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Amanda Palmer, Aly Trasher, Matt Wood, et al. Set for A.R.T.’s Cabaret

| Boston |

July 26, 2010

Amanda Palmer for Cabaret
(© Kyle Cassidy)
Amanda Palmer for Cabaret
(© Kyle Cassidy)

American Repertory Theater has announced casting for Cabaret, to run August 31 – October 29 at Oberon in Cambridge. Steven Bogart will direct the production, which will feature musical direction by Lance Horne and Debra Barsha, with movement by Steven Mitchell Wright.

With a score by John Kander and Fred Ebb and a book by Joe Masteroff, the musical will feature Amanda Palmer as the Emcee. Palmer is well known for her work with the cabaret band, The Dresden Dolls, and for her solo album Who Killed Amanda Palmer.

The company will also feature Aly Trasher (Sally Bowles), Matt Wood (Cliff Bradshaw), Remo Airaldi (Herr Schultz), David Costa (Ernst Ludwig), Claire Davies (Fraulein Kost), Thomas Derrah (Fraulein Schneider), and Jeremy Geidt (Max), as well as Renee-Marie Brewster, Lucille Duncan, Tamara Hickey, Eric Johnson, Jordy Lievers, and Gaetano Pugliese as the Kit Kat Dancers and ensemble members Annika Franklin, Chris Thomas, and Edward Walsh.

The creative team will include David Israel Reynoso (scenic and costume design), Nicholas D. Vargelis (lighting design), and Clive Goodwin (sound design).

For further information, visit: www.AmericanRepertoryTheater.org.

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