About
Upcoming Events
**All performances are open to the public.
Signature Series
Janis Siegel: New York Standard Time, Presented by L.M. Henderson & Co., LLP
Feb. 24 & 25 at 8 pm
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Club Series
Cynthia Layne: The Back Room
Mar. 24 at 8 pm
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Club Series
Shannon Forsell: Songs I've Never Sung On Broadway
Apr. 20 & 21 at 8 pm
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This is the place to go if you want a grown up evening out on the town.
Special thanks to Mark A. Lee, Great Exposures, for all photos of The Cabaret.
About the Cabaret
The Cabaret is a professional, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization and is the only arts organization in Indianapolis dedicated to the art of professional cabaret performance. Each year, The Cabaret provides both artistic and educational programs for the Indianapolis community. These programs have resulted in more than 38 performances, 5,000 patrons and 2,500 youth affected annually.
Mission
To elevate the cabaret art form; attract, develop and retain high quality local performance talent; and to provide a unique and important contribution to the city’s artistic and cultural life.
Vision
To establish a national reputation as a pre-eminent cabaret venue featuring world-class performances.
Programming
Artistic
Signature Cabaret Series - introduces top national cabaret performers to the Indianapolis audience, in smaller, intimate performances, more true to the cabaret art form. This series will also provide students and local performers the opportunity to hone their cabaret skills, by offering performance workshops and master classes led by the national artists.
The Club Series - showcases the wealth of seasoned local and regional performers in cabaret-style performances in an intimate and sophisticated setting.
"Jazz at The Cabaret" Series - presenting a new series in partnership with Owl Studios and Indy Jazz Fest that features Indy’s local jazz artists and an art form treasured around the world. Like Cabaret, Jazz melds histories, traditions, improvisation and experimentation in order to express the most fundamental conditions like the human experience.
Indiana Women in Music Series - in partnership with ISIS of Indiana, this series showcases local women performers in our sophisticated setting. ISIS, founded by local musicians Monika Herzig and Heather Ramsey, is dedicated to mentoring new generations of women musicians, promoting the wealth of female involvement in music creation, and celebrating the achievement of women in all genres of music through musical events staged by women with women.
Educational
The Cabaret Conservatory - offers master classes and workshops to high school aged youth, area university music students and adults taught by some of the country's best performers and educators; providing continuing education and performance classes not covered in the traditional musical education setting.
Click here to read a story about Shannon Forsell and The Cabaret in NUVO Newsweekly.
Click here to read a story about Shannon Forsell and The Cabaret in Indianapolis Woman Magazine.
