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600 Town Center Drive Costa Mesa, CA 92626 T (714) 556-2121 F (714) 556-8984 SCFTA.org “Five stars! WILLKOMMEN HOME. A Broadway jewel returns in all its glittering glory.” - Time Out New York "Truly unmissable! Even if you saw it last time, you are strongly advised - no, URGED - to return." - USA Today “Sam Mendes & Rob Marshall’s production is thrilling!” – Hollywood Reporter ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY ANNOUNCES CASTING FOR NATIONAL TOUR OF RANDY HARRISON AND ANDREA GOSS LEAD A CAST OF 20 August 9 21, 2016 at Segerstrom Center for the Arts; tickets on sale now COSTA MESA, CA CABARET, the musical masterpiece, returns direct from Broadway! As part of their 50 th Anniversary Season, Roundabout Theatre Company is proud to announce casting for the national tour of Sam Mendes (Spectre, American Beauty) and Rob Marshall’s (Into the Woods and Chicago, the films) Tony Award ® -winning production of CABARET. Randy Harrison, best known for his portrayal of Justin in the Showtime drama Queer as Folk, will step into the role of the Emcee while Andrea Goss, a veteran of Roundabout’s CABARET on Broadway will return to the role of Sally Bowles when the tour comes to Costa Mesa at Segerstrom Center for the Arts with performances beginning Tuesday, August 9. Joining them are Shannon Cochran (August: Osage County) as Fraulein Schneider, Alison Ewing (Cabaret/Broadway,) as Fraulein Kost, Mark Nelson (Picasso at the Lapin Agile) as Herr Schultz, Ned Noyes (You Can’t Take It With CONTACT Scalla Jakso (714) 556-2122 x4710, [email protected] Laura Lanzi (714) 556-2122 x4371, [email protected] Images: SCFTA.org/media RELEASE DATE January 6, 2016

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600 Town Center Drive Costa Mesa, CA 92626 T (714) 556-2121 F (714) 556-8984 SCFTA.org

“Five stars! WILLKOMMEN HOME. A Broadway jewel returns in all its glittering glory.” - Time Out New York

"Truly unmissable! Even if you saw it last time, you are strongly advised - no, URGED - to return."

- USA Today

“Sam Mendes & Rob Marshall’s production is thrilling!” – Hollywood Reporter

ROUNDABOUT THEATRE COMPANY

ANNOUNCES CASTING FOR NATIONAL TOUR OF

RANDY HARRISON AND ANDREA GOSS LEAD A CAST OF 20

August 9 – 21, 2016 at Segerstrom Center for the Arts; tickets on sale now

COSTA MESA, CA – CABARET, the musical masterpiece, returns direct from Broadway! As part of their 50th

Anniversary Season, Roundabout Theatre Company is proud to announce casting for the national tour of

Sam Mendes (Spectre, American Beauty) and Rob Marshall’s (Into the Woods and Chicago, the films) Tony

Award®-winning production of CABARET. Randy Harrison, best known for his portrayal of Justin in the

Showtime drama Queer as Folk, will step into the role of the Emcee while Andrea Goss, a veteran of

Roundabout’s CABARET on Broadway will return to the role of Sally Bowles when the tour comes to Costa

Mesa at Segerstrom Center for the Arts with performances beginning Tuesday, August 9. Joining them are

Shannon Cochran (August: Osage County) as Fraulein Schneider, Alison Ewing (Cabaret/Broadway,) as

Fraulein Kost, Mark Nelson (Picasso at the Lapin Agile) as Herr Schultz, Ned Noyes (You Can’t Take It With

CONTACT Scalla Jakso (714) 556-2122 x4710, [email protected]

Laura Lanzi (714) 556-2122 x4371, [email protected]

Images: SCFTA.org/media

RELEASE DATE

January 6, 2016

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You) as Ernst Ludwig and Lee Aaron Rosen (The Normal Heart) as Clifford Bradshaw.

The cast will also include Kelsey Beckert (Seven Brides for Seven Brothers), Sarah Bishop (42nd Street),

Margaret Dudasik (Chautauqua!), Hillary Ekwall (How the Grinch Stole Christmas), Lori Eure

(Cabaret/Broadway), Aisling Halpin (Peter and the Starcatcher), Leeds Hill (Cabaret/Broadway), Andrew

Hubacher (Cabaret/Broadway), Joey Khoury (Altar Boyz), Tommy McDowell (American Idiot), Evan D.

