Northlight Theatre celebrates Valentine’s Day With The 3 Divas

Northlight Theatre, under the direction of Artistic Director BJ Jones and Executive Director Timothy J. Evans, announces The 3 Divas, a special one night-only Valentine's Day event with Susie McMonagle, Heidi Kettenring and Christine Sherrill. This cabaret with three of Chicago's best-loved performers will run at 8:00pm on February 14, 2012 at Northlight Theatre, 9501 Skokie Blvd in Skokie.

These celebrated women of song have graced countless stages in Chicago, on Broadway, and around the country. Now performing together for the very first time, this trio of chanteuses will explore the romantic side of the American Songbook in a Valentine's Day cabaret concert showcasing their musical passion and powerful pipes!

Tickets for The 3 Divas are $35 and are available by phone, 847.673.6300, or online at northlight.org. The 3 Divas is on sale on Monday, November 28, 2012. For a special offer beginning on Cyber Monday, November 28, Northlight is offering 30% off The 3 Divas when tickets are purchased along with tickets to New Year's Eve with E. Faye Butler. The sale is available through Friday, December 2, 2011, and is available by phone only, 847.673.6300.

All three performers are featured in Northlight's 2011-12 Season: Susie McMonagle (Snapshots, Black Pearl Sings!), Heidi Kettenring (Season's Greetings) and Christine Sherrill ([title of show]).

Susie McMonagle. Broadway: Fantine in Les Miserables. First National tours: Billy Elliot (Mrs. Wilkinson and Mum). Other National Tours include Mamma Mia! (Donna), Les Miserables (Fantine), The Secret Garden and The Sound of Music. Regional credits include: Rock n Roll (Candida) at the Goodman Theater, Man of La Mancha (M. Bane) at the Court Theater, Sideshow (Daisy) and At Wits End (Jane Grant) at Northlight Theatre. Chicago credits: Indian Ink (Flora), Dirty Blonde (Mae), Spitfire Grill (Shelby), Annie Get Your Gun (Annie), Miss Saigon (Ellen), Anything Goes (Reno), Cats (Grizabella), Evita (Eva Peron) and Chess (Florence). 9 Joseph Jefferson nominations, After Dark Awards, Critic's Circle Award. BFA Stephens College.

Heidi Kettenring is, perhaps, best known for her three year stay as Nessarose in Chicago's production of the Broadway musical Wicked. Other Chicagoland credits include work with Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace, Chicago Shakepeare Theatre, Northlight Theatre, Writers' Theatre, Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire, Court Theatre, Drury Lane Evergreen Park, Theatre At The Center, and American Theatre Company. Regionally she has appeared at Theatre Works in Palo Alto, Peninsula Players and Bar Harbor Theatre, and she spent one year on the road with Disney's Beauty and the Beast. Heidi has also sung concerts for the Ravinia Festival in Chicago, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Pensacola Symphony and can be heard singing on a Disney Princess children's book. She is a 4 time Jeff Award Nominee, an After Dark Award Winner, the recipient of the Sarah Siddons' Chicago Leading Lady Award, and a proud graduate of Northwestern University.

Christine Sherrill has performed nationally with the tour of Mamma Mia! (Tanya). Regionally, she was most recently seen in Million Dollar Quartet here in Chicago where she played Dyanne and the Goodman Theatre's A Christmas Carol (Mrs. Cratchit). Other Chicago credits include: Georgia Hendricks in the regional premiere of Curtains, Fraulein Kost in Cabaret (Drury Lane Theatre); Joan in Anyone Can Whistle (Ravinia Festival); Ms. Sandra in All Shook Up, Celeste in Once Upon a Time in New Jersey (Marriott Theatre) for which she received a Jeff Award Nomination; Lena Lamont in Singin' in the Rain (Drury Lane Evergreen Park and Chicago Center for the Performing Arts) for which she received an After Dark Award as well as a Jeff Nomination; Nurse/Actress in Hello Again (Apple Tree); and Pennywise in Urinetown.

Northlight Theatre aspires to promote change of perspective and encourage compassion by exploring the depth of our humanity across a bold spectrum of theatrical experiences, reflecting our community to the world and the world to our community.

Now in its 37th season, the organization has mounted nearly 190 productions, including over 40 world premieres. Northlight has earned 151 Joseph Jefferson Award nominations and 28 Awards. As one of the area's premier theatre companies, Northlight is a regional magnet for critical and professional acclaim, as well as talent of the highest quality.

Northlight is supported in part by generous contributions from The Allyn Foundation; Blackman Kallick Bartelstein, LLP; BMO Harris Bank; the Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation; ComEd, An Exelon Company; Edgerton Foundation for New American Plays Award; Ernst & Young; Evanston Community Foundation; Illinois Arts Council, a state agency; The Irving Harris Foundation; The Joyce Foundation; Kirkland & Ellis Foundation; The Lehman Family American Experience Series; The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; MetLife Foundation; McKinsey & Company; Modestus Bauer Foundation; National Endowment for the Arts; North Shore Center for the Performing Arts Foundation; Nuveen Investments; The Offield Family Foundation; The Pauls Foundation; Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Foundation; Sanborn Family Foundation; Dr. Scholl Foundation; Shubert Foundation; Sullivan Family Foundation; and the Theatre Communications Group.