A Towngate Cabaret Fundraiser 2025

Celebrate musical theater with A Towngate Cabaret!

A Towngate Cabaret is back and bigger than ever! This year’s show features more than three dozen local performers singing show-stopping hits from such shows as Annie, Hamilton, Cabaret, RENT, and, of course, Wicked!

A Towngate Cabaret is Saturday, May 31, at 7pm at Oglebay Institute’s Towngate Theatre. A social hour from 6-7pm features hors d’oeuvres, drinks, and desserts.

Proceeds benefit the Friends of Towngate, which supports the creative work of the theatre, as well as projects to preserve the historic building.

The cast includes Desiree Adorable, Taylor Rose Andrews, Natalie Armstrong, Jess Banyas, Robby Banyas, Jacob Boyette, Karin Butyn, David Callihan, Isaac Cardot, Gretchen Carter, Juan Dunlap, Skyler Dye, McKenna Everson, Bethany Fernbaugh, Pete Fernbaugh, Josie Figaretti, Denise Glennon, Dee Gregg, Aneliese Guthrie, Sarah Hamilton, Joey Heatherington, Lyric Hill, Odessa Hores, Chelsey Keding, Laurie Labishak, Peter Lim, Lynea Logan, Cassandra Majetich, Vince Marshall, Kami Martin, Karissa Martin, Keyuri Morgan, Kelsey Ohler, Anacelia Parissi, Ralph Parissi, Maura Danielle Reiff-Parissi, Corey Rogers, Austin Schwanker, Lakin Weaver, Kendra Wickham, and Dave Zee.

Tickets are $30 per person.

Register online or call 304-242-7700 for tickets.  You can purchase at the door, if seats are available. Advanced ticket purchase is recommended.

Experience the magic of art onstage…

Towngate is the premiere venue for community theater in Wheeling.  Enjoy an intimate theater experience. Marvel at and applaud the talent of local actors. Experience a variety of though-provoking, heartwarming, comedic and historically significant works from renowned playwrights and talented newcomers. When watching a stage production, you are transported into a different world. Escape from reality and feel the energy created by sharing an intimate space with actors and fellow theatergoers.  Live action happens right before your eyes. There’s no app for that!  Furthermore, theater is a social experience meant to be shared with one another. So, bring your family and friends and meet new friends, too. And, most importantly, support your local actors, directors, stage managers, set and costume designers. They spend months working to bring characters and stories to life. Their efforts produce amazing art time and time again.

Towngate: Where Community Meets Creativity

Towngate is a cornerstone of creative life in Wheeling and serves as an entertainment destination for residents of the Ohio Valley and beyond. People of all ages and backgrounds gather here to create and experience art onstage. Most of all, Towngate celebrates the essential power of theater to illuminate our common humanity. The community enjoys and participates in hundreds of live performances, classes and workshops year-round.