Siegel (Cabaret/Broadway), Dani Spieler (Legally Blonde) and Steven Wenslawski (Spamalot).

John Kander, Fred Ebb and Joe Masteroff’s Tony-winning musical features some of the most memorable

songs in theatre history, including “Cabaret,” “Willkommen” and “Maybe This Time.” CABARET is set in the

infamous Kit Kat Klub, where the Emcee, Sally Bowles and a raucous ensemble take the stage nightly to

tantalize the crowd – and to leave their troubles outside.

Single tickets start at $29 and may be purchased online at SCFTA.org, the Box Office at 600 Town Center

Drive in Costa Mesa or by calling (714) 556-2787. For inquiries about group ticket savings for 10 or more, call

the Group Services office at (714) 755-0236. The TTY number is (714) 556-2746. The 2 p.m. performance on

Saturday, August 20, 2016 will include audio description, open captioning and sign-language interpretation.

The creative team for the North American tour includes original direction by Sam Mendes, original co-

direction and choreography by Rob Marshall, tour direction recreated by BT McNicholl (Spamalot), tour

choreography recreated by Cynthia Onrubia (Victor/Victoria), set design by Robert Brill (Assassins),

costume design by William Ivey Long (Chicago), lighting design by Peggy Eisenhauer (Ragtime) and Mike

Baldassari (“Nine”), sound design by Keith Caggiano (The Radio City Christmas Spectacular) based on the

Original Broadway design by Brian Ronan with hair and wig design by Paul Huntley. CABARET features

orchestrations by Michael Gibson (The Boy From Oz), music supervision & vocal arrangements by Patrick

Vaccariello (On Your Feet) and music direction by Robert Cookman (Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark).

CABARET is based on the play by John Van Druten and stories by Christopher Isherwood.

Roundabout Theatre Company’s acclaimed production of CABARET first opened on Broadway on March 19,

1998 starring Alan Cumming and Natasha Richardson and won four Tony Awards including Best Revival of a

Musical. CABARET went on to play on Broadway for six years and 2,378 performances before finishing its

run on January 4, 2004. CABARET returned to Broadway and the infamous Studio 54 with performances

beginning March 21, 2014 with Alan Cumming reprising his Tony-winning role as the Emcee. The production

featured Michelle Williams, Emma Stone and Sienna Miller in the role of Sally Bowles and played 423

performances through March 29, 2015.

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CABARET premiered on Broadway in 1966 and won eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical, in addition

to the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award, the Outer Critics’ Circle Award, the Variety Poll of New York

Critics, and London’s Evening Standard Award. The original Broadway production played 1,166

performances.

ROUNDABOUT ON TOUR:

Roundabout Theatre Company was most recently represented across the country with the critically

acclaimed, multi-award-winning national tour of Anything Goes starring Rachel York which toured for 48

weeks. Before that, Twelve Angry Men toured for two years, spending 63 weeks across the United States and

Canada. Roundabout’s longest-running musical, the revival of CABARET, received a multi-year tour across

the country beginning in 1999. In 2011, Roundabout Theatre Company’s acclaimed work reached a

worldwide cinema audience with the HD capture and broadcast of their Tony nominated production of The

Importance of Being Earnest, starring Brian Bedford.

Roundabout Theatre Company’s 50th Anniversary Season celebrates the company’s numerous

accomplishments and vision for the future with bold new productions of classic plays, a revival of the

Roundabout’s first musical, and new work by some of the country’s most exciting young talent. Founded in

1965, Roundabout Theatre Company has grown from a small 150-seat theatre in a converted Chelsea

supermarket basement to become one of the nation’s most influential not-for-profit theatre companies, as well

as one of New York City’s leading cultural institutions. Roundabout has been recognized with 29 Tony

Awards, 41 Drama Desks, 50 Outer Critics Circle, 10 Obie and 15 Lucille Lortel Awards for its work on five

stages, reaching more than 700,000 theatergoers and employing hundreds of artists each year. Bank of

America is a proud 50th Anniversary Season sponsor – a partnership that makes possible Roundabout’s many

productions and not-for-profit initiatives during this landmark year.

