CAT TOWN CABARET starring
MEGHAN DIBBLE, mezzo soprano
ROD LOWE, tenor
BRYAN BAKER, piano
Performers from All Terrain Theater's Women in Solidarity: Cat Ladies
Cat Town Cabaret, a concert benefiting the Cat Town Café and Adoption Center, will be held Friday, October 17th, at 8:00 pm, at the Veteran’s Memorial Building, in Piedmont. The feline-themed event will include a cabaret concert featuring witty, tender and comical songs, as well as three original scenes written and acted by playwrights and actors from All Terrain Theater’s Women in Solidarity show, “Cat Ladies”, which premiered in Berkeley, CA, in April 2013.
Tickets are available in advance, $15-$35, at Brown Paper Tickets or for $20-$40 at the door. Bicycle Coffee, cookies from S+M Vegan and wine and beer will be available for purchase. For tickets, http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/882194
Local mezzo soprano, Meghan Dibble, and tenor, Rod Lowe, a couple of LOL cat addicts, will present several cat songs written by classical and cabaret composers, including Rossini’s Cat Duet. Dibble and Lowe will be accompanied on piano by Dr. Bryan Baker, who also will present Aaron Copland’s charming piece “The Cat and the Mouse.”
Scenes from “Cat Ladies”, a showcase featuring female solo performances in honor of our quirky obsession with cats, will include “Cat Nanny 911”, written & performed by Theresa Donahoe, “The Metamorphosis”, written by Carol Lashof and performed by Heather Kellogg, and "Kitty's Prescription", written by Patricia Milton and performed by Martha Rynberg.
About Cat Town
Cat Town is an independent, non-profit organization that helps the cats least likely to be adopted from Oakland's municipal shelter. Through its foster-based program, Cat Town allows shy and sensitive cats to blossom and find great permanent homes.
A partnership between Ann Dunn of Cat Town and Adam Myatt of Hoodcats, the Cat Town Café & Adoption Center is slated for an October 25 opening in Oakland at 29th and Broadway. The Cat Town Café will significantly expand Cat Town’s capacity to get cats and kittens out of shelter cages and into great homes.
For more information about Cat Town or the Cat Town Cafe, contact Ann Dunn at
[email protected]. For information about this event, contact Meghan Dibble at
[email protected].