Cabaret at The Creede Hotel

CABARET

at the CREEDE HOTEL: Utterly Devastating

No Intermission

CREATIVE TEAM

Director Jessica Jackson+ Music Director Andy Hudson Costume Design Elly Hunt Lighting Design Kaye Swindell Sound Design Ethan Fuller EDI Facilitation Brittni Shambaugh Addison & Will Ward

MANAGEMENT

Stage Manager Miranda Ray

CAST

Host Host Plus Special Guests… Christy Brandt Annie Butler

Content Advisory: These performances may include lots of Broadway tunes and reliving past success.

The purchase of a meal is required for attending the Cabaret. The $20 per person cover charge will be added to your food and beverage tab. Cocktail hour begins at 5pm, patrons must be seated for dinner by 6pm. Make reservations through The Creede Hotel & Restaurant at (719)658-2608.

Christy and Annie. Butler vs Brandt. Starring Christy Brandt and Annie Butler. However you name this dynamic duo, they're sure to bring the laughs, and even tug at your heart strings. This year, these two legends of the CRT stage host an original cabaret complete with their unforgettable chemistry and some very special guests. Plus, no two shows will be quite the same! Jessica Jackson

DIRECTOR’S NOTES

When humor exists, love is not far behind. -Michael Lewis

In March 2021, I saw a headline that read, “performing arts industry faces utter devastation.” I found this headline perplexing. Oh, so, now we’re utterly devastated? What was the past 12 months? Just a balmy devastation? A mild, picode-gallo devastation before the ghost-pepper

devastation? This ridiculous, irreverent cabaret is a salute to entertainers – those brilliant performers who captivate an audience, who hold us so deftly in the palm of their hand. Without audiences, these workers (mostly freelancers) were robbed of their livelihood for far too long. Most are still waiting for the jobs to return. They’ve been utterly devastated. This seems like a strange inspiration for a goofball variety-show parody. I don’t pretend that laughter can heal all these wounds, but I also can’t imagine facing the future without it. Christy Brandt and Annie Butler play two semi-famous, semi-coherent divas on the cusp of calling it quits. With the help of some eccentric performers, they’re taking the stage for “one night only” to bid farewell to the world of entertainment - a last hurrah full of song, comedy, and mischief. Will they hang it all up when the curtain falls? Or will they carry on? It’s their last chance to be brilliant, captivating…and utterly devastating.