CAST BIOS:

RANDY HARRISON (Emcee). Broadway: Wicked; Off- Broadway: Harbor (Primary Stages), The Singing

Forest (Public Theatre/ NYSF), Antony and Cleopatra (TFANA), Edward the Second (Red Bull). Regional

credits include: The Guthrie, Yale Rep, George Street, Cleveland Playhouse, Studio Theatre, Shakespeare

Theatre Co., Ensemble Theater. Founding Member: Qwan Company. TV: “Mr. Robot”, “Queer as Folk” (five

seasons). Film: Bang Bang You’re Dead, Such Good People, Gayby.

ANDREA GOSS (Sally Bowles). Broadway: Cabaret, Once, Rent. Regional: Zorro (Alliance Theatre), A Civil

War Christmas (Baltimore Center Stage), Striking 12 (TUTS), A Christmas Carol (McCarter), Tarzan (North

Shore), Venice (Center Theatre Group/KC Rep), High School Musical (St. Louis MUNY), The Sound of Music

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and Big River (Syracuse Stage). Readings: Zapata, K-Pop, Little Did I Know, Casanova Returns, Freckle-

Face Strawberry. Film: Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway.

SHANNON COCHRAN (Fraulein Schneider). Off-Broadway (and London's Gate Theatre)- Bug, (Obie, Drama

World Awards). National tour- Barbara in August: Osage County (Helen Hayes nomination). Recent regional-

Regina in The Little Foxes- Goodman Theatre, Dance of Death- Writers' Theatre (Joseph Jefferson Award).

Film: The Ring, Star Trek: Nemesis.

ALISON EWING (Fraulein Kost, Fritzie; u/s Sally) is honored to be in this beautiful production after playing

Lulu in the 1998 Broadway, 1st National and Paris productions. Other Favorites: Mamma Mia!-Broadway,

Vegas & National Tour (Tanya), Flashdance-National Tour (Tess), Ain’t Nothin’ But The Blues-Theatreworks,

Sweet Charity-Center Rep.

MARK NELSON (Herr Schultz). NY: Ten Broadway shows; Picasso at the Lapin Agile (Obie Award); My

Name Is Asher Lev; Sam Mendes’ The Bridge Project; The Invention of Love; Roundabout Theater’s Three

Sisters and After the Fall. TV: “The Good Wife,” “Unforgettable.” Faculty, Princeton University.

NED NOYES (Ernst Ludwig). Broadway: You Can't Take It With You; Off-Broadway: The New Morality, So

Help Me God!, Love Goes to Press (Mint); Regional: Steppenwolf, McCarter, Shakespeare Theatre DC,

Chicago Shakespeare, Shakespeare NJ, Geva. TV: "Boardwalk Empire", "Alpha House". Training:

Northwestern University.

LEE AARON ROSEN (Clifford Bradshaw). Broadway: The Big Knife (Roundabout), The Normal Heart. Off-

Broadway: Indian Ink (Roundabout), Gabriel (Atlantic), The Lady From Dubuque (Signature). Regional: Old

Globe, Westport Country Playhouse, Huntington Theatre, Williamstown, and many others. TV: “Limitless,”

“The Good Wife,” “The Big C,” “Nurse Jackie,” “Damages,” “Person of Interest,” “Law & Order: Criminal

Intent.” Film: Saving Private Ryan, Company K, Sidewalk Traffic. MFA: NYU Graduate Acting.

KELSEY BECKERT (Female Partial Swing). National Tour: Seven Brides... (Liza, Milly u/s). Regional:

Oklahoma! (Laurey u/s), Do Black... Reflect Up? (Nancy). Dedicated to family, friends, teachers, casting, and

Eddie at Take 3 who have helped make this dream come true. Montclair State University BFA.

SARAH BISHOP (Helga). Touring debut! Regional: 42nd Street at Pittsburgh CLO. Other roles include:

Legally Blonde (Elle), Singin’ In the Rain (Lina) and The Sound of Music (Maria). CCM grad.

MARGARET DUDASIK (Texas). Off B’way: Chautauqua! (The Public). Regional: Buddy: The Buddy Holly

Story (The MUNY), Ring of Fire (Gretna Theatre). Joshua Bell stand-in for PBS Live From Lincoln Center’s

“One Singular Sensation! Celebrating Marvin Hamlisch.” Proud Pace University MT’13.

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HILLARY EKWALL (Rosie) is overjoyed to make her Roundabout debut. Nat’l Tour: How the Grinch Stole

Christmas (Boo Who). Regional: Grease (Patty Simcox) at North Shore, Les Miz (Eponine u/s), Spelling Bee

(Schwarzy).

