THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
Executive Director, Crystal Field

Presents

DetoNation Rat Cabaret

A Subterranean Odyssey

January 8 – January 25, 2026
Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 8:00 PM, Sunday at 3:00 PM

Tickets $20, Students & Seniors $15
Run Time: 85 minutes, No intermission
CABARET THEATER

THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY
155 First Avenue (between 9th and 10th Street)
New York, NY 10003
Directions

What happens when an underground populist movement seeks to sanitize its public image. Detonation Rat Cabaret is the musical story of an organized rat uprising in a city full of hate. Despite the fact that rats share traits such as empathy, ambition and feeling with humans, they are feared, hated and exterminated. In Detonation Rat Cabaret a gutter rat rises from the depths of oppression to the pinnacle of rat-world power. She gains instant credibility, respectability and access to the machinations of influence. But that is not enough to stop her from being brought down by the City’s Rat Czar who’s self-loathing fuels her killer instincts. An unlikely transition takes place as the musical sets a mad-cap mirror to the human psyche.

CAST
Lenin Alevante
JC Augustin
Eric Blitz
Elisa Blynn
Daud Carra
Mia Jurkunas
T. Scott Lilly
Lola Lukas
Leia Martin
Bryce Payne
Doug Principato
Matthew Seepersad
Sonny B. Svanidze

PRODUCTION
Written and Directed by JC Augustin
Music by Vicente Coelho
Musical Director – T.Scott Lilly
Costume Design by Clara Chon
Scenic and Lighting Design by Marsh Shugart
Sound Design by Elija Smith
Graphic Design by Andrew LaPointe and Carolina Botero
Props and rat tails by JC Augustin
Stage Manager – Miguel Loyola
Assistant Stage Manager – Olivia Talian