The Chameleon Theatre Circle will open our Eleventh Season with the musical Cabaret in the new Burnsville Performing Arts Center.

As the 1920's draw to a close, Germany is balanced on the edge of a bloody sword and a new regime is poised for a rise to power. But, inside Berlin’s fashionable, if tawdry, Kit Kat Club life is merry, the entertainment is superb and the girls are beautiful. When the lives of a young American writer and the club’s most popular singer become hopelessly intertwined the Kit Kat Club becomes the setting for romance, political intrigue and heartbreak. Throughout it all, the Club's Emcee keeps the audiences eyes firmly on the passion onstage and diverted from the terrifying shadow of the Third Reich which looms just offstage. Kander and Ebb's celebrated songs provide wry commentary throughout the show and include Willkommen, Maybe This Time, Cabaret, Don't Tell Mama and Two Ladies.

About the Roles

No pre-casting has been done. All roles are open to anyone who wishes to audition.

• Master of Ceremonies (Tenor): The odd Emcee of the sleazy Kit Kat Club. Can be played by a male or female.
• Sally Bowles (Alto): A youthful looking but going nowhere English dancer at the Kit Kat Club. She eventually falls in love with
• Clifford Bradshaw (Baritone): A young, sincere American writer who also teaches English lessons. He eventually falls in love with Sally.
• Fraulein Schneider (Alto): A moralistic yet pragmatic woman who rents a room in her house to Clifford. She is in love with Herr Schultz.
• Herr Schultz (Baritone/Tenor): An elderly Jewish greengrocer who is in love with Fraulein Schneider.
• Ernst Ludwig (Non-Singing): A nervous yet streetwise German who pays Clifford for English lessons and turns out to be a Nazi.
• Fraulein Kost (Alto/Mezzo): A German prostitute living in Fraulein Schneider's house.
• Customers Officer, Kit Kat Girls, Max, Gorilla, Two Ladies, Klub Waiters, Bobby, German Sailors, etc. (All ranges): These roles are supplied by the ensemble. Each member needs to be skilled in creating various characters both vocally and physically.