WINDING ROAD THEATER ENSEMBLE PROUDLY PRESENTS
C A B A R E T
Music by John Kander | Lyrics by Fred Ebb | Book by Joe Masteroff
Photo by Abril Castillo.
December 5-22, 2013*
Preview performance: Thursday, December 5 at 7:30 PM
Opening Night performance: Saturday, December 7 at 7:30 PM
Regular Performances: Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights at 7:30 PM
with Sunday Matinees at 2:00 PM
*NO SHOW ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2013
Performing in The Cabaret at The Temple of Music & Art
330 S Scott Avenue | Tucson, AZ 85701
Regular Tickets: $22 | Discount Tickets: $20* | Preview Tickets: $18
Cafe Table with Pre-Show and Intermission Bar Service: $56 (Seats 2)
*Discounts available for Theatre Artists or with Senior / Student / Military ID
Cash Bar open during Pre-Show and Intermission.
To make your reservations now call (520) 401-3626
At the dawn of the 1930s in Berlin, the Nazi party quietly grows stronger. Set in the seedy underbelly of the infamous Kit Kat Klub, CABARET revolves around 19-year-old English cabaret performer Sally Bowles and her relationship with a young American writer. A sub-plot involves a doomed romance between German boarding house owner Fräulein Schneider and her elderly suitor Herr Schultz, a Jewish fruit vendor. Overseeing the action is the enigmatic Master of Ceremonies, who serves as
a constant metaphor for the tenuous state of late Weimar Germany.
Directed by Christopher Johnson and Evan Werner
Musical Direction by Harriet Siskin | Choreography by Mickey Nugent
Featuring Lauren Adkisson, Susan Arnold, Dani Dryer, Celina Flores, Tashiana Holt, Christopher Johnson, David Alexander Johnston, Ryan Kinseth, Casi Omick, Lucille Petty, Armen Sarrafian, Stephanie Tournquist, Nick Trice and China Young
Preview performance: Thursday, December 5 at 7:30 PM
Opening Night performance: Saturday, December 7 at 7:30 PM
Regular Performances: Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights at 7:30 PM
with Sunday Matinees at 2:00 PM
*NO SHOW ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2013
Performing in The Cabaret at The Temple of Music & Art
330 S Scott Avenue | Tucson, AZ 85701
Regular Tickets: $22 | Discount Tickets: $20* | Preview Tickets: $18
Cafe Table with Pre-Show and Intermission Bar Service: $56 (Seats 2)
*Discounts available for Theatre Artists or with Senior / Student / Military ID
Cash Bar open during Pre-Show and Intermission.
To make your reservations now call (520) 401-3626
At the dawn of the 1930s in Berlin, the Nazi party quietly grows stronger. Set in the seedy underbelly of the infamous Kit Kat Klub, CABARET revolves around 19-year-old English cabaret performer Sally Bowles and her relationship with a young American writer. A sub-plot involves a doomed romance between German boarding house owner Fräulein Schneider and her elderly suitor Herr Schultz, a Jewish fruit vendor. Overseeing the action is the enigmatic Master of Ceremonies, who serves as
a constant metaphor for the tenuous state of late Weimar Germany.
Directed by Christopher Johnson and Evan Werner
Musical Direction by Harriet Siskin | Choreography by Mickey Nugent
Featuring Lauren Adkisson, Susan Arnold, Dani Dryer, Celina Flores, Tashiana Holt, Christopher Johnson, David Alexander Johnston, Ryan Kinseth, Casi Omick, Lucille Petty, Armen Sarrafian, Stephanie Tournquist, Nick Trice and China Young
Nick Trice as Clifford Bradshaw and Dani Dryer as Ernst Ludwig in CABARET. Photo by Abril Castillo.
