Book, music and lyrics by Greg Kerestan
Orchestrations by Travis Rigby
Graphic design, art and mixed media by Beck Scassellati
Based (very very loosely) on the 1919 silent film by G.W. Pabst

SYNOPSIS:
Welcome to Old Town, a typical small town in post-WWII New York. Mild-mannered
city accountant Francis Burton lives a quiet life of crunching numbers, taking care
of his invalid best friend, and pining for the rich heiress across town. Life is normal,
and that’s just the way he likes it… but everything changes when charismatic
showman-scientist Doctor Caligari comes to town.

Soon, a string of grisly murders hits Old Town, and Francis Burton is labeled prime
suspect. From the government to the police to the press and even the churches
everyone in town is glad to point the finger at Francis as scapegoat. Luckily,
Francis has a friend in low places: lady-of-the-night turned amateur detective
Sadie Corman.

Francis and Sadie team up to uncover the truth about the Old Town murders. In the
process, they discover not only the killer’s true identity, but a shocking conspiracy
with tendrils in every facet of Old Town society. Can they set things right? Can
justice be restored? And can ANYONE be trusted, even your friends and
neighbors… or yourself?

The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari is a twenty-first-century musical in twentieth-
century clothing. Using the genres of musical comedy, film noir and Hitchcockian
thrillers, and the sounds of cabaret, circus and Golden Age show tunes, it
examines the intersection between individual and collective social malaise. In an
era of political demagoguery, personal isolation, easy radicalization and paranoia,
who is the greatest threat: the charismatic leader who tells you what you want to
hear, or the alienated loner who believes he is empowered to take justice into his
own hands?

Nothing Without You

Greg Kerestan