A NOTE FROM THE CAB LEADERSHIP
We are so excited to continue Yale Cabaret’s annual Dragaret tradition- this year titled Read for Filth. It’s important to us to be able to connect with and showcase our community, both New Haven and the School of Drama. This year’s theme speaks to what is happening in the country currently around the silencing of queer stories and drag culture. We’re here to celebrate Drag Queen story time everywhere and to showcase the joy of theatre as a form of true expression. Stay tuned for the announcement of our final slots of season Sandbox on Monday! We hope you will continue to join us as we build a season of exploration, experimentation, and pushing boundaries at Yale Cabaret. Out of the box and into our Sandbox! — Doaa, Kyle, & Annabel
A NOTE FROM THE PRODUCERS When we were kids, we learned that reading is fundamental. And this year’s theme is all about reading! We’re encouraging people to READ books; we’re advocating to bring back the books that have been banned in schools due to the book laws; and we’re encouraging people to READ someone when they get smart with you. Despite several decades of progress toward social equity, a wave of homophobic and transphobic rhetoric has been sweeping America, providing fodder for legislators to introduce restrictions on the rights of LGBTQ people across the country. Among these bills include attempts to bad drag shows “targeting minors” or performances on “public property” and tonight we’re taking a stand! READING is an important part of life and should be celebrated. So whether you’re at the library with your kids or you’re at a drag show and a bitch just stepped on your shoes…we encourage you to READ! Because reading is what?? FUNDAMENTAL!
– Kemar Jewel, Natalie King, and Joy Chen
SPECIAL THANKS LT Gourzong
Summer and Sully
Charlie Lovejoy
Caroline Tyson
Lauren Walker
Mara Bredovskis
READ FOR FILTH
Celebrating Drag Queen Story Hour Everywhere
Yale Cabaret’s Annual Dragaret
PRODUCTION TEAM Producer/Host
Producer
Producer
Kemar Jewel
Natalie King
Joy Chen
Scenic Designer
Patrick Blanchard
Set Designer
Karen Loewy Movilla
Lighting Designer
Assoc. Lighting Designer
Asst. Lighting Designer
Electrician
David DeCarolis Sound Designer/DJ
Kyle Stamm
Larry Ortiz
Sound Designer
Alex Theisen Sound Designer
Joyce Ciesil
Emilee Biles
Stan Mathabane
Costume Designer
Projection Designer
Projection Designer
Technical Director
Tom Minucci
Load In Crew
Nickie Dubick*
Load In Crew
Dramaturg
DJ
Host
Micah Ohno
Wiktor Freifeld
Ein Kim
Madeline Pages
Garrett Allen
Stage Manager
Colleen Rooney
Steph Lo
Thomas Nagata*
Stage Manager
Josie Cooper*
SHOW SPONSORS Josh and Betty Goldberg & ActOUT *Yale Cabaret Debut
MISSION STATEMENT
Sandbox by definition, is “a shallow box in the ground partly filled with sand for children to play in”. We hope to create a similar sense of curiosity and playfulness, allowing artists to access creativity only possible when given the opportunity to dig and unearth treasures within themselves. Our season will focus on performance arts as a whole, not just script-based plays or musicals, it’s open to ALL. We aim to look at collaborators as they are, without limiting them to the role they hold within the DGSD community. We believe in a theater without labels, where artists are not limited by the hats they wear, but by the experience they bring into the room with them. As a collective, we will create theater that continues to reshape our ever-changing view on the world.
OUR SANDBOX IS... A Celebration of Ideas: A place where no ideas are bad ideas Experimental: A space to try, fail, learn, and grow as a community A Resource: A pool of combined knowledge and artistry An Outlet: Magnifying unheard voices and underrepresented stories A Continuum: An application of skills learned Our Sandbox is a place where you can make your wildest dreams come true.
LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT The state of Connecticut and Yale University occupy the traditional, ancestral, and unceded lands of the Mohegan, Mashantucket Pequot, Eastern Pequot, Schaghticoke, Golden Hill Paugussett, Niantic, Quinnipiac, and other Algonquian speaking peoples. We honor and respect their continued relationship with and stewardship of this land, and we acknowledge that Yale University, Yale Cabaret, and those affiliated have benefited from the oppression of these Nations.
LABOR ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Yale University does not exist independently from the centuries of forced labor and economic extraction of enslaved people, primarily of African descent, on which this country was built. We are indebted to their labor and their unwilling sacrifice, and we must acknowledge the ongoing violence inflicted on Black and brown people and the resulting impact and generational trauma still felt today.