Show your support for Winding Road by patronizing our Winter Production Partner,
THE ALEJANDRO ZIEGLER QUARTET -- 7:00 PM SHOW
Tucson Weekly's BEST OF TUCSON 2013 Staff Pick:
'Best New Theater Group to Remind Us Not to Get Too Comfortable'
"It's the new kid in Tucson's theater world, and lucky for Tucson it's about presenting theater that isn't always about making people feel comfortable. But it's not edgy for the sake of being edgy -- it's just good theater and a company committed to doing productions most theaters aren't interested in because they may not always be considered audience-friendly. For some theater lovers, however, this is the kind of theater that is audience-friendly for an audience who wants to think and, when the lights go on, rejoice that theater exists in the first place. Every theater in Tucson has its niche and audience, but once in a while it's good to point out a theater doing work that's not completely ticket-sales driven. Thank the theater gawds for Winding Road."
EARLIER THIS SEASON FROM WINDING ROAD:
THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING by Joan Didion (Arizona Premiere)
"The success of this production lies with the choices of director Christopher Johnson and Press-Coffman, who simply allow Didion to speak. There's no over-reaching...There doesn't seem to be an attempt to interpret a character as much as there's a commitment to deliver her eloquence. Because this is Didion, this is enough...Johnson has chosen to use the small stage in the Cabaret Theatre, which works perfectly for this piece. The set, designed by Johnson, consists of a blue wall onto which has been attached a dining table, set for dinner, and chairs, so that the wall actually becomes the floor. It's a simple but powerful image of a world turned on its side, askew...Winding Road gives us a quiet experience that resonates richly. To share it with others in a theater setting makes it special."
--Sherilyn Forrester, reviewing THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING for the Tucson Weekly
"Press-Coffman’s studied presentation, directed by Christopher Johnson, is a brave performance of understated complexity, both demanding and emotionally grueling. A light-hearted evening of theater this is definitely not."
--Chuck Graham, TucsonStage.com
"Toni Press-Coffman was superb. One of the best performances I've seen in 20 years attending live theatre in Tucson."
--S.S., Audience Member
--Sherilyn Forrester, reviewing THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING for the Tucson Weekly
"Press-Coffman’s studied presentation, directed by Christopher Johnson, is a brave performance of understated complexity, both demanding and emotionally grueling. A light-hearted evening of theater this is definitely not."
--Chuck Graham, TucsonStage.com
"Toni Press-Coffman was superb. One of the best performances I've seen in 20 years attending live theatre in Tucson."
--S.S., Audience Member
THE ALTRUISTS by Nicky Silver (Arizona Premiere)
"It's quirky and smartly theatrically imagined and will make you wince even as it makes you laugh. Director Christopher Johnson and his cast do a nice job delivering the goods...'The Altruists' has a thoughtful bit of heft to balance the extremes of its dark humor. Johnson has guided his fairly well-matched cast to create a delightfully well-put-together tale that moves smoothly as we are taken layer-by-layer down into this group's ugly world. Certainly Silver's characters are superficial, hypocritical narcissists rather than the caring, dedicated altruists they feel themselves to be, but his clever storytelling and great humor prompt us to embrace them in a wicked sort of way. These folks may be awful, but they're also awfully funny."
--Sherilyn Forrester, reviewing THE ALTRUISTS for the Tucson Weekly
"The play, directed by Christopher Johnson, is compelling. And disturbing. And funny...Johnson has put together a play that's taut and tough...Bultman's turn as the gay hustler was mesmerizing and nerve-racking - he didn't stop moving, reflecting the character's antsiness and drug use...Evan Werner's Ronald was one of the most vivid characterizations of the night...Really, this isn't a group of people you want to spend an evening with - unless, of course, you are in the audience while they are on stage."
--Kathleen Allen, reviewing THE ALTRUISTS for The Arizona Daily Star
--Sherilyn Forrester, reviewing THE ALTRUISTS for the Tucson Weekly
"The play, directed by Christopher Johnson, is compelling. And disturbing. And funny...Johnson has put together a play that's taut and tough...Bultman's turn as the gay hustler was mesmerizing and nerve-racking - he didn't stop moving, reflecting the character's antsiness and drug use...Evan Werner's Ronald was one of the most vivid characterizations of the night...Really, this isn't a group of people you want to spend an evening with - unless, of course, you are in the audience while they are on stage."
--Kathleen Allen, reviewing THE ALTRUISTS for The Arizona Daily Star
