Eugene O'Neill Presents Cabaret Performance Conference

The popular Cabaret & Performance Conference returns for ten exciting nights of the best Cabaret Theater in America!

Tonight:
CABARET OPEN HOUSE
7/30 8:00 pm – FREE!
Kicking off ten nights of the best Cabaret Theater in America, enjoy a preview of this year's conference and meet with guest artists at this FREE Opening Ceremony!

 
This Week:
Allan Harris in "Cross That River"
Music & Lyrics by Allan Harris; Written by Allan and Pat Harris, Andrew Carl Wilk; Directed by Andrew Carl Wilk
7/31 8:00 pm
Acclaimed jazz vocalist Allan Harris in an evening that tells the story of a young slave who makes his way to freedom and becomes a Black Cowboy in the American West.
Penny Fuller in
"The War Between My States"  
8/1 8:00 pm

Broadway and Cabaret Master Teacher and Emmy Award winning actress Penny Fuller looks at life as a Southern Miss raised in the North.

FELLOWS CABARET SHOWCASE
8/2 7:30 pM & 8/7 8:00 pm
TWO EVENINGS OF PERFORMANCES by this summer's Cabaret Fellows.
An ecclectic showcase of emerging talent in American Cabaret Theater!

RONNIE SPECTOR in
"Beyond the Beehive"
8/2 10:00 pm
Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Famer - and one of the first Ronettes - Ronnie Spector takes the stage in an unforgettable evening about her life and times.

TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE!  SUNDAY DOUBLE BILL!
8/3 7:30pm
ACT ONE
Amanda Green in
"Does This Song Make My Ass Look Fat?"

Jonathan Larson Award winning songwriter, performer and Broadway composer Amanda Green, joined by other conference performers, "delivers her murderously witty songs with the comic zing and self-lacerating rue of a young Carol Burnett" – Wall Street Journal

ACT TWO
"SECRETS OF SONGWRITING"
by Randi Michaels & Michael Aman
Four female song writers meet in Nashville. Their personalities and musical styles couldn't be more different, but they connect, and through their struggles and difficulties, find the secrets of songwriting revealed.

 CABARET OPEN MICS: The Cabaret & Performance Conference presents a very special part of your Cabaret experience! After select evening performances, enjoy an extra helping of Cabaret Theater - guest artists, performers, faculty and staff take the stage, hosted by the one and only Michael Bush.

THE PUB is open to the public before and after all performances.  Come enjoy your favorite beverage and spend some time with our artists!

COMING UP NEXT WEEK Cabaret and Performance Conference continues! The O'Neill's Cabaret & Performance Conference was established in 2005 as a dynamic opportunity for artists to work on their projects with the guidance of an accomplished team of professional music directors, guest artists and musicologists. The Conference reexamines, redefines, and revitalizes the Cabaret art form for the 21st century. It offers participants individualized attention to their project while they establish lasting friendships in the field and acquire the skills needed to make Cabaret performance an important part of their creative life.

All schedules and artists subject to change.  Please call the O'Neill Box Office at 860-443-1238 for times, prices and reservations. Outdoor performances will be moved indoors in the event of rain.

The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, founded in 1964, is the pre-eminent center for the development of new works and new voices for the American theater.  It has been home to more than 1,000 new works for the stage and 2,500 emerging artists.  Scores of projects developed at the O'Neill have gone on to full productions at other theaters around the world, including Broadway, off-Broadway and major regional theaters.  The O'Neill has received a special Tony Award, the National Opera Award, the Jujamcyn Award for Theater Excellence and the Arts and Business Council Encore Award. The O'Neill's programs include the National Playwrights Conference, National Music Theater Conference, Puppetry Conference, Cabaret  & Performance Conference, National Critics Institute, and the National Theater Institute, which includes semester-long, fully accredited intensive theater-training programs and a six-week accredited summer program, Theatermakers. In addition, the O'Neill owns and operates the Monte Cristo Cottage, a National Historic Landmark and the childhood home of Nobel Prize-winning and four-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, Eugene O'Neill. For more information regarding the Center, please visit the O'Neill website at www.TheONeill.org or call 860-443-5378.

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