APO hosts Open Cabaret

Photo by Elenna Koenig | The Doane Owl
Sophomore Tori Brelsford.
Photo by Elenna Koenig | The Doane Owl
Junior Jules Harlow (center), senior Paige Pulte (left) and junior Katie Craig (right).

On Sept. 6, the Alpha Psi Omega theatre group hosted an Open Cabaret in Lakeside. An open cabaret entails participants coming to the cabaret with a piece, whether musical or not, prepared to present.

The purpose of the event is to spread awareness about the theatre department at Doane University and to help fundraise for the society and the theatre department as a whole.

“Cabaret also acts as a fundraiser for APO; we do free-will donations there as well as a 50/50 raffle,” senior Hailey Trahern said.

There was a lot of variety in the music performed, with genres and sources ranging from traditional musical theatre to music from TV shows.

“Most of the songs are from the pop/rock genre of musical theatre; however, we also have people signed up who are performing more jazz styled songs from the golden age musical theatre. The original songs being performed are in the genre of indie pop,” Trahern said.

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