Just before the curtains closed on the fall 2022 semester, the Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre in Alumnae Hall was transformed into the colorful Kit Kat Club of Weimar Berlin for the musical Cabaret. The student production, which ran from Dec. 8 to 11, 2022, to sold-out audiences, coincided with the 50th anniversary of the 1972 film. It also represented the first collaboration between Director of Theatre and Theatre Studies Marta Rainer ’98 and Associate Professor of English Tavi González. Students in THST 345: Practicum: Theatre Production worked through the fall to present the show. Across campus in Founders Hall, students in ENG 283: History of Cabaret spent the semester digging into related texts. “I am so thrilled about this opportunity to have these cross-departmental conversations, using the theatrical piece as a platform and a conduit for conversation,” says Rainer. González agrees: “The idea of collaborating in the future, I think, is a wonderful question moving forward.”
Two Courses, One Musical
Photo by Micah Fong ’22
Photo by Micah Fong ’22
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