Yale Cabaret: WE FUCKED UP [A gameshow]

A NOTE FROM THE CAB LEADERSHIP

Welcome back to Yale Cabaret for the first show of Season 56 Sandbox.

Our programming for this season focuses on what happens when people say “What if we did this?”. We’re excited about the risks artists take when they are given the space to ask questions, experiment with new ideas, and discover things about themselves and their craft in the process. And our first show “We Fucked Up: A Gameshow”, does just that.

In a world where we’re often asked to be correct and avoid making mistakes, this show puts a fun twist on the humanity of it all. The contestants in this show are forced to adapt to a new set of rules much like we do as life introduces new challenges. We hope this show and our season will expand your view on what theater can be. Please join us as we laugh, cry, and dream up a season of theater without boundaries at Yale Cabaret.

Out of the box and into our Sandbox.

— Doaa, Kyle, & Annabel

A NOTE FROM THE PRODUCER

When I look back at the incredible journey that We Fucked Up: A Gameshow has been, the first thing that comes to mind is diced onions. I think of this because John Horzen, the creator and director of WFU, and I were volunteering at the Downtown Evening Soup Kitchen, chopping onions for that night’s dinner, when he told me about a live game show that he proposed for the opening show of Yale Cabaret’s 56th season. He barely finished his pitch when I asked how I could be involved.

After three months, dozens of writing sessions, 30ish hours of filming, and countless hours of video editing, we crafted the one-of-a-kind production you’re seeing today! Our writers used their brilliant imaginations to develop a game sequence that is equally silly and smart; the designers transformed this basement into a live studio audience experience; and our performers have trusted us all and themselves to truly let loose and play. This entire group is genius. I hope their intelligence and passion is clear from the first “Prize Task” to the “Final Fuck Up.” We hope this show reminds you to celebrate all the wins in your life that seem small or ridiculous or unimportant. I, for one, am still celebrating the fact that I diced onions with John in July. Enjoy the show!

— Maya Louise Shed

SPECIAL THANKS

Wendall Harrington Allyse Corbin Sarah Machiko Haber Maggie Elliott Paige Gerysm Lydia Gompper Tusia Dabrowska Mara Bredovskis Vincent Horzen Juice Mackins Doug Robinson Tojo Rasedoara Suzu Sakai Robert Salerno Matt Welander

WE FUCKED UP: A GAMESHOW Created by John Horzen, Anna Horzen*, Lucas Iverson, Shefali Das*, Joe Krempetz, and David DeCarolis

PRODUCTION TEAM Producer

Maya Louise Shed*

Creator/Director/Video Designer

John Horzen

Set Designer

Costume Designer

Lighting Designer

Sound Designer

Interaction Designer

Composer

Rea Brown*

Kim Zhou

Kyle Stamm

Joe Krempetz

Christian Killada

Samantha Wolf

Video Assistant

Video Assistant

Video Assistant

Assistant Lighting Designer

Technical Director

Props Supervisor

Wiktor Freifeld*

Ke Xu*

Celia Chen*

Ein Kim

Leo Surach

Stage Manager

Chloe Liu

Steph Burke

Run Crew

Claudia Campos*

CAST Host

Maya Louise Shed* Contestant

Minjae Kim*

Assistant

Edoardo Benzoni* Contestant

Andrew Aaron Valdez

Contestant

Shyama Iyer Contestant

Rebeca Robles

SHOW SPONSOR Wendy Davies *Yale Cabaret Debut

MISSION STATEMENT

Sandbox by definition, is “a shallow box in the ground partly filled with sand for children to play in”. We hope to create a similar sense of curiosity and playfulness, allowing artists to access creativity only possible when given the opportunity to dig and unearth treasures within themselves. Our season will focus on performance arts as a whole, not just script-based plays or musicals, it’s open to ALL. We aim to look at collaborators as they are, without limiting them to the role they hold within the DGSD community. We believe in a theater without labels, where artists are not limited by the hats they wear, but by the experience they bring into the room with them. As a collective, we will create theater that continues to reshape our ever-changing view on the world.

OUR SANDBOX IS...

A Celebration of Ideas: A place where no ideas are bad ideas Experimental: A space to try, fail, learn, and grow as a community A Resource: A pool of combined knowledge and artistry An Outlet: Magnifying unheard voices and underrepresented stories A Continuum: An application of skills learned Our Sandbox is a place where you can make your wildest dreams come true.

LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT The state of Connecticut and Yale University occupy the traditional, ancestral, and unceded lands of the Mohegan, Mashantucket Pequot, Eastern Pequot, Schaghticoke, Golden Hill Paugussett, Niantic, Quinnipiac, and other Algonquian speaking peoples. We honor and respect their continued relationship with and stewardship of this land, and we acknowledge that Yale University, Yale Cabaret, and those affiliated have benefited from the oppression of these Nations.

