Your Weekly Guide to Chicago’s Cabaret Professionals

Friday, June 12  5PM

Piano Forte 1335 S. Michigan Avenue

Sean Harris is a singer who performs in multiple languages and styles. His voice range is baritone to counter tenor and he happens to be blind. His first public performance, was at my elementary school graduation. He went on to win various vocal competitions in high school city wide, placing superior to highly superior.  Currently Sean performs at Gibson’s Steakhouse, 5 pm to 8 pm on Saturdays with Lloyd Wilson.

Theodis Rodgers Jr. is an American Jazz pianist and multi-keyboardist from Chicago, Illinois. He has worked in theater, television and motion pictures as a performer, composer, arranger, producer and music conductor/director both nationally and internationally. Theodis has appeared on countless album recordings. He has been music director/ keyboardist for Curtis Mayfield, Patti LaBelle, Angela Bofill, Jennifer Holiday, Sarah Vaughn, Liv Warfield, Ramsey Lewis, Freddie Hubbard, The Emotions and Dennis De Young.  His new music album release ‘Hot Jazz’ can be found on all streaming platforms.

Sunday, June 14, 5PM

A Taste of Funny: This Time it’s Matrimonial! (Tom Orland & Marianne Murphy Orland

Sunday, June 14  5PM

Colvin House 5940 N Sheridan Rd

Join us as we celebrate PRIDE with a variety of Chicagoland LGBTQ artists and allies: Performances, exhibition, good friends and conversation and a rainbow of food & drink, all in the parlor of the historic Chicago Landmark, Colvin House.  Photography Chuck Kramer.  For more information, Contact Robin Watson: jazzlady_robin@yahoo.com

Sunday, June 14  7PM

Sunday Serenade
Copernicus Center Gateway Lounge  5216 W. Lawrence Ave.

TICKETS

Monday, June 15  7:30PM

The CheckOut 4116 N Clark St

Aurora Boe, a local Chicago performer and member of the Chicago Cabaret Professionals, is making her solo cabaret debut! After receiving the 2025 Denise Tomasello Cabaret Scholarship, as part of the CCP Emerging Artist Showcase, Aurora began  planning a show to celebrate her journey and all the friends and family who helped her along the way. Produced by her longtime mentor Ellen Winters-Reynolds, Aurora hopes to fill the night with love, gratitude, and fun! Come join Aurora and her amazing band (Christopher Ihrig, Paris Catura and Issac Meier) for a fun night of Music, Stories, and drinks!

Wednesday, June 17  7PM & 8:30

North & Maple Kitchen 18401 N. Creek Dr.

Call for Reservations: 708-468-8181

Dining, dancing and amazing audiences for 35 years!  Chicago Cabaret Artist Anne Burnell with The Brass Tracks Jazz Orchestra. Anne is also a proud member of Working In Concert’s Cabaret Connexion.  First show is at 7:00pm and the second show is at 8:30pm

Saturday, June 20  11am
Finding Freedom of Performance through Movement: Exploring Self-expression with Deborah Darr

Hospitality Room  4300 North Marine Drive

Event is capped at 20 participants

As a cabaret performer, if you are seeking to feel more grounded, available, open, and free to express yourself through your voice and body, Feldenkrais may be just the ticket!  Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement is verbally guided movement lessons that will bring you the kind of intimate connection to yourself that all artists are looking for. It will bring you a self-awareness practice that will transform the way you think about warming up and preparing for performance. It will bring you more comfort, ease, and mastery in both your daily and artistic life.  Deborah is a 27-year veteran of theater on and off Broadway, a Licensed Feldenkrais Practitioner, and a Certified NIA Dance Instructor. She discovered Feldy and NIA out of her own need to heal from a car accident that dramatically curtailed her performing career. She went on to use these techniques to bolster and sustain her life as a performer, teacher, and Physical Therapist.

Please wear comfortable clothing that allows freedom of movement and bring a yoga mat or blanket to lie on the floor as well as a towel that can be rolled up for a pillow for your head. If you are not able to lie comfortably on the floor, you may sit in a chair to be provided at the venue.

Monday, July 13  7:30PM

America 250
The Rhapsody Theater 1328 W Morse Ave

Celebrate America’s 250th birthday with a powerful evening of song that reflects the nation in all its complexity. Featuring patriotic anthems, protest songs, and Broadway favorites, this show honors the full American story with songs that reflect the ideals we strive for, the voices that demand change, and the creativity that defines us. Honest, uplifting, and forward-looking, it’s a musical tribute to an America that continues to grow, question, and hope. Cast Includes:  Anne Burnell, Hilary Feldman, Ruth Fuerst. Carla Gordon, Alex Magno, Patricia Mosley, David Meulemans, Tom Orland , Lou Ella Rose, Julie Soroko, Zoé Soteres and Carolyn Wehner.  Hilary Feldman, Director , Howard Pfeifer, Music Director & Martin Balogh, Producer.