INA, Ill. (February 9, 2026) — Rend Lake College is excited to announce that tickets are on sale for the 2026 Spring Musical: Cabaret.
This musical, directed by RLC Music Professor Sara Alstat-Sanders, take place in a Berlin nightclub. As the 1920s draw to a close, a garish Master of Ceremonies welcomes the audience and assures them they will forget all their troubles at the Cabaret. With the Emcee’s bawdy songs as wry commentary, Cabaret explores the dark, heady and tumultuous life of Berlin’s natives and expatriates as Germany slowly yields to the emerging Third Reich. Cliff, a young American writer newly arrived in Berlin, is immediately taken with English singer Sally Bowles. Meanwhile, Fräulein Schneider, proprietor of Cliff and Sally’s boarding house, tentatively begins a romance with Herr Schultz, a mild-mannered fruit seller who happens to be Jewish.
CABARET
Book by Joe Masteroff
Based on the play by John Van Druten and
stories by Christopher Isherwood
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
CABARET is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Tams-Witmark LLC.
www.concordtheatricals.com
Tickets for the RLC Spring Musical are on sale now. You can purchase them by visiting rlc.edu/boxoffice. Order online and you can choose your own seat in the theater. All show times listed below:
April 9-11: Thursday through Saturday, 7:00 PM
April 12: Sunday Matinee, 2:00 PM
For questions or to purchase tickets by phone, you can call the box office at: 618-437-531, ext. 1467.
Meet the cast
Front row (L-R): Gabrielle Webb (Benton), Vanessa Thomas (Mt. Vernon), Madison Brower (Christopher), Alexandria Galyean (Marion), Maddi Maxwell (Macedonia), Robbie Edwards (Mt. Vernon), Audrey Vohlken (Mt. Vernon)
Middle Row (L-R): Sam Buesking (Mt. Vernon), Aaron Romani (Sesser), Jinx Craddock (Mt. Vernon), Malcom Hall (Benton) Cadence Morgan (Mt. Vernon), Holdyn Westberry (Herrin), Penny Franzen (Mt. Vernon),
Back row (L-R): Tessa Neitzel (Benton), Billy Craddock (Mt. Vernon), Jack Robison (Mt. Vernon), Caleb Qualls (Sesser), Braden Bruggen (Mt. Vernon), Torrence More (Benton), Grace Sullivan (Benton)
Not pictured: Melanie Henson (West Frankfort), Zack Swain (Mt. Vernon)
EMCEE - Holdyn Westberry
SALLY - Cadence Morgan
CLIFF - Malcom Hall
FRAULINE SCHNEIDER - Jinx Craddock
HERR SCHULTZ - Aaron Romani
FRAULEIN KOST - Penny Franzen
ERNST LUDWIG - Sam Buesking
KIT KAT GIRL (FRITZIE)/TWO LADIES - Alexandria Galyean
KIT KAT GIRL (LULU)/TWO LADIES - Madison Brower
KIT KAT GIRL (TEXAS) - Gabrielle Webb
KIT KAT GIRL (ROSIE) - Melanie Henson
KIT KAT GIRL (FRENCHIE) - Vanessa Thomas
KIT KAT GIRL (HELGA) - Maddi Maxwell
KIT KAT BOY (BOBBY)/SAILOR #3 - Zack Swain
KIT KAT BOY (VICTOR)/SAILOR #2/BODYGUARD 1 - Caleb Qualls
KIT KAT BOY (HANS)/SAILOR #1/BODYGUARD 2 - Jack Robinson
KIT KAT BOY (HERMAN)/Gorilla - Robbie Edwards
CUSTOMS OFFICER/MAX/ENSEMBLE - Billy Craddock
ENSEMBLE - Braden Bruggen
ENSEMBLE - Torrence Moore
ENSEMBLE - Tessa Neitzel
ENSEMBLE - Audrey Vohlken
ENSEMBLE - Grace Sullivan
