Provincetown CabaretFest, the week-long Cabaret intensive featuring performances and educational opportunities for aspiring and experienced Cabaret artists, has a new Artistic Director. Producer Patricia Fitzpatrick, has appointed New York-based performer David Rhodes to be her successor.
In collaboration with Boston Association of Cabaret Artists Inc. (BACA) as the festival’s fiscal sponsor, Provincetown CabaretFest will begin its new chapter under Rhodes, with full 501(c)(3) and LLC designation, partnering with BACA president, Boston’s Jim Keating to facilitate the transition.
An integral player in Provincetown CabaretFest both as a Master Class teacher and performer, Rhodes, steps into the position as Producer and Provincetown CabaretFest LLC Board of Director’s Chairman. Rhodes taking on his responsibilities in January 2026. His vision includes expanding the festival internationally and introducing an ‘in the know’, insider’s Cabaret tool box podcast.
Classically schooled with a contemporary edge, Rhodes trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, Carnegie-Mellon and Wesleyan University. His work as a solo artist, stage, film, and television actor has garnered critical acclaim nationally and internationally. As a cabaret performer Rhodes is known in Provincetown, New York, Boston, New Orleans and London for his unique and theatrical performances, straddling the boundary between Cabaret, theater and spoken word performance art.