LABOR ACKNOWLEGDMENT

Yale University does not exist independently from the centuries of forced labor and economic extraction of enslaved people, primarily of African descent, on which this country was built. We are indebted to their labor and their unwilling sacrifice, and we must acknowledge the ongoing violence inflicted on Black and brown people and the resulting impact and generational trauma still felt today.

LEADERSHIP TEAM Co-Artistic Director

Co-Artistic Director

Doaa Ouf

Managing Director

Kyle Stamm

Annabel Guevara

COLLABORATORS Assoc. Managing Director

Cab Assistant

Cab Assistant

Anne Ciarlone

Kavya Shetty

Mithra Seyedi

Graphic Designer

Production Manager

Restaurant Partner

Michelle Foley

Twaha Abdul Majeed

The Anchor Spa

ADVISORY BOARD Acting

Costume Design

Directing

Grayson Richmond

Caroline Tyson

Alexis Kulani Woodard

Dramaturgy

Lighting Design

Playwriting

Karoline Vielmeyer

David DeCarolis

Doug Robinson

Projection Design

Scenic Design

Kim Zhou

Sound Design

Joe Krempetz

Stage Managment

Technical Design

Theatre Management

John Horzen

Colleen Rooney

Leo Surach

Natalie King

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chair

Wendy Davies

Eric M. Glover

L.T. Gourzong

Linda-Cristal Young

Samanta Cubias

LAW

ABOUT THE CAB

In 1968, David Geffen School of Drama at Yale students established a basement performance venue in the former home of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity at 217 Park Street. Envisioned as an alternative outlet for drama school students’ creativity and experimentation, Yale Cabaret became a forum for our expanded New Haven communities, whom we invite to gather around food, drink, conversation, fellowship, and artistry.

Since its founding, the Cabaret has remained in continuous operation, including pivoting to virtual performance during the 2020/21 season. The Cab has produced hundreds of plays, old and new, alongside musicals and musical revues, comedy shows, dance, performance art, and genre-defying performance.

Our supporters have made this storied history happen. With their partnership, we continue this tradition into 2024 and beyond.

JOIN US FOR DINNER The Anchor Spa at Yale Cabaret will be offering a dinner service for our 8pm Thursday through Saturday performances accepting orders from 6:30pm to 7:30pm.

at Yale Cabaret

The Anchor Spa boasts a pan-Caribbean menu and an outstanding cocktail program that represents a voyage around the world, including some unique international spirits rarely sampled in the U.S. From picking herbs a la minute from their garden to brewing up syrups and roasting their designer garnishes, The Anchor Spa applies the highest level of craft bartending principles in the pursuit of fun like no one else.

Chef Kendall Thigpen welcomes you back!

JOIN US AT THE BAR Yale Cabaret will have a bar open 30 minutes before all performances including at intermission and after the show. You can find a range of alcoholic drinks, soft drinks, and snacks for sale at the bar!

OUR SUPPORTERS

Yale Cabaret is DGSD’s student-run theater and operates with the support of our generous donors. Your donation goes a long way to support the many artists that work in our theater. Please consider making a donation today and help us create in our Sandbox!

Champion ($2,500 - $4,999)

Wendy Davies

Partner ($1,000 - $2,400)

Joan Channick Lynn Doucette-Stamm Bennett Pudlin & Ann Judd Show Sponsor ($500 - $999)

L.T. Gourzong

Enthusiast ($250 - $499)

Pamela Jordan Florie Seery R Lee Stump

Supporter ($100 - $249)

Donald & Mary Brown Jerry Lodynsky Christine E Wall Advocate ($50 - $99)

Alicia Guevara In Honor of Edgar Melgar

THANKS TO OUR TECH WEEK SPONSORS

WHAT’S NEXT! THE RASA JAR

October 5th - October 7th By: Shyama Iyer “The Rasa Jar” is a performance cycle that explores human emotion. Through a unique blend of Indian and American music theater, it takes you through the colorful and visceral sensations of Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust, Loss, Awe, Pride, and Love.

ROMEO AND YOU-LIET October 19th - October 21st By: Andrew Aaron Valdez

In “Romeo and You-liet”, step into Verona’s age-old feud and steer the fate of the star-crossed lovers in this interactive retelling. Every choice we make rebuilds Shakespeare’s iconic tale into something simultaneously recognizable and uniquely yours.

UNTITLED 1999

October 26th - October 28th By: Stefani Kuo Born and bred in the city of Donkey Kong, Moon is 19, in love for the first time, and dreams of becoming her city’s first female forensic investigator. And she is hell-bent on solving an infamous unsolved murder in her hometown.

But as she gives us a tour of the evidence she’s collected in her Hello Kitty-littered bedroom, things start to go wrong with her boyfriend Man, and she is forced to ask herself, what would she choose if it came down to it: love or her hometown?

SEASON 56 FESTIVAL November 30th - December 2nd

Coming Soon!

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