“Cabaret” Light Cues Design: Sean Saari Cue # Pg/Line Fade time Description 1 1 Preshow 2 1 House lights to half 3 1 Lights out 4 1 “I am a camera” Spot up on Cliff for narration. Sub 18 flash for

end of narration 5 1 Train lights and lights up Cliff 5.5 1 Ernst sits Lights focus to train seats 6 1 “start of song” Spot on Emcee 9 1/5 “To Cabaret” Lights back to Ernst and Cliff 10 1/5 “Cigarette” “Back to Welcome” 12 1 “Orchestra” Lights up on orchestra 14 2 “Cabaret girls” Lights open on the rest of the girls 15 2 “Lose the battle” Lights back to Train 16 7 “Welcome to

Berlin” Lights back to “Welcome”, ctr light group first

18 2-3 Kickline Cove accent lighting on kickline 19 2-3 Lift Emcee Lights fade to scene change and sub 18 flashes 20 8 Fraulein’s apt Lights up 21 9 “For the Sun” Lights focus center for Fraulein’s song 22 11 “So What?” Return to apartment lights/ sub 18 flash end of

song 23 14 shuts typewriter Lights scene change 24 KKKlub up Lights up KK Klub with spot on Emcee 26 16Girls join song Lights open up DSL, DSR, DSC 27 17 End song Spots back to Emcee & flash sub 18 28 17 “Anything can

happen” Lights close focus on Cliff and Sally at opposite

tables 29 20Emcee entrance Spots up on Emcee 29.5 “Happy” Lights switch to dressing room Flash sub 18 31 Cue light Hold submaster 13 down for 2 full seconds 32 24 Mein Herr song Lights switch to kk Klub dim, with Spots up Sally34 25 “Mein Herr” Warms fade up, building with song finale 35 26 End of song Spots switch to Emcee & Flash sub 18 36 27 scene change Scene change lights 36.5 27 Cliff’s room Lights up on Cliff’s room 37 35 “Truth & say” Lights focus to center on Sally for song 38 36 “Too

distracting” Cliff crosses

39 36 Lights back to normal 40 36-38 Cliff sings Lights back to song 41 37 “We’ll think of” Bed special and Flash sub Cliff’s room 42 37 scene change Scene change lights 43 37 “have 2 people” Lights and Spots up on Emcee

46 41 set change Lights fade down and Flash sub 18 47 42 Apartment Lights up 48 45 “If you” Lights up center with warms as well 49 47 “Ah…” Lights back to normal and Flash sub 18 50 47 scene change Lights fade down 50.5 47 Lights up Lights up 51 48 “To me” Lights fade out and Flash sub Cliff’s room 52 49 Cliff’s room Lights up 53 54 “the doctor?” Lights up Center, 55 54 End song Lights back to normal and Flash sub 18 56 56 “Prosit!” Lights fade 57 60Sailorsmuggling Lights up 58 63 “work wonders” Lights change for song 59 63 Chanteuse Change to blues and lavenders 60 64 “Married me” Lights fade, Flash sub 12 62 65 Cliff enters Lights up DSL,DSC,DSR,Ctr, and kk klub area 64 71 All join in Add USC lights 66 71 Last stanza

“Oh Fatherland” Lights build and reds are added in

67 71 “TO ME!” Blackout and Flash sub 18 68 71 Intermission House lights and intermission lights up 69 71 Warning House to half 70 71 Blackout Blackout 71 72 Kick line Lights up, Spots “ballyhho” 71.5 72 Line faces SL Take spots out 71.7 72 EMCEE exit Bring spots back and Flash sub 18 72 73 End kick line Lights fade 73 73 Schultz revolve Lights up 74 75 “And the Old” Lights from “married” are back 76 75 “I understand” Lights fade and flash sub 12 76.5 75 Nazi picks up

brick Spot out

77 76 Emcee enters Lights up, song colors, spot on Emcee 78 76 Dancebreak Side colors are added 79 77 Emcee speech Lights back to normal song, with spots on Em. 80 77 End song Lights fade and Flash sub 18 81 78 Cliff enters Lights up Cliff’s room 82 80 Song starts Lights focus to Ctr, DSC, maybe darker/mood 83 81 End of speech Lights back to normal, Flash sub 18 with song

out 84 83 Emcee appears Amber modeling, rest fairly dim 84.5 83 Song out Flash sub 12 85 83 Cliff enters Lights abruptly bump up 86 83 Cliff crosses to

Max Normal kk Klub lights up

89 86 Money song Song lights up 90 86 All join in Lights open up 93 86 Song ends Lights fade and Flash sub 18 94 88 Cliff’s room Lights up 95 91 “book to me” Scene change 98 87 ”the Cabaret” Spot on Emcee 98.5 88 Sally enters Lights up song and spots switch to Sally 99 88 As Sally breaks

down Lights fade slowly and Flash sub 18

102 92 “Letze ansage!” Train submasters SR-SL 103 92 “Cliff in train” Light up in train 104 92 Cliff stands Light from Cliff’s narration returns 105 “Willkommen” Add lights for SL & SR 107 93 All are onstage Lights open up, Spots switch focus to Nazis 108 Gunshot SR Flash submaster 1 109 Gunshot SL Flash submaster 2 110 Gunshot USR Flash submaster 3 116 Focus shifts to

Eagle 0,0 Lights blast the Eagle and quickly go out

117 Blackout 0,0 Immediately follows cue 116 118 93 curtain call Lights up 119 93 Lights down Lights down & House lights up 120 93 house out Turn everything off