CABARET to Open at Santa Fe Playhouse's Alhambra Theater This Summer

Santa Fe Playhouse has revealed the cast and creative team of the musical CABARET, book by Joe Masteroff, music and lyrics by John Kander and Frank Ebb, directed by SFP's producing artistic director Anna M. Hogan.

CABARET will perform at the Scottish Rite Temple's Alhambra Theater from July 2 - 19, 2026. Performances will be on Fridays at 7:30 pm, Saturdays at 2 pm (not 7/4) and 7:30 pm, and Sundays at 1 pm and 6:30pm. Opening Night is Saturday, July 4 at 7:30 pm. SFP is pleased to offer an ASL interpreted performance on Friday, July 10 at 7:30PM.

Synopsis: CABARET is a musical set in the final days of the Weimar Republic in 1930s Berlin, focusing on the decadent nightlife of the Kit Kat Klub as the Nazi Party rises to power. An American writer, Cliff Bradshaw, and British singer Sally Bowles fall in love amid this growing political turmoil, while Fräulein Schneider and Herr Schultz navigate their own romance and increasing threats to their Jewish heritage. The story serves as a cautionary tale about rising fascism, the dangers of political apathy, and how people choose to ignore the looming threat of a war.

Featuring: Jeffrey Barba as the Emcee, Rachel Biggs as Sally Bowles, Bradley Lewis* (Off-Bway: Picnic at Hanging Rock) as Clifford Bradshaw, Karen Ryan as Fräulein Schneider, Paul Kerrigan as Herr Schultz, Isabel Madley as Fräulein Kost, and Jensen Klodnicki as Ernst Ludwig.

The ensemble includes: Krys Applegate (Hans/Ensemble/Swing), Shayla Dawn (Helga), Evan Galpert (Max/Ensemble), David James Garcia (Victor), Laura Orozco Garrett (Lulu), Cee Fields-Haley (Rosie), Divara Harper (Femme Swing), Marina Heaney (Texas), Lucia Ortiz (Frenchie), and Jet Terry* (Bobby).

Features music direction by Gretchen Amstutz, choreography by Laura Orozco Garrett, scenic design by Daniel Hogan, costume design by Dylan Hawkinson, hair/make-up design by Mary Hogan, sound design by Saibi Khalsa, lighting design by Ben Rawson, props design by Quinten Avila, and intimacy design by Zoe Burke. The stage manager is Lara Terrell with assistant stage managers Sara Cameron and Jenna Fernandez. The dialect captain is Karen Gruber Ryan, and the production manager is Leo Blais.

Additional personnel to be announced at a later date.
*Denotes Member of Actors' Equity Association