Pride 2024
Thank you for celebrating LGBTQ+ Pride with us this summer!
Getting to show off our collective Pride throughout Walnut Creek at six different events celebrating the LGBTQIA+ community and allies was so wonderful. With activities and events for all ages, thank you for joining us and stay tuned for next year's events. Be creative—be active—be entertained—be you!
Pride Night at Cabaret
Presented by Center REP
- Date: 06/21/2024 7:30 PM - 11:30 PM
- Location: Lesher Center for the Arts
1601 Civic Drive
Walnut Creek, California 94596 - Introduction: Post-show party with the cast and a drink ticket.
Tickets required! Enter coupon code PRIDE24 when purchasing tickets to secure your space at the post-show party.
About the Event
Willkommen, bienvenue, and welcome to Center REP‘s Pride Night at the Tony Award-winning musical masterpiece Cabaret. In addition to the performance, your ticket gets you entrance to an exciting post-performance party with the cast, a drink ticket, hosted desserts, and a groovy set-list of today’s hottest tunes. You must enter coupon code PRIDE24 when ordering to secure your party entrance!
Celebrate Pride Month with Arts + Rec
Show off your Pride throughout Walnut Creek all month long at our festive series of events celebrating the LGBTQIA+ community and allies. With activities and events for all ages, come out and join us for a month of fun. Be creative—be active—be entertained—be you!
About the Production
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
Directed by Markus Potter
Choreography by Jessica Chen
Musical Direction by Eryn Allen
Willkommen to Center REP‘s season finale, the Tony Award-winning musical masterpiece Cabaret. At the close of 1920s Berlin, hedonistic nightlife thrives and expats, locals and artisans coexist at the seedy Kit Kat Klub. With the political rise of the Nazi party, an ominous and violent landscape emerges throughout Germany—some remain oblivious and apathetic, while others sound an alarm. With provocative grit, scintillating choreography, and a highly celebrated score by Broadway legends John Kander and Fred Ebb (Chicago, Kiss of the Spider Woman), Cabaret proves itself to be one of the great theatrical works of the 20th century while never letting us forget “it can happen here.“
Approx. 2 hours 45 minutes, with one intermission. View content warning.
Looking for the ASL-interpreted performance of this event? Join us on June 15, 2024, at 2:30pm.
Production Team
Markus Potter++ Director
Jessica Chen Choreographer
Eryn Allen Musical Director
David Goldstein+ Scenic Designer
Brandon DiPaola Fight Director
Jonah Greene Dramaturg
Wen-Ling Liao+ Lighting Designer
Charlie Mejia Assistant Lighting Designer
Becky Bodurtha+ Costume Designer
Alyssa Tryon Props Designer
Lyle Barrere Sound Designer
Mimi Daniels Associate Sound Designer
Penny Pendleton* Stage Manager
Joe Coe Assistant Stage Manager
Scenic Construction by California Shakespeare Theater
Cast
Rotimi Agbabiaka* The Emcee
Monique Hafen Adams* Sally Bowles
Jacob Henrie-Naffaa* Cliff Bradshaw
Michelle Drexler Fraulein Kost
Kelly Ground* Fraulein Schneider
Richard Farrell* Herr Schultz
Charlie Levy* Ernst Ludwig
Landan Berlof Bobby / Bodyguard
Faustino Cadiz III US Cliff / US Max / US Kit Kat
Sydney Chow* Texas / Dance Captain
Jesse Cortez Hans / Sailor
Elizabeth Cowperthwaite Frenchie
Elizabeth Curtis Lulu / US Kost
Andrio Jordan Fong Herman / Sailor
Paul C. Plain Max / Customs Officer / Loudspeaker Voice
Antonia Reed Rosie
Jillian A. Smith Helga
Adria Swan US Sally / US Kit Kat
Ann Warque Fritzie / Sailor
Dedrick Weathersby* Viktor / Bodyguard
Orchestra
Eryn Allen Keys 1 / Conductor
Kenji Higashihama Keys 2
Larry De La Cruz Reed 1
Audrey Jackson Reed 2
Marvin McFadden / John Trombetta Trumpet
Jeanne Geiger / Matt Hall Trombone
Schuyler McFadden Guitar / Banjo
Danny Min Bass
John Doing Drums
Alternate Musicians include: Peter Sembler (Trumpet), Dick Mathias (Reed 1), Kelyn Crapp (Guitar / Banjo), Ken Bergmann (Drums), and Juan Carreon (Drums)
*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States
+ Member of United Scenic Artists Union
++ Member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society
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Center REP is Supported By
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