Noel Carey is the emcee and Jenni Putney is Sally Bowles in Gunn High School’s production of “Cabaret.” Performances are scheduled to open Friday in the school’s Spangenberg Theatre.

The Gunn High School Theater Department presents “Cabaret” this week and next in the school’s Spangenberg Theatre.

“Cabaret” - with music and lyrics by John Kander and Fred Ebb - tells the story of Clifford Bradshaw, an American writer who visits Berlin as the Nazis come into power in the late 1920s. He meets nightclub singer Sally Bowles in the Kit Kat Club, and the two fall in love.

The musical opened on Broadway in 1966 and was made into a movie in 1972.

Gunn’s cast features Matt Simons (as Clifford), Jenni Putney (Sally) and Noel Carey (emcee).

“Cabaret” is scheduled to open at 8 p.m., Friday, with a gala at 7:30 p.m. Additional 8 p.m. shows are slated for Saturday and March 17-19. A matinee is set for 3:30 p.m., March 16.

Evening tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students; matinee tickets are $4.

Gunn is located at 780 Arastradero Road, Palo Alto.

For more information, call 354-8258.