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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

In a Berlin nightclub, as the 1920s draw to a close, an intriguing Master of Ceremonies welcomes the audience and assures them they will forget all their troubles at the Cabaret. Cliff, a young American writer newly arrived in Berlin, is immediately taken with English singer Sally Bowles. Meanwhile, Fräulein Schneider, proprietor of Cliff and Sally’s boarding house, tentatively begins a romance with Herr Schultz, a mild-mannered fruit seller who happens to be Jewish. Daring, provocative and exuberantly entertaining, Cabaret explores the dark and heady life of Bohemian Berlin as Germany slowly yields to the emerging Third Reich.  Winner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Composer/Lyricist.

“Stunning... a masterpiece of musical theater penned as a cautionary tale and not at all leavened by the embrace of paradox.”  The Chicago Tribune

Spend time in Truvy's salon in the small town of Chinquapin, Louisiana, where the ladies who are "anybody" come to have their hair done, discuss their lives, and gossipp about others' with sharp, hilarious dialogue. A tragedy brings out the underlying strength-and love-in their friendship, revealing them to be truly touching, funny and marvelously amiable company in good times and bad. Based on the author's own life, the play showcases the bond of Southern women.

Directed by Trish Nelke

Happens on the following Dates:
Mar 28, 2025, 7:30pm to 9:00pm Timezone: CDT
Mar 29, 2025, 2:00pm to 3:30pm Timezone: CDT
Apr 4, 2025, 7:30pm to 9:00pm Timezone: CDT
Apr 5, 2025, 7:30pm to 9:00pm Timezone: CDT
Apr 6, 2025, 2:00pm to 3:30pm Timezone: CDT

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

In a Berlin nightclub, as the 1920s draw to a close, an intriguing Master of Ceremonies welcomes the audience and assures them they will forget all their troubles at the Cabaret. Cliff, a young American writer newly arrived in Berlin, is immediately taken with English singer Sally Bowles. Meanwhile, Fräulein Schneider, proprietor of Cliff and Sally’s boarding house, tentatively begins a romance with Herr Schultz, a mild-mannered fruit seller who happens to be Jewish. Daring, provocative and exuberantly entertaining, Cabaret explores the dark and heady life of Bohemian Berlin as Germany slowly yields to the emerging Third Reich.  Winner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Composer/Lyricist.

“Stunning... a masterpiece of musical theater penned as a cautionary tale and not at all leavened by the embrace of paradox.”  The Chicago Tribune

Spend time in Truvy's salon in the small town of Chinquapin, Louisiana, where the ladies who are "anybody" come to have their hair done, discuss their lives, and gossipp about others' with sharp, hilarious dialogue. A tragedy brings out the underlying strength-and love-in their friendship, revealing them to be truly touching, funny and marvelously amiable company in good times and bad. Based on the author's own life, the play showcases the bond of Southern women.

Directed by Trish Nelke

Happens on the following Dates:
Mar 28, 2025, 7:30pm to 9:00pm Timezone: CDT
Mar 29, 2025, 2:00pm to 3:30pm Timezone: CDT
Apr 4, 2025, 7:30pm to 9:00pm Timezone: CDT
Apr 5, 2025, 7:30pm to 9:00pm Timezone: CDT
Apr 6, 2025, 2:00pm to 3:30pm Timezone: CDT

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

In a Berlin nightclub, as the 1920s draw to a close, an intriguing Master of Ceremonies welcomes the audience and assures them they will forget all their troubles at the Cabaret. Cliff, a young American writer newly arrived in Berlin, is immediately taken with English singer Sally Bowles. Meanwhile, Fräulein Schneider, proprietor of Cliff and Sally’s boarding house, tentatively begins a romance with Herr Schultz, a mild-mannered fruit seller who happens to be Jewish. Daring, provocative and exuberantly entertaining, Cabaret explores the dark and heady life of Bohemian Berlin as Germany slowly yields to the emerging Third Reich.  Winner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Composer/Lyricist.

