Jim Dale, Lillias White, CROSS THAT RIVER et al. Coming up at the Eugene O'Neill

The Cabaret & Performance Conference, led by artistic director Michael Bush, will present five more nights of new work featuring world-class entertainers. The week begins Tuesday, August 9 at 8pm with Jim Dale, Tony-Winner and voice of the Harry Potter audio books in his one-man show Jim Dale: Still Carrying On. Wednesday is Lillias White: From Brooklyn to Broadway, a personal journey with one of the musical theater?s great ladies, which will perform August 10 at 8pm.

Thursday, August 11 at 8pm, the 2011 Cabaret Fellows Evening Two will bring these seven talented artists to the stage one more time in a concert featuring the work they?ve done throughout the Conference. Before the evening concert, a special workshop presentation of Cross That River, a new musical by Allan & Pat Harris and Michael Aman, will be presented free to the public at 2pm. Friday, August 12 at 8pm, the 2011 Cabaret Junior Fellows offer their own version of ?Glee? as they perform popular songs with unique choreography. After which the Conference presents a new musical in concert, 40 Naked Women, a Monkey, and Me by Jonathan Brielle.

The Cabaret and Performance Conference ends Saturday August 13 at 8pm with the Grand Finale Cabaret, a gala evening that will feature a little bit of everything from the past two weeks. All Cabaret & Performance Conference performances take place in the O?Neill?s Dina Merrill Theater.

All evenings except the Grand Finale Cabaret will be followed by Open Mic sessions hosted by artistic director Michael Bush.

All performances take place at the O'Neill, 305 Great Neck Road in Waterford, Connecticut. Schedule is subject to change. Tickets may be ordered online at www.theoneill.org or through the box office at 860.443.1238. Discounted tickets are available for O'Neill Members, for more information, email Membership@theoneill.org or call 860-443-5378 x211.

The O'Neill is the country's preeminent organization dedicated to the development of new works and new voices for the American theater. The O'Neill 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 production at other theaters around the world, including Broadway, Off-Broadway, and major regional theaters.

O'Neill programs include the National Playwrights Conference, National Music Theater Conference, National Critics Institute, National Puppetry Conference, the Cabaret & Performance Conference, and the National Theater Institute, which conducts semester-long intensive theater training programs as well as Theatermakers, a six-week summer program.

The O'Neill also owns and operates the Monte Cristo Cottage, boyhood summer home of Eugene O'Neill and setting for his plays Ah Wilderness! and Long Day?s Journey Into Night. The museum is a registered National Historic Landmark and is open to the public during the summer season.

In addition to its Tony recognition, the O'Neill has received the National Opera Award, the Jujamcyn Award for Theatre Excellence, and the Arts and Business Council Encore Award. For more information, visit www.theoneill.org or email theaterlives@theoneill.org.

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