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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-family:"century gothic","sans-serif";color:black">PLAYERS GUILD THEATRE TO PRESENT THE THEATRICAL TOUR-DE-FORCE,<b> CABARET <span> </span></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"arial narrow","sans-serif"">CANTON,
OH – Willkommen, beinvenue, welcome to the seedy nightlife of the Kit Kat Klub
as the Players Guild Theatre presents CABARET!<span>
</span>Winner of multiple Tony Awards including the 1998 award for Best
Revival, CABARET takes place in a Berlin nightclub, as the 1920’s draw to a
close. A garish Master of Ceremonies welcomes the audience and assures them they
will forget all their troubles at the CABARET. With the Emcee’s bawdy songs as
wry commentary, CABARET explores the dark, heady, and tumultuous life of
Berlin’s natives and expatriates as Germany slowly yields to the emerging Third
Reich. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"arial narrow","sans-serif"">Under
the direction of the Guild’s Resident Director, Jonathan Tisevich, with choreography
by Michael Lawrence Akers, musical direction by Steve Parsons, costumes
designed by Stephen Ostertag, lighting and sound design by Scott Sutton, and
scenic design by the Guild’s Producing Artistic Director, Joshua Erichsen,
CABARET is being reimagined and staged in the intimacy of the William G. Fry
Theatre. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"arial narrow","sans-serif"">The
production boasts a talented cast of actors both returning and new to the Guild
stage. Those actors include:</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"arial narrow","sans-serif""></span><span style="font-family:"arial narrow","sans-serif"">SALLY
BOWLES – Sarah Marie Young</span>
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– Olivia Wimberly</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"arial narrow","sans-serif"">CLIFF
BRADSHAW – Matthew Heppe</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"arial narrow","sans-serif"">FRAULEIN
SCHNEIDER – Wendy Schanz</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"arial narrow","sans-serif"">HERR
SCHULTZ – Ralph Cooley</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"arial narrow","sans-serif"">ERNST
LUDWIG – Jacob Sustersic</span></p>
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KOST/FRITZIE – Brittany Racano</span></p>
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– Ali Caldwell</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"arial narrow","sans-serif"">HELGA/GORILLA
– Matti-Lynn Chrisman</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"arial narrow","sans-serif"">TEXAS
– Molly Weidig</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"arial narrow","sans-serif"">ROSIE
– Brooke Lytton</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"arial narrow","sans-serif"">FRENCHIE
– AudraKate McLean</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"arial narrow","sans-serif"">BOBBY
– Chase Shrum</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"arial narrow","sans-serif"">HERMAN/RUDY
– Jeremy Clarke</span></p>
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– Drake Harbert</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"arial narrow","sans-serif"">HANS
– Justin James Ollis</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"arial narrow","sans-serif"">MAX/CUSTOMS
OFFICER – Corey Paulus</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"arial narrow","sans-serif"">CABARET
is scheduled to open on Friday, March 31 and run for 3 weekends through Saturday,
April 15, with performances on Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 PM, Sundays at
2:00 PM, and two performances on the final Saturday at 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM.<span> </span>Tickets for this Downstage musical are $27.00
for adults, $24.00 for seniors and $19.00 for those 17 years old and younger. <b>This production is recommended for mature
audiences only</b>. Tickets for all performances may be purchased online 24
hours a day at <a href="http://www.playersguildtheatre.com">www.playersguildtheatre.com</a> or in person at the Players Guild
Box Office, located in the Great Court of the Cultural Center for the Arts,
1001 Market Ave N. Tickets may also be purchased by phone: 330-453-7617.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"arial narrow","sans-serif"">Celebrate
opening night with the Guild!<span> </span>Join the
Guild staff and members of the cast in the Green Room prior to the show to
celebrate opening night of CABARET with a Kit Kat Klub themed party.<span> </span>This event is open to the first 50 guests who
purchase their tickets.<span> </span>The total price
is $45.00 per guest and includes the backstage pass to the opening night event
and a ticket to the performance.<span>
</span>Interested parties can purchase their special opening night event passes
online or by calling the box office.<span> </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"arial narrow","sans-serif"">CABARET
is generously presented by The R.G. Smith Company</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"arial narrow","sans-serif"">The
Players Guild Theatre receives support from these partners: Arts In Stark, The
Ohio Arts Council, The Canton Repository and 89.7 WKSU. </span></p>
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