Cabaret

From February 22nd to 26th, 2022

Cabaret

The Graduating Class of 2022 in Acting, Production Design and Technical Arts, Directing and Set and Costume Design presents Cabaret, directed and choreographed by Matjash Mrozewski.

Music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, book by Joe Masteroff, stories by Christopher Isherwood and based on the play by John Van Druten

  • Presented at the Ludger-Duvernay Theatre of the Monument-National Campus in the Quartier des spectacles
  • In English
  • From February 22 to February 26, 2022

A word from the director

As Cabaret unfolds, its many resonances with our current moment become – I hope – quite clear.  I could expand on this story’s contemporary relevance but as I write these words, I find myself instead reflecting on another aspect of the musical: the pursuit of pleasure. When life is dark, when we’re focused on survival, when the world does not make sense - and life in Weimar Berlin was chaotic, stressful and turbulent - how could we not want to seek out joy, transcendence, euphoria and escape, however illusory? Of course, taken to excess, pleasure can be destructive. But pleasure, profound or fleeting, is meaningful, and in the last few years I don’t think I’ve made enough space for it in my life. 

In the exhausting, topsy-turvy second year of this pandemic, it’s been an absolute joy to work with the students on this production, and I thank everyone on the team for their commitment, enthusiasm and artistry. It is a privilege and a very real pleasure to bring Cabaret to life with them, for you, our liebe, cher, dear audience. 

- Matjash Mrozewski

Photo Credit: Against The Grain Theatre

Read more on Matjash Mrozewski

Photo credit: Maxime Côté 2022

Team

CAST

Henry Beasley A3
(New Westminster, BC)
Clifford Bradshaw

Charles Brien A3
(Quebec City, QC)
Ernst, Victor, Sailor

Brandon Lee Carabin A3
(Cape Breton, NS)
The Emcee

Kira Chisholm A3
(Fredericton, NB)
Kit Kat Girl, Customs Officer 

Rais Clarke-Mendes A3
(Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago)
Kit Kat Girl

Reena Jolly A3
(Winnipeg, MB)
Kit Kat Girl

Heeyun Park A3
(Edmonton, AB / Seoul, South Korea)
Sally Bowles

Blake Pyne A3
(Cultus Lake, BC) 
Bobby, Rudy, Gorilla, Bodyguard #1

Riel Reddick-Stevens A3
(Dartmouth, NS)
Fräulein Schneider

Anaka Sandhu A3
(Winnipeg, MB) 
Herr Schultz, Bodyguard #2

Enya Watson A3
(Smithers, BC) 
Fräulein Kost, Kit Kat Girl

Jared Wonago A3
(Edmonton, AB) 
Max, Sailor

Fight Captain Reena Jolly, Dance Captain Rais Clarke-Mendes

CREATIVE AND PRODUCTION TEAM

GRADUATING STUDENTS

Assistant Director
Chelsea Dab D2 
(Montréal, QC)

Set Designer
Claire Macaulay SCD3
(Mississauga, ON)

Lighting Designer
Drew Lyall PDTA3
(Kimberley, BC)

Sound Designer
Julian Smith
PDTA3
(Norman’s Cove, NL)

Video Designer
Mitch Labrosse
PDTA3
(Ottawa, ON)

Production Manager
Jaxun Maron PDTA3
(Salt Spring Island, BC)

Technical Director
Marshall Kidd
PDTA3
(Quispamsis, NB)

Stage Manager
Wei Qing Tan PDTA3
(Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

Assistant to the Set Designer
Mingyeong Lee SCD3
(Seoul, South Korea)


STUDENTS

Hair and Makeup Designer & Assistant to the Costume Designer Maude Janvier SCD2, Production Assistant Jessica Campbell-Maracle PDTA1, Assistant to the Set Designer Fernando Maya Meneses SCD2, Assistant Technical Director Zachary Weibel PDTA2, Head Carpenter Charlotte Baker PDTA2, Assistant Stage Manager May Nemat Allah PDTA1, Assistant Stage Manager Alex Sinclair PDTA1, Head Electrician Matthew Lawler PDTA1, Head of Sound Anthony Allan PDTA2, Deck Sound Thomas Giroux IR, Head of Video Isabelle Robert PDTA2, Head of Flies Matthew Lalonde PDTA1

Crew Bea Crowther PDTA1 and Delton Kreller PDTA1

Dressers Claire Aldridge SCD1, David Henrich SCD1, Saffiya Kherraji SCD1 and Pen Tsin SCD1


PROFESSIONALS

Costume Designer
James Lavoie

Head Dresser
Hannah Fisher (Set and Costume Design, 2019)

COACHES

Movement Rebecca Harper

Voice Rebecca Cuddy

Music Jonathan Patterson

Additional Accompaniment Kerry Agnew

Dialect Kirsten Hawson

Set Design James Lavoie

Lighting Design Leigh Ann Vardy

Sound Design Verne Good

Video Design Nick Bottomley

Production Management Andrea Lundy

Stage Management Maria Popoff

Technical Direction Craig Putt

Scenic Painting Véronique Pagnoux

Props Angela Rassenti (Set and Costume Design 2008)

Master Carpenter Guillaume Simard (Création et production, 2010)

Head Carpenter Christian Larochelle

Technical Supervision Marjorie Lefebvre

Stage Carpenter Jérémie Bérubé

Head of Lighting Francis Hamel

Hair and Wig Consultant Erica Croft

Makeup Consultant Florence Cornet

Dye and Breakdown Consultant Mélanie Turcotte

Fight Director Anita Nittoly

COSTUME SHOP TEAM

Head of Wardrobe Audrey Lee, Tailor Terri Dans, Cutter Michel Proulx, Stitcher Sonya Vallis, Stitcher Mireille Tremblay, Stitcher Jez Yung, Wardrobe Assistant Ximena Pinilla (Set and Costume Design, 2020)

BAND

Bass Jarrett Richman

Trumpet Daniella Carbert

Piano Bogáta Orbán-Ducos

Saxophone, Clarinet Jeremy Sandfelder

Drums Loïc Cloutier du Sablon

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Performances

  • Tuesday February 22 at 7:30 PM
  • Wednesday February 23 at 7:30 PM
  • Thursday February 24 at 7:30 PM
  • Friday February 25 at 7:30 PM
  • Saturday February 26 at 1 PM

Venue

Monument-National Campus
Ludger-Duvernay Theatre
1182, boulevard Saint-Laurent
Montréal

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