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Senior Cabaret slated at Sterling College
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Joannah Maxwell (center) of Corona, Calif. will present a musical cabaret performance this Thursday at Sterling College Theatre. The evening will include several musical theatre songs from shows spanning several decades including this number “Little Lamb from Alabama” from the musical Big Fish. A total of 20 SC Theatre students will be featured in the musical cabaret along with Maxwell who is presenting the performance as her senior project.

STERLING — Theater audiences will have a chance to see musical theatre numbers spanning the last century in the Music Theatre Cabaret being presented at Sterling College at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 12 in Culbertson Auditorium. The cabaret performance is being put together by graduating Sterling College Theatre major Joannah Maxwell of Corona, Calif.

Students majoring in theater are required to do a senior project. Maxwell chose a music theatre cabaret as a way of learning what goes into producing a performance and for an opportunity to perform some of her favorite musical theatre pieces.

Maxwell is familiar to Sterling area audiences from having been featured in several leading and supporting roles during her years at Sterling College. Some of her notable roles include Sandra from Big Fish, Sally from You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown, and Brooke from Noises Off. She has also been part of Sterling College’s choir and Highland Singers. 

“I guess you could say the overall theme of my show is: roles I would love to play and taking a musical theatre journey from the 1930s through the present,” Maxwell explains. 

Many of Maxwell’s theatre and choir friends are joining her for her musical cabaret in various duets and group numbers. Those featured will be: Modene Waite, Lexie Sutter, Katie Fox, Rachel Townson, Zion Bacci, Catherine Vessey, Emma Kwasiborski, Kim Loya, Kyra McGuire, Will Dutton, Mason Rich, Jake Pieplow, Kyler Comely, Dylan Werth, Nick Amezola, Ardynn Brooks, Ava Brooks, Matt Eilts, and Braydon Jackson.

The cabaret performance will be less than one hour in length and will feature over 10 songs. “My favorite songs to perform are ‘Little Lamb from Alabama’ from the musical Big Fish and ‘Unworthy of Your Love’ from Assassins because of the choreography. My good friend, Katie O’Brien helped guide me through some movement for each of these songs.”

Maxwell feels her most challenging numbers in her cabaret are “Evening Prayers” from the musical Carrie and “Don’t Rain on my Parade” from Funny Girl. “The Carrie number is definitely my most challenging because of the operatic quality it needs. ‘Don’t Rain on my Parade’ has always been a difficult solo for me because of how fast paced it is and how much breath support is needed for it,” she said. 

The senior cabaret performance is free and open to the public. A reception honoring Maxwell will be held after the performance.