LORI EURE (Female Partial Swing; u/s Kost), originally from North Carolina, is thrilled to come full circle

returning to this incredible production. Broadway: Cabaret (98' revival) Sally Bowles cover/Swing. National

tour: 1st National tour Cabaret, The Buddy Holly Story. Favorite Regional Theatre: Women of Woodstock,

Ring of Fire, The Buddy Holly Story, Wonderland, We Will Rock You (Las Vegas Cast), Footloose, Beehive at

The Kennedy Center. TV credits include: “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” “Spin City” and “LI Divas” (web

series).

AISLING HALPIN (Frenchie, Gorilla) is so excited to be a part of this show! National Tours: Peter and the

Starcatcher, A Chorus Line, Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Thanks to her family, friends, and Team Boals

for all of their support. BFA Syracuse University.

LEEDS HILL (Bobby; u/s Emcee; Dance Captain). Broadway: Cabaret. He understudied Alan Cumming and

played The Emcee on Broadway 7 times. Leeds performed in all consecutive 423 performances, being the

only cast member to not miss a show in the entire Broadway run. National Tours: Mary Poppins (Neleus).

ANDREW HUBACHER (Victor). Cabaret (Milwaukee Repertory) Camelot (Goodspeed) Crazy For You

(Riverside Theatre) Music Man and Jesus Christ Superstar (Kansas City Starlight). Thanks to mom and dad

for getting this kid a trombone when he asked for a saxophone. Soli Deo Gloria.

JOEY KHOURY (Male Partial Swing). Originally from Kaysville, Utah. Studied music and theatre at Weber

State University. New York: Altar Boyz, Radio City Christmas Spectacular, National Tours: Altar Boyz (First

National), Radio City Christmas Spectacular (Arena Tour). Regional: Pirates of Penzance (Frederick), Fiddler

on the Roof (Motel), Little Shop Of Horrors (Seymore).

TOMMY McDOWELL (Herman, Customs Official, Max; u/s Cliff). Tours: American Idiot [1st National] (Swing),

A Year With Frog & Toad (Snail); NYC: Urinetown, Hudson Guild Theatre (Bobby Strong); Regional: Duck

Commander Musical (Jase, Willie u/s), Grey Gardens (Joe Kennedy, Jr.), Hairspray (Link), The Who’s

Tommy (Tommy), Joseph… (Ruben).

EVAN D. SIEGEL (Hans, Rudy; u/s Ernst). Broadway: Cabaret; Off-Broadway: Zorba (Encores! w/John

Turturro); Regional favorites: All Shook Up, Brigadoon, Full Monty, The Great Gatsby; TV/Film: “Law &

Order,” War Dead. Harvard BA Magna cum Laude—linguistics.

DANI SPIELER (Lulu; u/s Sally, Kost). B’way/Nat’l Tours: Chicago, Legally Blonde, Elf, West Side Story,

Flashdance. Film/Hulu: Are You Joking?, That’s What She Said, The Battery’s Down. Pre-B’way: Nerds.

Regional: Paper Mill, TUTS, Goodspeed. BFA: UMich.

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STEVEN WENSLAWSKI (Male Partial Swing). National tours: Spamalot, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Fosse,

Tommy Tune's Dr. Dolittle. Regional: Kennedy Center, Dallas Theater Center, Theater Under the Stars,

Sacramento Music Circus, North Shore Music Theater, Human Race Theater Company, Ogunquit Playhouse

and others.

CREATIVE BIOS:

JOE MASTEROFF (Book). Born in 1919 in Philadelphia, he had only one dream from infancy: to write for the

theatre. After the essential lonely childhood and four-year stint in the Air Force, he came to New York to face

his future: book-writer or book seller? Luckily, luck intervened. Before long he had three shows on Broadway

bearing his name: The Warm Peninsula starring Julie Harris, and two musicals She Loves Me and Cabaret,

for which he was the book writer.

