Tarot Cabaret |
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Joseph Janover |
Stevie Burggraaf |
Michaela Buckley |
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Katya Janover |
Mike Janover |
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| Hair, Rent, The Muppets, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Jekyll and Hyde, Next to Normal, Falsettos, Queen, The Civil War, Joseph…, Frank Sinatra, Bo Burnham, The Beatles, Into the Woods, A New Brain, Candide, 25 Annual…Spelling Bee, Ghost Quartet, Les Miserables, Ordinary Days, and Songs for a New World. | ||
| ASL Interpreting services provided by Greenfinch Interpreting |
| Printing by City Blue Imaging |
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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. 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.
For our process we gathered a group of Rochesterians together at 9pm on March 23rd. We made tea and hot cocoa, had pleasant conversations as we waited for everyone to arrive before we then made our way into the living room where Michaela and I created space to hold our group reading. Couch cushions, blankets, and tapestries were abound. One by one we each pulled cards from the Major Arcana and over the next week everyone found songs for their cards. Songs could have connected to the imagery of a card, its meaning, the name of the card, or simply because it felt right. I’d have to say that everyone chose very well! Once we had our song list, I was immediately shocked because how, no matter the order of the songs, each performance of the show told a beautiful unique story; yet everyone sees their own story as their own lives are reflected.
I cannot wait to grow Tarot Cabaret from the seeds that is this premier at the ESL Rochester Fringe Festival. Tarot Cabaret has such 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
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Song List
Here’s our full list of possible songs, which will you see tonight??
Where Do I Go? — Hair
Over the Moon — Rent
Rainbow Connection — The Muppets
Someday — The Hunchback of Notre Dame
This is the Moment — Jekyll & Hyde
Just Another Day — Next to Normal
Unlikely Lovers — Falsettos
Don’t Stop Me Now — Queen
Tell My Father — The Civil War
Close Every Door — Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
That’s Life — Frank Sinatra
That Funny Feeling — Bo Burnham
Blackbird — The Beatles
No One is Alone — Into the Woods
I’d Rather Be Sailing — A New Brain
Glitter and Be Gay — Candide
The I Love You Song — 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Starchild — Ghost Quartet
I Dreamed a Dream — Les Miserables
I’ll Be Here — Ordinary Days
Opening: A New World — Songs for a New World
Meet the Company
Michaela Buckley
Ian Cannioto
Ian is ecstatic to be a performer in tarot cabaret! He was also in the first iteration of tarot cabaret last year (man time flies). Other favorite credits include Judas (Jesus Christ Superstar), Hanschen (Spring Awakening), Daniel (Once On This Island), and The D’Ysquith Family (A Gentleman’s Guide To Love & Murder). If he’s not on stage, you can find Ian tearing it up at karaoke, doing musical readings with his besties or watching the same videos and shows over again thinking they’ll have a different ending. A huge shoutout to everyone who has any involvement with tarot cabaret, your dedication and hard work are what make this show special. And of course a big thank you to his biggest supporters, Em, Kidane, Charlie, Mar, and Mama Rachel! Enjoy the show!!
Charlie Cowan
Charlie Cowan (they/he) is so excited to be returning to Tarot Cabaret! They have been on the Sunday Stages board for three years and have worked backstage for our first two Fringe productions - 35mm and All in the Timing. Their recent performing credits in Rochester include Legally Blonde with Pittsford Musicals and Spring Awakening with The Company Theatre. They would like to thank their amazing friends, family, and girlfriend for their endless love and support!
Reece Gurrel
Reece Gurell is a Sophomore at Nazareth University currently Majoring in music composition with a voice primary at Nazareth University. Reece takes part in Chamber Choir, Jazz Ensemble and plays piano for local bands and pits. He is exited to return to Sunday stages after playing Cello in “35mm” for Fringe Fest 2023.
Joesph Janover
Joseph P. Janover (he/him) is a music educator, music director, multi-instrumentalist and composer/arranger/orchestrator. By day, he teaches music and theatre at in Greece CSD and the University of Rochester. He earned his Bachelors and Masters degrees in music education from the Crane School of Music and is currently pursuing his doctorate. He is incredibly grateful to be a part of this project, and all who dedicated their whole selves to make this piece truly immersive. Special thanks to Stevie, Michaela for their brilliant minds guiding us, his beautiful wife Katya for her unwavering support, and the rest of the cast who are all truly masters of their craft.
Katya Janover
Katya Janover has always been passionate about musical theatre, in all facets. Katya has experience choreographing, directing, acting, music directing, production designing and more. Her favorite credits include Choreographer for Jekyll & Hyde (Stages), Heathers (Stages), Newsies Jr. (Stages), Be More Chill (Clarkson University), Music Director for Shrek Jr. (Stages), and artistic director of The Little Mermaid Jr. (Stages). Her favorite acting credits include playing the role of ‘Margaret White’ in Carrie the Musical, ‘Marian the Librarian’ in The Music Man, ‘Rona Lisa Peritti’ in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Rosa in The Mystery Edwin of Drood, and Vivienne in Legally Blonde The Musical. Katya holds a BM in Music Education and Vocal Performance with a minor in Theatre Studies, and a Masters in Music Education from the Crane School of Music. During the day, Katya has the privilege of being a Music Teacher at Merton Williams Middle School in Hilton. She is grateful for her loving family, friends, and husband for all their love and support. Lastly, she is thankful for the whole Sunday Stages board and staff for always being so supportive and loving.
Michael Janover
Michael Janover is a recent transplant from Long Island along with his wife, Samantha, and his dog, Noodles, having moved up and joined his brother and sister-in-law, Joseph and Katya. He has been playing music for over 25 years, having picked up piano, guitar, bass and drums along the way. He taught on Long Island for 3 years before relocating to Rochester this August and now teaches voice, piano, chorus and theatre at School of the Arts. Recently, his own musical, Holy Rollers, premiered off-broadway at the Players Theatre in Manhattan.
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-founder, 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).
Donors
Thank you to our Donors!
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Eric Lefler Trish Annese Katie Pericak Sam Kaplan |
Mark Cormier Teresa Thompson Shana Pagan |
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