The Cabinet will be producing both Time and Motion Study and Mass at Mass MoCA this September 2008, and part of Border Towns at HERE's Culturemart Series this January 2009. Read more about it here.

We're creating a new ensemble, The Cabinet--and 3 huge productions--from scratch, and we need your help! Please consider donating to these exciting new productions. Click here to make an online donation.

The Cabinet is a production company that creates, workshops, and performs experimental music theater works by Nick Brooke. The company supports an up to 12-member ensemble that is trained in vocal and acting techniques. The company works with larger venues to co-produce works.

Brooke's work mixes musical sampling, lipsynching, and theater into a genre all its own. Vocalists and actors are trained to mimic sampled collages of sound effects, pop songs, and musical ephemera, blurring the line between recording and live performance.

Innovative work requires its own unique direction. The Cabinet draws on a variety of experimental theater and musical exercises to create new pieces, collaborating with performers and directors in long-term workshops. We believe that good work emerges not from quickly rehearsed gigs, but rather by continued support of collaborators.

Contributions to The Cabinet can be made through The Field, a not-for-profit, tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) organization serving the New York City performing arts community. For more information about The Field contact: The Field, 161 6th Avenue, New York NY 10013, (212)691-6969.

For a list of upcoming Cabinet performances, click here.