JOHN KANDER (Music) & FRED EBB (Lyrics). The Kander and Ebb collaboration of four decades created

many Broadway standards and contemporary classics. There first collaborations “My Coloring Book” became

a hit song for Barbra Streisand, earning John and Fred a Grammy nomination. Kander & Ebb’s first Broadway

show in 1965 Flora, the Red Menace, produced by Hal Prince, directed by George Abbott and introducing a

rising new star: Liza Minnelli. Followed by Cabaret (Tony Award music and lyrics); The Happy Time; Zorba;

70, Girls, 70; Chicago; The Act; Woman of the Year (Tony Award music and lyrics); The Rink; Kiss of the

Spider Woman (Tony Award music and lyrics); and Steel Pier. Along with movies and television writing

original material for the Academy Awards; “Liza With a Z” and HBO’s Liza Minnelli’s “Steppin’ Out” (both

Emmy winners); “Baryshnikov on Broadway”; “Goldie and Liza Together”; Funny Lady; Lucky Lady, New

York, New York; Steppin’Out; and Chicago the movie. In 1985 the song “New York, New York” became the

official anthem of New York City. At the time of Mr. Ebb’s death in 2004, Kander & Ebb had several projects in

different stages of completion, Tony-nominated Curtains, in 2007; 12-time Tony-nominated The Scottsboro

Boys, in 2010; All About Us (an adaptation of The Skin of our Teeth); and The Visit, premiering at the

Goodman Theatre in Chicago then the Signature Theatre in Fairfax, VA and nominated for 5 Tony Awards

including best score in 2015 all starring Chita Rivera. Mr. Kander is currently collaborating with

author/playwright Greg Pierce The Landing and Kid Victory deputed at the Signature Theatre and The

Vineyard Theatre.

SAM MENDES (Director) founded and ran the Donmar Warehouse in London for ten years. He has directed

many productions at the Donmar, the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, in the West End

and on Broadway. He founded the transatlantic theatre company The Bridge Project, for whom he directed

five productions that toured the world. In London currently: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at the Theatre

Royal Drury Lane. In addition he has directed several movies, including the Academy Award-winning

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American Beauty and the James Bond movies, Skyfall & Spectre. He has won many awards for his work on

stage and screen, including the Tony, the Olivier, the Directors Guild Award, the Shakespeare Prize, the

BAFTA, the Golden Globe and the Academy Award. He was awarded the CBE in 2000 and the Directors

Guild Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005.

ROB MARSHALL (Co-Director, Choreographer). Broadway: Cabaret, Little Me, Kiss of the Spider Woman,

She Loves Me, Damn Yankees, Victor/Victoria, A Funny Thing…Forum, and Company. For his stage work

Marshall has earned 6 Tony nominations, the Outer Critics Award, the Jason Robards Award and the George

Abbott Award. FILM: Chicago, Memoirs of a Geisha, Nine, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and

Into The Woods. Marshall’s films have been nominated for 26 Academy Awards and have won 9, including

Best Picture. For his film work he has received the DGA Award, Oscar nom., National Board of Review

Award, NY Film Critics Award, 3 Golden Globe noms., BAFTA nom. and American Choreography Award. TV:

“Tony Bennett: An American Classic,” “Annie,” “Cinderella,” “Mrs. Santa Claus.” For his TV work Marshall has

received 4 Emmy Awards, the DGA Award and the American Choreography Award.

BT McNICHOLL (Director) won the Australian "Tony" (the Helpmann) for Best Direction (along with Messrs.

Mendes and Marshall) for Cabaret, which he also staged in record-setting runs in Paris and Madrid. McNicholl

was the protégé of the legendary Mike Nichols, and has been associated with directors Stephen Daldry,

James Lapine, David Hare and Jerry Zaks on 12 Broadway shows. He directed Spamalot at the Hollywood

Bowl, the European premiere of The Producers for Mel Brooks, and the regional premiere of Billy Elliot (Moss

Hart Award). A BMI-Award winning lyricist, his credits include the critically-acclaimed musical The It Girl.

CYNTHIA ONRUBIA (Choreographer) has worked on numerous productions for; The Kennedy Center

Honors, Carnegie Hall, City Centers’ Encores and the original Broadway productions of: Dame Edna: The

Royal Tour (League of Producers Award nomination for Best Choreography), Cabaret (2003 Sir Robert

Helpmann Award for Best Choreography, Australia), Little Me, Victor/Victoria, Damn Yankees, The Goodbye

Girl, Metro, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, Song And Dance, Cats, Gotta Go Disco, Dancin’, A Chorus Line.

Film choreography: Labor Day, Away We Go, Revolutionary Road, Definitely Maybe, Connie And Carla, Big

Fish, Analyze That, Chicago (2003 American Choreography Award ), Center Stage, The Cradle Will Rock.

