Greetings!
WHO: Standing Rock Cultural Arts in collaboration with the Hard Trash Theatre and the Center for Applied Theater and Active Culture (CATAC) presents
WHAT: TAROT CABARET
WHERE: BALCH STREET THEATRE
-220 South Balch Street, Akron, OH. 44302
WHEN: NOVEMBER 13-28, 2026
-Friday, November 13, 8pm
-Saturday, November, 14, 8pm,
-Sunday, November 15, 3pm
-Friday, November 20, 8pm
-Saturday, November 21, 8pm
-Friday, November 27, 8pm
-Saturday, November 28, 8pm
TICKETS: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/tarot-cabaret
-$20 General Admission Pre-Sale
-$25 At The Door.
SYNOPSIS:
Tarot Cabaret brings the characters of the ancient tarot deck to life as a young man struggles against the forces of fate.
The FOOL
The LOVER
The MAGICIAN
The MEDIUM
The EMPEROR
FAITH DEVINE
Tarot Cabaret is a mystical, musical art experience, created by Hard Trash Theatre in collaboration with the Center for Applied Theater and Active Culture (CATAC) and produced by Standing Rock Cultural Arts. With funding from the Akron Community Foundation, Ohio Arts Council, CATAC and other donors.
TAROT CABARET CREDITS:
Written by Leroy Guignol
Directed by Katie Beck (Gum Dip Theatre) and Jeff St. Clair (Hard Trash Theatre
Original music by Bryan Thomas
Produced by Standing Rock Cultural Arts and CATAC
Sets, Sound & Lighting: Kix Williams, Chris Hariaz and Josy Jones
TAROT CABARET CAST AND CREW BIOS:
ANGIE HAZE
(Faith Divine)
Angie Haze is an award-winning queer singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, public speaker, and survivor-advocate whose work centers on trauma healing, reclamation, and self-remembrance. Through music, storytelling, and experiential practices, she creates transformative spaces that empower survivors to reconnect with their agency and resilience. Her current work includes The Story of the Time Thief, a music-memoir project exploring how survivors can reclaim parts of themselves shaped by trauma and transform survival into wisdom and strength. Angie has facilitated healing-centered workshops and experiences at festivals, conferences, and community events along the East Coast, integrating music, embodiment, reflection, and narrative reframing. She recently delivered a TEDxTalk exploring trauma, radical kindness, and self-remembrance, inviting audiences to move beyond survival narratives and recognize the hero within themselves.
ANGEL N VALENZUELA
(Master of Ceremonies)
First time at the Balch, this Transplant performer arrived in Akron mid pandemic, grew roots and took the theater scene by storm. Celebrating five years of uninterrupted theater making.
GIA HULSE
(The Lover)
Gia Hulse is a theatre newcomer who started pursuing the arts just last year. She most recently appeared in the Millennial Theatre Project’s "Sister Act” and the Players Guild Theatre’s “A Christmas Carol". She is thrilled to be showcasing the mystical world of “Tarot Cabaret" at the Balch Street Theatre. Through her role as The Lover, she wants to help in highlighting the journey of redemption and all the obstacles one has to overcome to find betterment and forgiveness.
JAMIE HALE
(The Medium)
Jamie is a proud Akronite, who stayed in the area after graduating from the University of Akron with a bachelor's in theater arts. She was a company member of the New World Performance Laboratory for many years performing and conducting workshops in Poland and the Catskills to name a few. She is excited to return to the Balch Theatre.
JEFFREY R. ST. CLAIR AKA LEROY GUIGNOL
(Co-Director and The Emperor)
Leroy Guignol was an original member of New World Puppet Theatre and is a long time collaborator with Jexo Nor of Standing Rock Cultural Arts. His work with Hard Trash Theatre includes Road Kill, The Museum of Unnatural History, Medea and the original 2014 production of Tarot Cabaret. At the University of Akron, Leroy studied with James Slowiak and Jairo Questa and is the current board president of the Center for Applied Theater and Active Culture, CATAC, which programs and operates Balch St. Theatre. An Akron native and former analytical chemist, Leroy has worked in public media for more than 25 years as a journalist and radio host.
GABRIELLE (GABZ) CIOFANI
(Stage Manager)
Makes her stage management debut with this production. She brings over 30 years of experience in performance art, which includes appearing in the original cast of Kent State’s May 4th Voices (2010). Since 2008, Gabz has proudly supported the Standing Rock Cultural Arts Center. She has spent the past five years diving deep into the tarot, holds a background in management leadership, and loves singing and playing the ukulele.
Standing Rock Cultural Arts is a 501(c)(3) non profit art and education organization based in downtown Kent, OH. Sponsorship opportunities are available for those who want to support our Mission: To Build Community Through The Arts and Provide Arts Access for All.
Contact Jeff Ingram at 330-673-4970 or email info@standingrock.net to become a Sponsor
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