Temple High School’s State Championship Theatre Dept. will present the award winning musical “Cabaret” as the first production of the 2016-17 school year.
The show will run from Thursday, September 29 through Sunday, October 2, with performances at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday night, and a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday at the Temple High School Auditorium (415 N. 31st St.).
Tickets are $10 Advance, $15 at the Door and $20 for Reserved Seats, and can be purchased ahead of time at www.thespiansr.us or at the door. This show is rated PG-13.
"Cabaret" takes place from 1929-1930, a time when Berlin, in the midst of a Post-World War I economic depression, is transitioning from an underground, avant-garde cultural epicenter to the beginnings of Hitler’s totalitarian regime and the rise of the Nazi Party. Into this world enters Clifford Bradshaw (Andrew Tye), a struggling American writer looking for inspiration for his next novel.
On his first night in Berlin, Cliff wanders into the Kit Kat Klub, a seedy nightclub overseen by the strange, omniscient Emcee (Benjamin Clardy). Here, Cliff meets Sally Bowles (Emma Tolleson), a vivacious, talented cabaret performer, and an utterly lost soul. Sally and Cliff begin a relationship, which blossoms unexpectedly into a dream-like romance.
As time passes, however, the situation in Berlin changes from exciting and vital to ominous and violent. Ernst Ludwig (Dylan Prather), Cliff’s first German friend, turns out to be an up-and-coming member of the Nazi Party. Herr Schultz (Nickolas Winkler), a fellow boarder at Fraulein Schneider’s (Kaiya Fowler) guest house (and Schneider’s fiancée), is the victim of an Anti-Semitic hate crime.
The musical numbers include many famous songs including "Willkommen", "Don't Tell Mama", "Mein Herr", "Maybe This Time", "Money" and "Cabaret".
The original Broadway production won many Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Best Original Score, Best Featured Actor and Actress, Best Direction, Best Choreography, Best Scenic Design and Best Costume Design.
See the "Cabaret" Rehearsal picture album.
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Temple's UIL One-Act Play team has been the District Co-Champion for 24 years in a row. No other UIL team at Temple High holds such a record. Temple won the State Championship for One-Act Play in 2007 and 2016.