A Night in New York: A Missed the Boat Benefit Cabaret

Our Cabaret launched the 2025 Leap of Faith Campaign.

Thanks to this generosity, our world premiere production of Moonshot: A Statistically Insignificant Musical is fully funded, and our stretch goal allows us to:

  • Help us expand access to our productions and provide discounts for different groups to make it possible for more people to enjoy the magic of live theater

  • Allow us to get high quality documentation of the show to further our goal of licensing original works for other theaters to produce

  • Give us the ability to enhance our efforts to connect as a community by growing our hospitality and formation for artists throughout the season

directed by Michael Conroy
Music directed by Emma Knapik
January 31, 2025
The Frey Theater at St. Catherine University

In a world that has become increasingly artificial, theatre is as real as it can get. The artist and the audience stand in the same room, and work together to breathe life into the art they share.

Join us for a night of live theatre that breathes purpose into story, and partner with us in our mission to continue to shine a light in the lives of Catholic artists and to our community. Two hours of beloved show tunes and excellent live theatre will reflect the endless light of being human, and will introduce you to our upcoming main stage show in June (a world premiere musical). Includes an intermission. Tickets available for purchase online or with the Ticket Office include a cash bar, dessert, and the show itself.   

Directed by Nikelle Morris
Friday, February 13, 2026
The Frey Theater at St. Catherine University

Our incredible Cabaret audience donated $47,655. Because of the excitement around this campaign, we want to invite all of you into it with an opportunity to help us reach a stretch goal of $52,000. The show is fully funded, so this stretch goal would:

  • Help us expand access to our productions and provide discounts for different groups to make it possible for more people to enjoy the magic of live theater

  • Allow us to get high quality documentation of the show to further our goal of licensing original works for other theaters to produce

  • Give us the ability to enhance our efforts to connect as a community by growing our hospitality and formation for artists throughout the season

ACT 1

"Bright Star" from Bright Star — Full Company featuring Alex McKenzie & Paul Vallentos

"A Lovely Night" from La La Land — Payton Morris & Bella Schaps

"Christmas Lullaby" from Songs for a New World — Annie Smaron

"Go the Distance" from Hercules — Ben Stefonowicz

Three Girls, a Teacher, and a Priest Improv — Fr. Aric Aamodt, Catherine Kracht, Clare Kracht, Christina Malloy, & Paul Vallentos

"Stay Gold" from The Outsiders — Chad Berg, Alec Schluender, & Annie Severson

“How Glory Goes” from Floyd Collins — Michael Conroy

Original Monologue — written and performed by Mary Shaffer

"You and Me but Mostly Me" from The Book of Mormon — Chad Berg & Fr. Kyle Kowalczyk

"Actuarial Way" from the new musical Moonshot: A Statistically Insignificant Musical — Chad Berg, Stephen Brewer, Michael Conroy, Veronica Kremer, Payton Morris, Bella Schaps, Ben Stefonowicz, & Evy Wang with choreography by Annie Smaron

ACT 2

"Zero to Hero" from Hercules Emma Knapik, Katie McKenzie, Hanna McLevish, Shannon Rouston, & Bella Schaps

"Corner of the Sky" from Pippin — Josh Wang

"I Have Confidence" from The Sound of Music — Evy Wang

"What You Mean to Me" from Finding Neverland — Alex & Katie McKenzie

"For Good" from Wicked — Angela Cahill & Emma Knapik

"The Impossible Dream" from Man of La Mancha — Full Company featuring Christina Malloy