SCHWAZRE MESSE KABARETT//BLACK MASS CABARET

13-14 DEZEMBER 2024//DECEMBER 13-14 2024

THE CELL THEATRE 338 W 23RD ST. NEW YORK NY

Featuring music from J. S. Bach to Kurt Weill, in this Black Mass Cabaret we'll bear witness to the long march for queer liberation from Weimar Germany to the present day and bestow a blessing on those taking up the torch.

PROMPT: ADVENT III

Each generation brings suffering, struggle – but also fortitude and perseverance motivated by faith. We ask ourselves: what is the meaning of suffering, and why should we survive?

We must create our own salvation. While our bodies are temporal, we can create legacies that live on through the generations.

Fac eas, Domine, de morte transire ad vitam.

Quam olim Abrahæ promisisti, et semini eius.

Our ancestors will speak through us and we will find glory in speaking to our successors. We will live in sæcula sæculorum through our collective spirit that transcends all suffering and grows alongside us.

FEATURING:

Jordan Rutter-Covatto - countertenor
Max Richards - actor
Peter Clough - actor
John de los Santos - director
Mila Henry - music director
Jules Biber - cello
Brian Shaw - clarinet and saxophone

MUSIC BY:

Viktor Ullmann, Erwin Schulhoff, David Beyglman,

Friedrich Holländer, Arnold Schönberg, Kurt Weill,

Felix Mendelssohn, Giacomo Meyerbeer,

Alexander von Zemlinsky, J.S. Bach

Arr. Jordan Rutter-Covatto

PLEASE NOTE: this production contains content that is NOT suitable for minors and some audience members may find disturbing including identity-based violence and sexual content.