Gorilla Theater to Present Holiday Benefit Cabaret DREAMING OF A WHITE CHRISTMAS, Starring Katherine Michelle Tanner, Today

Gorilla Theater to present holiday benefit cabaret, DREAMING OF A WHITE CHRISTMAS, to benefit Gorilla Theater and Unity of Tampa Friday, December 6, 8pm at Unity of Tampa, 3302 W. Horatio St., Tampa, FL 33609, just south of Azeele and east of Henderson.

Join award winning actress Katherine Michelle Tanner and award winning pianist Viktor Nikolov as they share the sounds of the holidays in Dreaming of a White Christmas. Audiences are warmed with classics they know and taken on an icy journey through winter with new music that ignites the spirit within. Love and joy are sure to be stirred in this wonderful family friendly event. Dreaming of a White Christmas will be presented on Friday evening, December 6, 2013 at Unity of Tampa. This concert is a benefit for the Gorilla Theatre and Unity of Tampa.

Gorilla Theatre audiences will remember Katherine from our production of Jane Eyre. Recently, she was named Theatre Tampa Bay's "Best Actress" for the one-woman show The Amish Project, at American Stage.

GORILLA THEATRE and UNITY OF TAMPA

In 2011 the Gorilla Theatre left its intimate black box theatre space in the Drew Park area of Tampa. Unity of Tampa has offered Gorilla a home for various events, including Dreaming of a White Christmas and Gorilla's Reading Series of new works.

"When I heard that the Gorilla Theatre needed a home, I thought of opening our doors to them," says Unity of Tampa minister Rev. Debbie Moss. "We are delighted and excited to have the Gorilla Theatre in residence at Unity of Tampa. It's a great way of opening up our church to the community."

Dreaming of a White Christmas is the Gorilla Theatre's opening production at Unity of Tampa, and will be presented in the Sanctuary.

Unity of Tampa is a longtime supporter of the performing arts. In addition to its use as a Sunday morning social area, the Creative Café in their Fellowship Hall will provide an intimate for the Reading Series in 2014.

KATHERINE TANNER

Katherine Michelle Tanner* will return to the Gorilla Theatre, where audiences last saw her as Jane in Jane Eyre and the actor in An Oak Tree. Most recently, she won Theatre Tampa Bay's Best Actress Award for the one-woman show The Amish Project, at American Stage. Also at American Stage she was seen as Nora in A Doll's House, Ivy in August: Osage County, Catherine in Proof, Ophelia in Hamlet, Catharine in Suddenly Last Summer, and Margot in Dial M for Murder. Other regional favorites include Sarah in Time Stands Still, Laura in The Glass Menagerie, Celia in As You Like It, Kathy inThe Last Five Years, Luisa in The Fantasticks, Helen in The Cripple of Inishmaan, Mrs. Cratchit in A Christmas Carol, Lisa in Collected Stories, Cinderella in Into The Woods, Actress in The Blue Room, Toinette in The Imaginary Invalid, Myrrha inMetamorphoses and Oona in the touring musical Charlie Chaplin. A few TV and film credits include: "A Chance to Live," "The Surgeon," "Casa Club," "The Darndest Things," "Devotion," "The File," "Fifteen Minutes of Faye," "Substructure," "Respire Mon Amie" and the PBS Award Winning Series "Diamonds Along the Highway." She has appeared both as a soloist and writer for many different recording projects from Classical to Jingles and Blue Grass/Folk to Pop. Katherine's latest piece, "Storybook Land" will debut at the Sarasota Opera House spring 2014.

*denotes Actors' Equity Association

VIKTOR NIKOLOV

Mr. Viktor Nikolov is a versatile and exciting pianist from Bulgaria, who has received high acclamations for his talent. Viktor has had recitals in the United States, Europe, and Asia. He has won a number of national and international piano competitions, among them "Alber Roussel" in Bulgaria, "Citta di Marsala" in Italy, "Virtuozi per Muzika di Pianoforte" in the Czech Republic, and "Steinway and Sons" in Germany. He has performed at multiple international music festivals in Japan, Germany, Italy, Bulgaria, and others. Viktor has multiple recordings with Bulgarian Radio and Television, Czech Radio and Television, German Television, and Japanese Radio and Television.

TICKET PRICES: Advance: $20; At the Door: $25; Children 13 and under: $15

For more Information or to Purchase online: www.gorillatheatre.com