LEADERSHIP TEAM Co-Artistic Director
Co-Artistic Director
Doaa Ouf
Managing Director
Kyle Stamm
Annabel Guevara
COLLABORATORS Associate Managing Director
Adrian Alexander Hernandez Production Manager
Mara Bredovskis
Production Manager
Aholibama Castañeda González
Cab Assistant
Cab Assistant
Victoria McNaughton
Graphic Designer
Sarah Saifi
Restaurant Partner
Michelle Foley
The Anchor Spa
ADVISORY BOARD Acting
Grayson Richmond Dramaturgy
Costume Design
Caroline Tyson Lighting Design
Directing
Alexis Kulani Woodard Playwriting
Karoline Vielemeyer
David DeCarolis
Projection Design
Scenic Design
Kim Zhou
Joe Krempetz
Stage Management
Technical Design
Theatre Management
John Horzen
Colleen Rooney
Leo Surach
Doug Robinson Sound Design
Natalie King
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chair
Wendy Davies Eric M. Glover
L.T. Gourzong
Linda-Cristal Young
Samanta Cubias
Gabrielle Hoyt
Lawrence Henry
ABOUT THE CAB
In 1968, David Geffen School of Drama at Yale students established a basement performance venue in the former home of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity at 217 Park Street. Envisioned as an alternative outlet for drama school students’ creativity and experimentation, Yale Cabaret became a forum for our expanded New Haven communities, whom we invite to gather around food, drink, conversation, fellowship, and artistry. Since its founding, the Cabaret has remained in continuous operation, including pivoting to virtual performance during the 2020/21 season. The Cab has produced hundreds of plays, old and new, alongside musicals and musical revues, comedy shows, dance, performance art, and genre-defying performance. Our supporters have made this storied history happen. With their partnership, we continue this tradition into 2024 and beyond.
JOIN US FOR DINNER The Anchor Spa at Yale Cabaret will be offering a dinner service for our 8pm Thursday through Saturday performances accepting orders from 6:30pm to 7:30pm.
at Yale Cabaret
The Anchor Spa boasts a pan-Caribbean menu and an outstanding cocktail program that represents a voyage around the world, including some unique international spirits rarely sampled in the U.S. From picking herbs a la minute from their garden to brewing up syrups and roasting their designer garnishes, The Anchor Spa applies the highest level of craft bartending principles in the pursuit of fun like no one else.
Chef Kendall Thigpen welcomes you!
JOIN US AT THE BAR Yale Cabaret will have a bar open 30 minutes before all performances including at intermission and after the show. You can find a range of alcoholic drinks, soft drinks, and snacks for sale at the bar.
OUR SUPPORTERS
Yale Cabaret is DGSD’s student-run theater and operates with the support of our generous donors. Your donation goes a long way to support the many artists that work in our theater. Season Sponsor ($5,000 - $7,499) Santino Blumetti Champion ($2,500 - $4,999) Wendy Davies Partner ($1,000 - $2,499) Nina Adams & Moreson Kaplan Joan Channick Lynn Doucette-Stamm Bennett Pudlin & Ann Judd R. Lee Stump & Abigail Roth Show Sponsor ($500 - $999) ActOUT Shawn Boyle Audrey Conrad Eric Glover Josh & Betty Goldberg L.T. Gourzong Andy & Sarah Hamingson Eileen & Jim Mydosh The Mooney Basile Family Bill & Sharon Reynolds Matthew Sonnenfeld Josh & Erin Taylor Paul Walsh Enthusiast ($250 - $499) Chris Brindley Suzanne Bruhn & Michael Kane James Bundy & Anne Tofflemire Ramiro Daniel Diaz Kenneth Elliott
Pamela Jordan Chantal Rodriguez Florie Seery Supporter ($100 - $249) Anonymous Ikenna Aberdeen Frances Anne Black Shaminda Amarakoon Donald & Mary Brown Geoff Cohen Jennifer Corman Samanta Cubias & Ben Jones Robert Emmons Carol Gallagher & Delmar Doucette Alicia Guevara Chloe Knight Jerry Lodynsky Sarah Masotta Max Okst Chris E Wall Advocate ($50 - $99) Casey Grambo & Nathaniel Gagnon Carla L. Jackson Cathy & Matthew Levesque In Honor of Edgar Melgar Steven Padla Susan & Michael Ryan Jacob Daniel Santos Henry & Socorro Stamm Nicole Stamm Ariel Welch Grace Zandarski
THANKS TO OUR TECH WEEK SPONSORS
COMING SOON! SPRING SEASON ANNOUNCEMENT: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH
February 22nd - 24th
March 21st - 23rd
April 11th - 13th
April 18th - 20th
WE ADDED ANOTHER SHOW!
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