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The mission of The Cabaret Theatre is to provide a venue where theatre artists (performance and technical) can work at improving their respective crafts, so that both new work and the finest existing works of theatre can be strongly produced. By doing this with mutual respect according to "The Golden Rule," we hope to provide an atmosphere in which personal and professional growth can thrive. We are particularly dedicated to providing new theatre practitioners with a sturdy foundation so that they may carry the work forward in the best possible way. Together, we serve the play, and in doing so, we serve ourselves, each other, the community, the region...and in some small way, the world.
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Why? Because theatre can transform each individual... every community... our region... our state... the country... even the world! One Person At A Time |
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From The Desk of John J. Carosella, Artistic Director:
I have often said that New York City is obviously the Mecca of theatre -- after all, it's Broadway, the Great White Way -- the place where every actor wants to end up.
And I really believe that to be true. But I also believe that the salvation of theatre is out here in the boonies...in the small towns and cities of the nation. Without what we do out in the hinterlands of the country, the New York Theatre would wither and die.
We nourish Broadway. We grow the actors and technicians and the audiences that the New York Theatre needs in order to sustain itself. This is where most actors begin to learn their crafts. And this is where audiences are developed and become appreciative.
The "big time" theatre would not exist without the "small-time" theatres all over the country. So, if theatre is important, then what we do here in Latrobe, Pennsylvania -- in Small-town, America is important, too. We are the greenhouse where the seed is planted and the young plants grow and mature to bear fruit. We are the beginning.
The Cabaret Theatre is dedicated to providing a unique place where artists, technicians, and audiences get a good, solid foundation in this most important of the arts -- theatre.
And I really believe that to be true. But I also believe that the salvation of theatre is out here in the boonies...in the small towns and cities of the nation. Without what we do out in the hinterlands of the country, the New York Theatre would wither and die.
We nourish Broadway. We grow the actors and technicians and the audiences that the New York Theatre needs in order to sustain itself. This is where most actors begin to learn their crafts. And this is where audiences are developed and become appreciative.
The "big time" theatre would not exist without the "small-time" theatres all over the country. So, if theatre is important, then what we do here in Latrobe, Pennsylvania -- in Small-town, America is important, too. We are the greenhouse where the seed is planted and the young plants grow and mature to bear fruit. We are the beginning.
The Cabaret Theatre is dedicated to providing a unique place where artists, technicians, and audiences get a good, solid foundation in this most important of the arts -- theatre.
Two Men
A lot of people have come and gone since Cabaret started in 1979 and all have contributed to the project in some way or other...a few have always been there when they were needed to help mount a show. But only two have withstood the test of time. John Carosella since the beginning and John Horanic who came aboard just seven months into the project.
These two men have nurtured the dream through all the years. Why? Why should they have bothered to keep their dream of having a home to replace the "barn home" they lost in 1985? Why didn't they simply call it quits when the two of them loaded the last bit of theatre equipment out of the barn after working steadily all night long to do so?
Their answer: "Theatre saved out lives and we have seen it save the lives of a lot of other people over the years. Yes, we love creating and presenting shows to the public, but we love even more the invisible and unmeasurable good it does for the audiences who experience the power of theatre and the theatre practitioners who work hard to produce that power."
A lot of people have come and gone since Cabaret started in 1979 and all have contributed to the project in some way or other...a few have always been there when they were needed to help mount a show. But only two have withstood the test of time. John Carosella since the beginning and John Horanic who came aboard just seven months into the project.
These two men have nurtured the dream through all the years. Why? Why should they have bothered to keep their dream of having a home to replace the "barn home" they lost in 1985? Why didn't they simply call it quits when the two of them loaded the last bit of theatre equipment out of the barn after working steadily all night long to do so?
Their answer: "Theatre saved out lives and we have seen it save the lives of a lot of other people over the years. Yes, we love creating and presenting shows to the public, but we love even more the invisible and unmeasurable good it does for the audiences who experience the power of theatre and the theatre practitioners who work hard to produce that power."
This is our story...Two Men
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZS0pNZknVQ
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https://youtu.be/QZS0pNZknVQ
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