She received the 1994 American Theatre Roundtable Award for Outstanding Career Performances.

PATRICK VACCARIELLO (Musical Supervisor). Patrick has just returned from an Arena tour throughout

Australia Music Directing Hugh Jackman. He has supervised and conducted the most recent Tony Awards

(2014 and 2015). He is currently the Music Coordinator for the new Broadway musical, On Your Feet.

Broadway: Music director/arranger for Hugh Jackman: Back on Broadway, West Side Story, Come Fly Away,

Lend Me a Tenor, Gypsy (both Patti LuPone and Bernadette Peters), La Cage aux Folles, The Boy From Oz,

Cabaret, Dance of the Vampires, Jesus Christ Superstar, Victor/Victoria, Joseph and the Amazing

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Technicolor Dreamcoat, Cats and Take Me Along. West End: A Chorus Line. Worldwide: The Music of

Andrew Lloyd Webber. Patrick has performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Kansas City Symphony

and conducted at Carnegie Hall, Radio City Music Hall, City Center, Steppenwolf Theatre, the Kennedy

Center and the Great Hall of the People (Beijing). A graduate of the Hartt School of Music, Patrick received its

Distinguished Alumni Award in 2010.

ROBERT BRILL (Set Design). Broadway: Cabaret, Jesus Christ Superstar, Assassins (Tony nom.), Buried

Child, Guys and Dolls (Tony nom.), Design for Living, A Streetcar Named Desire, Laugh Whore, The Story of

My Life, The Good Body, Anna in the Tropics, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and The Rehearsal. Other

credits include the Flaming Lips’ musical Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Christopher Plummer’s A Word or

Two, Moby-Dick (Dallas Opera), Faust (Met/ENO), Sinatra (Radio City), On the Record (Disney), An

American in Paris (Boston Ballet), A Clockwork Orange (Steppenwolf) and The Laramie Project (BAM and

others). Founding member of Sledgehammer Theatre and recipient of the Merritt Award for Excellence in

Design and Collaboration.

WILLIAM IVEY LONG (Costume Design). Select Broadway credits include Chicago (now in its 19th year);

Rodgers+ Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Grey Gardens, The Producers, Hairspray, Cabaret (1998 and 2014),

Crazy for You, Guys and Dolls, Nine. Mr. Long has been nominated for 15 Tony Awards, winning 6 times.

He was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame- 2005, and was elected Chairman of The American Theatre

Wing in June, 2012.

PEGGY EISENHAUER (Lighting Design) designs concurrently for Broadway, film and the music industry,

most notably with design partner, Jules Fisher. Broadway design highlights include Ragtime, Jane Eyre,

Noise/Funk, Assassins and Victor Victoria. Music industry highlights include Tracy Chapman; Crosby, Stills &

Nash; Whitney Houston; and Neil Young. Film designs include Chicago, School of Rock, Dreamgirls, and

Beauty and the Beast. She is the recipient of three Tony Awards and eight nominations.

MIKE BALDASSARI (Lighting Design). Tony and multiple Emmy nominated designer whose live productions

have been seen in 25+ countries. Films: Ghostbusters (2016), Nine, Rock of Ages, Joyful Noise, Sex and the

City 2, Neil Young Trunk Show. Broadway: Cabaret, First Date, Holler If Ya Hear Me. European: Beauty and

the Beast. Family entertainment: Yo Gabba Gabba. Production Designer: Alice in Chains, co-designed Neil

Young’s Chrome Dreams. Select Television: (RED) Concert/Broadcast from Times Square with: U2, Bruce

Springsteen; U2’s Top of the Rock; SNL’s digital shorts; Mary J. Blidge; Tim McGraw; Sam Smith; Garth

Brooks “Live From Central Park.”

KEITH CAGGIANO (Sound Design) has worked across the country and internationally, from musicals on

Broadway and London’s West End to spectacles in Vegas and Australia. Select credits include: (Broadway /

Off-Broadway) The Radio City Spring Spectacular, Cabaret, Disenchanted, Bare; (National Tours) Irving

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Berlin’s White Christmas, Nice Work If You Can Get It, Anything Goes; (Regional) Big River, Guys and Dolls,

Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Little Shop of Horrors.

