Come OUT This June with Theatre Raleigh's SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE

Join Theatre Raleigh and the cast of Smokey Joe's Cafe on June 8th as they celebrate OUT Night with a special ticket for a one of a kind experience for a good cause! Tickets are selling quickly for Smokey Joe's Cafe which runs May 31st through June 11th at the Kennedy Theatre.

Theatre fans can purchase a special OUT with Theatre Raleigh ticket to Smokey Joe's Cafe on June 8th to help support LBGT Center of Raleigh. This special ticket receives access to a special post-show "Party on the Patio", the availability to mingle with the cast of Smokey Joe's Cafe, snacks, a cash bar and a Cabaret performance by Greg Moore, Kevin O'Barr, Lauren Kennedy, and maybe even YOU! The most important part - 20% of the proceeds will go to The LGBT Center of Raleigh.

Special OUT tickets can be purchased for $40. Regular tickets start at $30.50 and are available at www.theatreraleigh.com. Group rates available by calling the box office - 919-832-9997.

Smokey Joe's Café is a musical theatrical revue showcasing 39 pop standards, including rock 'n' roll and rhythm and blues songs written by songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. This musical was nominated for seven Tony Awards. The Original Broadway cast soundtrack, Smokey Joe's Cafe: The Songs Of Leiber And Stoller won a Grammy® award in 1995.?

The cast includes local favorite Yolanda Rabun and a talented ensemble featuring Saidu Sinlah, Randy Cain, Melvin Gray, John Langley, Darius Jordan Lee, Annelise Cepero, Kate McMillan, and Cassidy WeScott Hamilton.

The mission of Theatre Raleigh, Inc. is to produce work with an artistic scope that includes musical theatre, drama, comedy, concerts, theatre for young audiences, as well as the development of new theatrical projects. Theatre Raleigh, Inc. will nurture a tradition of intimate, professional live performances while enhancing, stimulating and providing opportunities to our community, thus contributing to its vitality.

Theatre Raleigh, Inc. produces a critically-acclaimed Summer Series, Family Series and a planned Concert Series. This umbrella institution operates with the goal of providing audiences diverse programming in the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts.

For more information, go to www.theatreraleigh.com.