Set in the 2020s, In Cabaret We Trust told the story of DC’s struggling Resistance Cabaret, fighting to stay alive in the capital of the populist-controlled Republic. Congress has revoked DC’s Home Rule, and an ultra-conservative lesbian Senator now controls the city, which she regards as little more than a filthy, liberal swamp. Under increasing pressure from her constituents to shut down the Cabaret (Is #CabaretGate real? Or fake news?), the Senator has chosen tonight to make her big move.
Creative Team
- Artistic Director & Creator: Strother Gaines
- Producer & Playwright: Jenny Splitter
- Producer & Improvisation Director: Dana Malone
- Producer & Vague Consulting Writer: Jessica Bylander
- Sideshow & Variety Entertainment Coordinator: Atomic Doll Productions
- Lighting Designer: James Morrison (provided by Artist Concept Groups)
- Movement Coordinator: Zana Gankhuyag
- Mask Consultant/Creator: Tara Cariaso
- Makeup Artist/Designer: Joy Johnson
- Devising Artist: Katie Maconaughey
- Booth Operative: Elizabeth Fulton
Core Cast
- Angelique – Chaseedaw Giles
- Chuck Ariel – Matthew Gibeson
- Lila Rose – Catherine Deadman
- Madame Martine – Amanda Haddock
- Mandi Ariel – Zoe Walpole
- MC – D Scott Graham
- Senator Johnson – Marissa Goodstone
Fabric Cast
- Melanie Boyer
- Kathleen Burnard
- Darnell Eaton
- Lida Benson
- Andrew Dominic Filicicchia
- Allison Frisch
- Emily Gilson
- Molly Graham
- Maura Claire “MC” Harford
- Alex Kazanas
- Kaitlin Kemp
- Beth Lyons
- Colleen Parker
- Annetta Sawyer
- Ray Simeon
- Dakota Schuck
- Heather Marie Vitale
Cabaret and Sideshow Performers
- Members of Peculiarity Productions
- Lauren Hanyock
- Samantha Kacos
- Shanna Lim
- Erin Muessig
- Eva Mystique
- Alyssum Pohl
- Acrolesque – Dean Hively & Elise Foster
Visual Artists
- Nando Alvarez
- John Detrich
- Em Grosland
- Herrin Hopper
- Hope Sorenson