MICHAEL GIBSON (Orchestrations). Broadway: The Boy From Oz; Kiss of the Spider Woman; Cabaret

(revival, Tony Award nomination); You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (revival); Steel Pier (Tony Award

nomination); Anything Goes; My One and Only (Drama Desk Award); The Rink; Woman of the Year; Over

Here; Meet Me in St. Louis; Peter Pan (revival). Also orchestrated for Radio City and Ringling Bros. Circus

and for such stars as Patti LuPone, Liza Minnelli, Bernadette Peters, Joel Grey and Chita Rivera. Film/TV:

Grease, Roseland, Still of the Night, Kennedy Center Honors, Miss America Pageant, Super Bowl, Tony

Awards.

ROBERT COOKMAN (Music Director) recently toured with the band Bright Light Bright Light opening for

Elton John. New York sub credits include Spider-man: Turn Off the Dark and the Radio City Christmas

Spectacular show. MD tours include: Come Fly Away (1st National), Legally Blonde, Mamma Mia! (AMD),

Movin’ Out, Swing!, and Cirque du Soleil’s Banana Shpeel.

PAUL HUNTLEY (Hair & Wig Design) London-born Paul Huntley has worked hundreds of Broadway shows,

most memorably the original productions of Cats, Amadeus, Evita, The Producers, Sweeney Todd, and

Hairspray. A recipient of the Drama Desk and Tony awards, he has also worked with the most legendary

leading ladies of the cinema, ranging from Bette Davis and Marlene Dietrich to Jane Fonda and Scarlett

Johansson. Current shows include Fun Home and Noises Off.

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Segerstrom Center for the Arts applauds Kia, Official Automotive Partner of the Center, and United Airlines,

Official Airline of the Center. Time Warner is the Media Partner of the Broadway and Curtain Call Series.

Segerstrom Center for the Arts is an acclaimed arts institution as well as a beautiful multi-disciplinary

cultural campus. It is committed to supporting artistic excellence on all of its stages, offering unsurpassed

experiences, and to engaging the entire community in new and exciting ways through the unique power of live

performance and a diverse array of inspiring programs.

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600 Town Center Drive Costa Mesa, CA 92626 T (714) 556-2121 F (714) 556-8984 SCFTA.org

Previously called the Orange County Performing Arts Center, Segerstrom Center is Orange County’s largest

non-profit arts organization. In addition to its six performance venues, Segerstrom Center is also home to the

American Ballet Theatre William J. Gillespie School, where students ages 3 – 14 are taught by acclaimed

teachers utilizing the renowned ABT National Training Curriculum in studios utilized by the world’s greatest

dancers and choreographers.

The Center presents a broad range of programming for audiences of all ages, including international ballet

and dance, national tours of top Broadway shows, intimate performances of jazz and cabaret, contemporary

artists, classical music performed by renowned chamber orchestras and ensembles, family-friendly

programming, free performances open to the public from outdoor movie screenings to dancing on the plaza

and many other special events.

The Center’s education programs are designed to inspire young people through the arts and reach hundreds

of thousands of students each year. In addition to the presenting and producing institution Segerstrom Center

for the Arts, the 14-acre campus also embraces the facilities of two independently acclaimed organizations:

Tony Award®-winning South Coast Repertory and a site designated as the future home of the Orange

County Museum of Art.

Segerstrom Center for the Arts is also proud to serve as the artistic home to three of the region’s major

performing arts organizations: Pacific Symphony, the Philharmonic Society of Orange County and the

Pacific Chorale, who contribute greatly to the artistic life of the region with annual seasons at Segerstrom

Center for the Arts.

CABARET Segerstrom Center for the Arts – Segerstrom Hall August 9 – August 21, 2016

Tuesday – Friday at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday at 1 and 6:30 p.m.

The 2 p.m. performance on Saturday, August 20, 2016 will include audio description, open captioning and sign-language interpretation.

600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA www.scfta.org

Tickets - Start at $29

In person - The Box Office

600 Town Center Drive

Costa Mesa, CA 92626

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600 Town Center Drive Costa Mesa, CA 92626 T (714) 556-2121 F (714) 556-8984 SCFTA.org

Open 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. daily

Online - SCFTA.org

Phone - (714) 556-2787

Open 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. daily

TTY number - (714) 556-2746

Group Sales - (714) 755-0236

Information provided is accurate at the time of printing, but is subject to change. Segerstrom Center for the Arts is a private, non-profit organization. “Segerstrom Center for the Arts” is a registered trademark.

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