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Under the cover of an evening’s relaxing entertainment, cabaret, like nothing else, suddenly dispenses a poison cookie.
images c/o christopher ash
performance images c/o austin art
Are you feeling sluggish tonight? Placid? Politically impotent. We have a cookie for that.
The Bearded Ladies have some treats for you. Do You Want A Cookie? concocts the perfect cabaret confections to satisfy your cravings. Part Great Cabaret Bake-Off, part irreverent romp through cabaret history, the show is at once subversive, joyous, provocative, and communal.
An international cast of cabaret artists perform throughout a labyrinthine industrial space refitted as a seductive nightclub, presenting a live history of cabaret from Le Chat Noir to Weimar nightlife to 21st-century drag.
production information
Adrienne Truscott (NYC)
Bridge Markland (Berlin)
Cherdonna Shinatra (Seattle)
Cookie Diorio (Philly)
Gosia Kasprzycka (Paris/Poland)
Daniel Park (Philly)
Jess Conda (Philly)
Dito van Reigersberg (Philly)
Dieter Rita Scholl (Berlin)
John Jarboe (Philly)
Mary Tuomanen (Philly)
Tareke Ortiz (Mexico City)
Messapotamia LeFae (Philly)
Jimmy Coleman
Dorie Byrne
Daniel de Jesús
Andrew Nelson
Spiff Weigard
Director and Co-Conceiver* John Jarboe
Dramaturg and Co-Conceiver* Sally Ollove
Assistant Director Brett Robinson
Music Supervisor* Heath Allen
Music Director Amanda Morton
Associate Group Choreographer Jody Kuehner
Production Stage Manager Nic Labadie-Bartz
Assistant Stage Manager Maya Neville & Tiffany Bunch
Installation and Costume Design* Rebecca Kanach
Installation and Costume Design Machine Dazzle
Lighting Design Oona Curley
Sound Design Elizabeth Atkinson
Projection Design Christopher Ash
Associate Installation Design Sara Outing
Assistant Lighting Design Harbour Edney
General Manager* Cynthia Janzen
Production Manager*^ Calvin Anderson
Company Manager Dan O’Neil
Assistant Production Manager Sara Marinich
Technical Direction Flannel and Hammer, Lauren Tracy, Joe Daniels
Venue Management & Master Electrician Jacks Katz
Lighting Operator John Allerheiligen
Audio Mixers Waylon Ferrell, Taylor Jedlinski
Projection Operator Michael Long
Video Assistant Colin Sass
Run Crew Jem Rubin, Lindsay Drucker, Teresa Burns
Wardrobe Vanessa Ogbuehi, Emma Weiss Holyst
Stitchers Max Brown, Jill Keys
*Member of the Bearded Ladies Cabaret staff and/or company
additional media
Cabaret Kaleidoscope
Broad Street Review | September 05, 2018 | Cameron Kelsall
Do You Want a Cookie?, the latest bacchanal from The Bearded Ladies Cabaret, embodies the Philadelphia Fringe Festival's freewheeling, party-hearty aesthetic.
Cooking Up Cabaret : An Interview
FringeArts | July 23, 2018
“We could write a book, but we’re cabaret artists, so we decided the best way to understand the history and the present moment was to explore it through performance.” Sally Ollove, The Bearded Ladies Cabaret