Cabaret 101 will help you learn about this exciting genre, and by the end of the Eight-week session, you will perform your own
15-minute set!
Background and experience do not matter in this relaxed and supportive environment, and by the end of this class you will not only learn more about the art of singing a song in an intimate cabaret setting, you will have discovered a new form of self-_expression_, tapped into creativity you never knew you had and discover new self-confidence.
These lessons and skills you learn in Cabaret 101 can be to build your self confidence as a performer, an actor, a salesperson, a manager, and even a parent. Cost for the Eight-week class is $350.00 which includes all materials, a lighting designer for the final performance, and the combo band for the final rehearsal and final performance. VISA/MC/Discover Card/American Express and checks are accepted.
Class size is limited to 8 participants. Appropriate for 19 years of age and older. Register today!
Let out your inner performer or find it at Cabaret 101.
For more information: www.playhousesquare.org/arts-education or call: 216-771-4444, ext. 3244
About the instructors: Charles Eversole has served as musical director and/or supervisor for over fifty musical theater productions including national tours of The Who’s Tommy and A Grand Night For Singing, and nationwide performances for the musical satire company The News In Revue.
While living in New York, Charles served as a musical director, voice teacher and instructor at NYU and at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. He was a member of BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop and the Manhattan Association of Cabaret Artists, due to cabaret performances at Don’t Tell Mama’s, The Duplex, and Rose’s Turn. Local cabarets include Miss Gulch Returns and Those Seven Little Words at Kennedy’s, and For the Love of Mike and Let’s Kiss and Make Up at the Cleveland Playhouse Club. His compositions are featured on You Heard It Here First, Melissa Barber’s CD of music written by Northern Ohio composers.
As a singer/actor, Charles has performed with The Cleveland Opera, Great Lakes Theatre Festival, Lyric Opera Cleveland, and in the wedding band for Tony and Tina’s Wedding. Currently, Charles is the Music Director of the Singing Angels, and teaches and coaches voice privately on the West Side.
Lora Workman, a graduate from Baldwin-Wallace’s Conservatory of Music, has worn many theatrical hats throughout the Cleveland and regional theater area. She directed and choreographed the critically acclaimed The Will Rogers Follies at Berea Summer Theatre, which was awarded a Times Newspaper Tribute for Directing and recently directed and produced A Cabaret Sampler and Miss Gulch Returns!, both premiering to sold out audiences in Kennedy’s at Playhouse Square Center.
Lora is probably best known in this area for her choreography and has worked on shows at Beck Center (Annie & When Pigs Fly), Cassidy Theatre (Beehive & Little Me), Huntington Theatre (Cabaret & Grease) and most recently The Sound of Music at Weathervane Theatre. In addition, Lora also continues working with The North Coast Men’s Chorus, having choreographed dance numbers which were featured in the Linda Eder Concert at Severance Hall as well as the Michael Feinstein Concert in the Allen Theatre at Playhouse Square in 2005.
As a singer/actress, Lora was a finalist in the 2003 San Francisco Cabaret Competition, performed in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas w/ Barbara Eden, The Student Prince w/ Jerome Hines, and Cedar Point Amusement Park. Lora is the Educator/Community Liaison at Playhouse Square Center where she assists students and teachers with the Discovery Theatre Series and is the coordinator of the Rising Star Talent contest which occurs in September each year.
Lora Workman
Education/Community Liaison
Playhouse Square Center
1501 Euclid Ave.
Suite 200
Cleveland, OH 44115
216.771.4444, ext 3244