Camden Stage Festival: AT THE CABARET

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Celebrate the New Year in style! The new and daring Camden Stage Festival (CSF) announces a one-night-only theatrical romp of KURT WEILL’s captivating jazz and Broadway tunes to ring in 2013 at the Camden Opera House, Sunday December 30th at 4:00 PM.

Camden Stage Festival AT THE CABARET is a thrilling musical tour of Weill’s greatest works composed in his prolific career through Berlin, Paris, Broadway, and Hollywood. The entertainment will be followed by a festive champagne reception and cocktail hour. The cabaret features a dynamic duo of critically-acclaimed Weill specialists: EDWIN CAHILL and PEABODY SOUTHWELL.
All Proceeds from the cabaret concert will benefit the inaugural 2013 Season of the Camden Stage Festival.

Ticket prices are $50 for Premium admission, $35 for General Admission, $20 for students over 18, $17 for 18 and under. Purchase tickets securely online at csfcabaret.eventbrite.com/# or by calling (207) 200-5922.

THE CABARET
Patrons will enter the world of the German Cabaret and travel with CSF through the sounds of 1920’s Weimar, the Parisian society of the 1930’s, and the musicals and film spectaculars of the 1940’s all through Weill’s iconic songs.
Weill’s great songbook includes the familiar songs Mack the Knife, September Song, Moon of Alabama, It Never Was You as well as forgotten gems (Berlin in Lights, Youkali -Tango Habanera, Nana’s Lied, Buddy on the Night Shift).

EDWIN CAHILL
Edwin Cahill won Saint Louis's Kevin Kline award for his portrayal of Cosme McMoon in a touring production of the play SOUVENIR, which he reprised in Santa Barbara, and Hartford. He made his Lincoln Center directing debut as the associate director for DIALOGUES OF THE CARMELITES at the Juilliard Opera; he appeared in the French premiere of Kurt Weill’s STREET SCENE at the Opéra National Toulon, France; made his debut in Brazil as director, pianist, and performer of WIR SIND NEW YORKERS!, a dramatic review of the life and music of Kurt Weill which he conceived ; and is creating the role of the Gentleman Caller in BLUE ROSES in the world premiere musical adaptation of THE GLASS MENAGERIE. He is originally from Cape Elizabeth, Maine.

PEABODY SOUTHWELL
Described by Opera News as “displaying a rock-solid lower range, clean and controlled tone and a wide expressive range” American mezzo soprano Peabody Southwell will revive her critically acclaimed Long Beach Opera performance as the title role in Piazzolla’s MARIA DE BUENOS AIRES for Chicago Opera Theater as her debut for the company in their current season. She made her Central City Opera debut in 2011 as Anna in Weill’s THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS and Zita in Puccini’s GIANNI SCHICCHI lauded by The Denver Post as “a virtual unknown who deliver[ed] two career-making turns.” She splits her time between Los Angeles and Camden, Maine.