PCPA will present the classic musical “Cabaret” July 18-27 at the Marian Theatre, and Aug. 2-25 at Solvang Festival Theater.

“Cabaret” transports audiences to the Kit Kat Klub in 1930s Berlin, where the seductive and enigmatic Emcee, the dazzling singer Sally Bowles, and a cast of colorful characters navigate love, ambition, and the looming shadows of a changing world.

“Willkommen. Bienvenue. Welcome to our production of ‘Cabaret,’” says director Emily Trask in her theater notes. “In here … life is beautiful.

“‘Cabaret’ holds a special place in my heart, not just as my favorite musical, but as a masterwork that achieves something truly exceptional in the theater; it is genuinely subversive while being irresistibly entertaining.
 
“And we do find ourselves irresistibly drawn into a world on the precipice — the world of the Klub and of Weimar Berlin, where glamour and sleaze, excess and repression, decadence and decay, the scintillating and the sinister intertwine.  Where life and death dance together nightly … and you can watch.

“Set against in twilight of the Jazz Age and on the cusp of the horrors of the Third Reich, Cabaret’s Berlin is a powder keg, and the children are playing with matches.
 
“So, I invite you to embrace its subversive spirit, enjoy yourself, tap your toes, challenge your perceptions, and confront the uncomfortable truths it lays bare.”

The creative team includes; direcor Trask, music director Paul Marszalkowski, choreographer Rhett Guter, associate director/choreographer Jay Brenneman, costume Ddesigner Jackie Heimel, scenic Ddesigner Jason Bolen, intimacy director Shae Palic, lighting designer Cody Soper, sound designer Nat Houle, voice and dialect Michael Brusasco, and stage manager Rebekah Carriere.
 
The cast includes: Erika Olson as Sally Bowles; Diva LaMarr as Emcee, George Walker as Cliff; Kitty Balay as Fraulein Shultz; Billy Breed as Herr Schultz; Mike Fiore as Ernst; Molly Dobbs as Fraulein Kost/Fritzie; Marisa Moenho as Rosie; Sydni Ramirez as Frenchie; Odessa Laurie as Helga; Sophia Caressa as Lulu; Brezae Weeks as Texas; Alexander Pimentel as Bobby; Sophie Rhiannon as Victor; Jason Wells as Hans/Sailor; Nolan LeMay as Herman/Sailor; and Will Kinnon as Max/Customs Agent.

For tickets, visit www.pcpa.org or call the box office, 805-928-8313. If you bring a group of 12 or more, you can save 25% to 30%.

To learn more, contact Kelly Stegall, 805-922-7731 ext. 4150.