As The End of the World Cabaret has officially come to a close, I’ve been sitting with so much gratitude for this experience, the art, and every single soul who helped bring this strange, hilarious, heartbreaking, and deeply human story to life.
To our cast, crew, musicians, designers, choreographers, stage management team, board members, creative team, and our fearless director Lizi Watt, thank you for your passion and artistry. To Philip Boehm for adapting Jura Soyfer’s work, and to Jura Soyfer himself for having the courage to speak truth through art during such a terrifying moment in history, thank you. Your words still echo loudly today.
To our audiences, supporters, donors, producing sponsor Stellie Siteman, the critics and journalists who championed this production, and every person who bought a ticket, shared a post, laughed, cried, and experienced this journey with us, thank you for believing in live theatre.
There’s a lyric near the end of the show that shattered me the first time I heard it in rehearsal:
“The earth’s full of hunger
The earth’s full of bread
The earth’s full of life
The earth’s full of death…”
Night after night, I watched audiences react to those words and Konrad’s song with the same emotional depth I felt in that rehearsal room.
Because despite the horrific things happening on this planet, this show reminded us not to forget the beauty, the joy, the art, the music, the plants and trees, the sound of a baby taking its first breath, and the sacredness of a loved one taking their last.
I was deeply honored not only to help market this production, but to witness it from the very beginning as an Assistant Stage Manager. This show was quirky, absurd, playful, and wonderfully weird, but underneath all of that silliness was extraordinary depth and humanity.
This was something truly special. 🌍✨
Over & out,
Jocelyn Padilla
Social Media Manager / Assistant Stage Manager
The End of the World Cabaret
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