“Stunning... a masterpiece of musical theater penned as a cautionary tale and not at all leavened by the embrace of paradox.”  The Chicago Tribune

Spend time in Truvy's salon in the small town of Chinquapin, Louisiana, where the ladies who are "anybody" come to have their hair done, discuss their lives, and gossipp about others' with sharp, hilarious dialogue. A tragedy brings out the underlying strength-and love-in their friendship, revealing them to be truly touching, funny and marvelously amiable company in good times and bad. Based on the author's own life, the play showcases the bond of Southern women.

Directed by Trish Nelke

Happens on the following Dates:
Mar 28, 2025, 7:30pm to 9:00pm Timezone: CDT
Mar 29, 2025, 2:00pm to 3:30pm Timezone: CDT
Apr 4, 2025, 7:30pm to 9:00pm Timezone: CDT
Apr 5, 2025, 7:30pm to 9:00pm Timezone: CDT
Apr 6, 2025, 2:00pm to 3:30pm Timezone: CDT

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

In a Berlin nightclub, as the 1920s draw to a close, an intriguing Master of Ceremonies welcomes the audience and assures them they will forget all their troubles at the Cabaret. Cliff, a young American writer newly arrived in Berlin, is immediately taken with English singer Sally Bowles. Meanwhile, Fräulein Schneider, proprietor of Cliff and Sally’s boarding house, tentatively begins a romance with Herr Schultz, a mild-mannered fruit seller who happens to be Jewish. Daring, provocative and exuberantly entertaining, Cabaret explores the dark and heady life of Bohemian Berlin as Germany slowly yields to the emerging Third Reich.  Winner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Composer/Lyricist.

“Stunning... a masterpiece of musical theater penned as a cautionary tale and not at all leavened by the embrace of paradox.”  The Chicago Tribune

Spend time in Truvy's salon in the small town of Chinquapin, Louisiana, where the ladies who are "anybody" come to have their hair done, discuss their lives, and gossipp about others' with sharp, hilarious dialogue. A tragedy brings out the underlying strength-and love-in their friendship, revealing them to be truly touching, funny and marvelously amiable company in good times and bad. Based on the author's own life, the play showcases the bond of Southern women.

Directed by Trish Nelke

Happens on the following Dates:
Mar 28, 2025, 7:30pm to 9:00pm Timezone: CDT
Mar 29, 2025, 2:00pm to 3:30pm Timezone: CDT
Apr 4, 2025, 7:30pm to 9:00pm Timezone: CDT
Apr 5, 2025, 7:30pm to 9:00pm Timezone: CDT
Apr 6, 2025, 2:00pm to 3:30pm Timezone: CDT

Spend time in Truvy's salon in the small town of Chinquapin, Louisiana, where the ladies who are "anybody" come to have their hair done, discuss their lives, and gossipp about others' with sharp, hilarious dialogue. A tragedy brings out the underlying strength-and love-in their friendship, revealing them to be truly touching, funny and marvelously amiable company in good times and bad. Based on the author's own life, the play showcases the bond of Southern women.

Directed by Trish Nelke

Happens on the following Dates:
Mar 28, 2025, 7:30pm to 9:00pm Timezone: CDT
Mar 29, 2025, 2:00pm to 3:30pm Timezone: CDT
Apr 4, 2025, 7:30pm to 9:00pm Timezone: CDT
Apr 5, 2025, 7:30pm to 9:00pm Timezone: CDT
Apr 6, 2025, 2:00pm to 3:30pm Timezone: CDT

'Transcendence' explores the ability to push past the norm and, through our own efforts or a nudge from something outside of ourselves, heighten our mundane experience beyond usual comforts. Through a blend of contemporary and avant-garde choreography, Transcendence pushes boundaries, questions limits, and reaches beyond the expected. Join us for an evening of performance where movement breaks through the margins of the physical world as we ask: How do you respond to limits? Compliance or rebellion?

Washington University Dance Collective serves as the Performing Arts Department’s resident dance company. WUDC is a unique blending of talented and expressive movers from very diverse backgrounds who bring with them a wide range of movement styles and performance acumen. The dancers work with faculty, community, graduate and undergraduate student choreographers, as well as perform throughout the St. Louis community.

Artistic Direction by Cecil Slaughter and Ryadah Heiskell