Tarot Cabaret |
||
|
|
||
| FRIGID New York at Under St Marks Theatre | ||
|
|
Stevie Burggraaf |
|
|
|
||
| Starring | ||
|
|
|
|
| With music from: | ||
| lighthearted, Olivia Dean, Sutton Foster, SIX, Spring Awakening, The Bee Gees, Miley Cyrus, Shrek the Musical, Simon & Garfunkel, Billianne, Linda Ronstadt, boygenius, Big Thief, Waitress, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Lizzy McAlpine, Company, Hadestown, Natasha Bedingfield, Wicked, and Dolly Parton. | ||
Follow Us:
Director’s Note
We are born, we live, and we die. A cycle of life that repeats over and over again across the globe and across millenia. Over 100 billion people have gone through the cycle before us and billions more will go on beyond us (hopefully?). Each individual is distinctly unique, living a life that no one else has even come close to living. Yet despite such a staggering amount of differences, there is one thing that every living creature shares across their life. The Fool's journey.
We each experience the journey of the Fool hundreds of times in our lives. Sometimes we may embark on the journey at dawn, and conclude the journey by lunch, only to start a new leg of the larger, overarching Fool’s journey that spans our life, our society, and our species. We share these motifs across cultures, languages, and mental processes in the form of symbols and emotion. For our purposes, we’re focused on the Tarot which highlights these beats and ideas of life in its cards.
I wanted to start workshopping Tarot Cabaret to create a living, breathing piece of theatre that changes from performance to performance, song to song. A show that anybody can connect to. And it has done exactly that! Starting from a sold out workshopping session in Rochester, NY where we did half of the Major Arcana, then growing to the full Major Arcana and audiences pulling the cards to determine our set list at a nearly sold out four show run at the Rochester Fringe Festival.
For this round of Tarot Cabaret, we gathered a group of performers together at 8:30am (far too early) on February 24th. We made tea and hot cocoa, had pleasant conversations as we waited for everyone to arrive before we settled into the living room where we had created space to hold our group reading. Couch cushions, blankets, and tapestries were abound. One by one we each pulled two cards and over the next few days everyone found songs that aligned with their card. Songs could have connected to the imagery of a card, its meaning, the name of the card, or simply because it felt right. I have to say that everyone chose very well! Once we had our song list, I was immediately shocked because of how the songs flowed so well into each other, telling a beautiful story; yet everyone sees their own unique story as their own lives are reflected.
I cannot wait to grow Tarot Cabaret from the seed that is this performance. With plans of frequent performances with fully new setlists, rotating performers, expanding into the Minor Arcana, and using original pieces, Tarot Cabaret has nothing but pure potential. A potential that is thanks to your support for coming and sharing your hearts and energies to this space. Wherever you are on your Fool's Journey, we thank you for joining us here on ours.
- Stevie B
Sponsors
Song List
Here’s our full list of possible songs, which will you see tonight??
Whenever You Want - lighthearted
Lady Lady - Olivia Dean
Flight - Sutton Foster
Heart of Stone - SIX
Mama Who Bore Me - Spring Awakening
How Deep is Your Love - Bee Gees
The Climb - Miley Cyrus
Freak Flag - Shrek the Musical
Homeward Bound - Simon & Garfunkel
Que Sera Sera - Billianne
El Sol Que Tú Eres - Linda Ronstadt
Not Strong Enough - boygenius
Change - Big Thief
A Soft Place to Land - Waitress
Time Warp - Rocky Horror Picture Show
doomsday - Lizzy McAlpine
Being Alive - Company
Wait for Me (Reprise) - Hadestown
Unwritten - Natasha Bedingfield
The Wizard and I - Wicked
Wildflowers - Dolly Parton
Cast
Creative Team
Alexa Powell
Stevie Burggraaf
Meet the Company
Reece Gurrell
Ireland Fernandez-Cosgrove
Ireland Fernandez-Cosgrove (she/her) is an NYC-based actress who is so excited to be a part of Sunday Stages NYC premiere! Credits include Six Flags NJ Fright Fest (Scare actor), Holding Pattern (Amelia Earhart), Fight or Flight (Flight Attendant), Baby (Nikki), Godspell (George), Collective Rage: A Play in 5 Betties (Betty 4), Seussical (Cat In The Hat). When not performing she loves playing DND and being impressively mid at trivia. She is also on the Sunday Stages board of directors! BFA Musical Theatre, Nazareth University. www.Irelandfc.com (http://www.irelandfc.com/)
Stevie Burggraaf
Stevie Burggraaf (they/she) is a Producer for the Rochester Fringe Festival and a board member for Sunday Stages. For Tarot Cabaret, they are the director, guide, and a performer. They have been in shows before, taken walks occasionally, sits and contemplates the staggering vastness that is existence, and really enjoys being queer, trans and drinking hot cocoa.
Sophia Ruiz
Talia Lynn Ruiz
Hanna van Belle
Hanna van Belle (she/her) is so excited to be a part of the Tarot Cabaret NYC premiere with Sunday Stages! Hanna is a NYC based singer and actor. This is her first production with Sunday Stages! Credits include Cabaret (Ensemble), Into the woods (Little Red) Light in the Piazza (Clara cover), Fiddler on the Roof (Chava) and The Marriage of Figaro (Susanna). Hanna earned her BA in Music at Northern Arizona University. She loves the outdoors, reading, and exploring New York City!Tiffany Thompson
Tiffany (they/she) is so excited to show y’all the wonder of Tarot Cabaret! Developing this show with the team has been a wonderful learning experience for them and they cannot wait for you to experience it. As a Sunday Stages co-Artistic Director, they are so proud of the work the theatre company has done and the constant improvement they are seeing year to year. They have previously been in productions like, The Wedding Show Ithaca, All in the Timing (Sunday Stages), 35mm… (Sunday Stages), and A Funny Thing Happened… (Blackfriars Theatre).
Alexa Powell
Alexa Powell (she/her) is a theatre artist passionate about arts accessibility, community, and stories of queer joy. Alexa’s primary focus is theatrical producing, directing, and admin with a healthy dose of graphic design. Highlights include SAPPHEST (Graphic Designer/Producer), FIGHT OR FLIGHT (Director). Up next, Alexa is associate directing world premiere play GO DOWN, MOSES May 13-31st at A.R.T./New York, tickets unlimitedstages.com. @alexapcreates | alexapowell.net
Stevie Burggraaf
Some reviews from previous Tarot Cabarets!
“The entire cast is reminiscent of the kids who were always called back for the high school musical or got the solo parts in chorus….
Presented by the local queer-led company Sunday Stages, “Tarot Cabaret” feels like an episode of “Glee,” as told by the lovers, the dreamers and Gen Z — a joyful 60-minute sampler of lesser known musicals and monstrous local talent.” —LEAH STACY
“Sunday Stages Theatre Company (a moniker nod to “Sunday In The Park With George”) returns for their third Fringe where they’re specializing in evenings of earnest, entertaining short form theatre. In this original cabaret, audiences pull tarot cards that determine each performance’s musical set, enigmatically described as theatrical songs and classic hits.” —Katherine Varga; CITY Mag September Issue, CITY Fringe Pick
https://www.roccitymag.com/special-sections/rochester-fringe-festival/citys-fringe-picks/
