The Mass Arts Center announces open auditions for Cabaret (1998 Version).
Directed & Choreographed by Adam Joy
Musical Direction by Tal Taylor
AUDITIONS:
Preliminary Auditions:
Monday August 4, 2025 6:00-10:00 pm
Tuesday August 5, 2025 6:00-7:00 pm
Callbacks:
Tuesday August 5, 2025 starting at 7:30 pm
Location:
The Mass Arts Center, 888 South Main Street, Mansfield, MA 02048
For preliminary auditions, actors will book a time during a 60 minute slot. Actors should prepare 32-64 bars of a song either from or in the style of the show. Actors will sing then be asked to do cold readings from the script. Headshots and resumes are encouraged/appreciated but not required.
Actors who are under consideration for the Emcee, Sally Bowles, and the Kit Kat Dancers must attend the Dance Audition at callbacks on Tuesday August 5th.
The Mass Arts Center is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion. As such, we encourage performers of all races and ethnicities, gender identities, sexualities, and abilities to audition. Auditions are open to all performers ages 16 and up. All interested actors should email
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Rehearsals:
Rehearsals will occur primarily on Sundays, Tuesdays, & a third day TBD
Rehearsals will begin the week of 8/24/2025.
Production Dates:
Cabaret will run for three weekends from November 7 - November 23, including two Thursday night performances on 11/13 & 11/20.
In a Berlin nightclub, as the 1920s 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. 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. Musical numbers include “Willkommen,” “Cabaret,” “Don't Tell Mama” and “Two Ladies.”
Character Breakdown:
Master of Ceremonies – Emcee (Range: C3-G4)
Sally Bowles (Range: E3-C5)
Clifford Bradshaw (Range: C#3-E4)
Ernst Ludwig (Range: D3-F#4)
Fräulein Schneider (Range: Eb3-B4)
Fräulein Kost (Range: F#3-Eb5)
Herr Schultz (Range: C3-G4)
Boy Soprano – pre-recorded, non-speaking (Range: F4-G5)
The Kit Kat Girls:
Rosie
Lulu
Frenchie
Texas
Fritzie
Helga
The Kit Kat Boys:
Bobby
Victor
Hans
Herman
We are also seeking 4-6 additional cast members for smaller ensemble roles and to be Kit Kat Club Patrons, a great way to be involved with low rehearsal commitment!
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