matchmaker at Southwestern Michigan

College, Harlem Ensemble in Ragtime: The Musical at Grand

Rapids Civic Theatre and as Juliet, Moonshine, Gertrude, Witch

#2, and Rosencrantz from this year’s GVSU’s Bard To Go. I

would like to thank my family and friends who have supported

me through my journey and my love for Music and Theatre! I

was also like to thank Dennis for allowing me to be a part of this

amazing production doing what I love!

Tyler DeGood - Kit Kat Dancer - Viktor, Sailor, Officer, Nazi

Soldier, Taxi Man - is a junior Theatre major and Anthropology

minor. Tyler is the recipient of a Shakespeare Scholarship and his

previous roles include as Boatswain/Islander in The Tempest,

Connor in Good Kids and as Froth/Cop in GVSU Shakespeare

Festival’s Measure for Measure.

Allison Gilde - Kit Kat Dancer, Frenchie - is a junior double

major in Communication Studies and Theatre. She appeared as

Ariel #1 in The Tempest at GVSU, Kate in Taming of the Shrew,

Lydia in Big Love at the Overbrook Theatre, Mitzi in A Murder

is Announced and Mayella in To Kill a Mockingbird at Muskegon

Civic Theatre, Anna Maria in Godspell at the Howmet Playhouse,

Morgan in Godspell at Reeths-Puffer High School and other

productions such as Mary Poppins, Joseph and the Amazing

Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Crucible, Little Shop of Horrors

and The Sound of Music. She has also served as an instructor for

Broadway Bootcamp in West Michigan and WINGS program at

Muskegon Community College, Assistant Vocal Director for

Sleeping Beauty Kids at Reeths-Puffer High School, Assistant

Director for Beauty and the Beast at Reeths-Puffer Middle School

and set construction for The Glass Menagerie at Muskegon

Community College.

Cast Biographies

Sara Gochenour - Kit Kat Dancer, Lulu - is a senior Theatre

major and a Shakespeare Scholarship recipient. Sara’s previous

roles include as Ariel #2 in The Tempest, Chorus in Helen,

Deirdre in Good Kids, Lady Macbeth/Witch 1/Murder 1 in Bard

To Go: Macbeth 2016, as Mme. Pace in Six Characters in Search

of an Author, Countess of Rousillian in All’s Well That Ends

Well, Nurse in Restoration Comedy, Marjorie in Café Murder

and as Pyramus in GVSU’s Green Show.

Leanne Hoag - Kit Kat Dancer, Helga - is a freshman at GVSU

and has not declared her major and minor yet. Leanne is a

member of International Thespian Society and her previous roles

include as Kate in Annie, Ivy in A Christmas Carol, Martha in

High School Musical, Napkin Girl in Beauty and the Beast and as

Cheerleader in Bring It On.

Jake Jager - The Emcee - is a senior Theatre (Emphasis in

Acting and Promotions) major and a Vocal Music Performance

minor. Jake’s scholarships include Laura Sakaoski Scholarship,

Irene Ryan Nominee (Comedy of Errors), a Davis Scholarship

and a Bell Scholarship. Among his previous roles are as Ariel #1

in The Tempest, Messenger in Helen, Tobias in Sweeney Todd:

The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at GVSU and Chorus in Beauty

and the Beast, Ruben in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor

Dreamcoat at the Shadblow. Jake is also a current board mem-

ber, Advertising Promotions and Sponsorship coordinator for

Shadblow Theatre.

Kevin McCasland - Ernst Ludwig - is a senior

Communications major and Writing minor. Kevin was previously

appeared at GVSU as Ferdinand in The Tempest, Kenny in

Detroit, Peter in Zoo Story at Dog Story Theatre and as Snowboy

in West Side Story at the Shadblow Theatre. He would love to

thank his mom, Melanie Trinh, and this wonderful cast for mak-

ing this whole process such an awesome experience.