Performance Schedule *

All performances to be held at:

Cain Park 14591 Superior Road at Lee, Cleveland Heights, OH 44118 Time: 7:30 pm Tickets: $22/$20 in advance; $25/$23 day-of-show Call: (216) 371-3000 Cain Park is produced by The City of Cleveland Heights.

• The Lush Life! Wednesday, June 18th at 7:30pm:
  • 15-minute sets from: Toni Cervino, Tina Stump & Nadia Tarnawsky
  • 50-minute set from Rob Gibb
• Man! I feel like a Woman! Wednesday, June 25th at 7:30pm:
  • 25-minute sets from: June Lang, & Songbird: The Music of Eva Cassidy
  • (Ayeshah Douglas, Aubrey Fisher, Laurel Held-Posey & Michelle Moye)
  • 50-minute set from Monica Olejka & Lora Workman
• Gay-a-palooza! Wednesday, July 2nd at 7:30pm:
  • 50-minute set from The Coastliners
  • 50-minute set from Kevin Joseph Kelly

* Schedule of performers is subject to change without notice.

2008 Cain Park/Cleveland Cabaret Project Performers

Toni Cervino

Toni Cervino is thrilled to be making her debut with The Cleveland Cabaret. She has performed Off-Broadway and throughout the United States. She can be seen and heard in a variety of television and radio commercials as well as on a line of rather embarrassing greeting cards. By day, Toni teaches acting, and is the proud Director of Stagecrafters' teen performance group: The Cabaret Troupe. Love to my boys, and a very special thank you to Lora and Charles for inviting me to participate in this cabaret series. I really am so excited to be here. Really.

Performance Date: Wednesday, June 18th

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: The Girl I Mean To Be: Can a leopard change its spots? Can "the good girl" ever be "bad"? Toni Cervino tries on a few new musical skins...

The coastliners

The North Coast Men's Chorus celebrated specialty ensemble, is an integral part of the NCMC. Tight harmoies, fabulous costuming, outrageous humor and intricate dance moves are caches of their unforgettable performances. These men have dazzled our audiences in our subscription performances, but are also our unofficial Ambassadors to the Community-at-large, performing regularly throughout the Greater Cleveland area for a wide variety of organizations.

Performance Dates: Wednesday, July 2nd

The Coastliners: The North Coast Men's Chorus celebrated ensemble, The Coastliners are an integral part of the NCMC. Tight harmonies, fabulous costuming, outrageous humor and intricate dance moves are cachets of their unforgettable performances.

Robert day

Robert Day has been the North Coast Men’s Chorus (NCMC) Principal Accompanist since June 2000 "Touching Hearts, Changing Lives" concerts. Since then, he has accompanied the chorus in all concerts, special appearances, NCMC benefits, at three GALA Chorus Festivals, and on both recently released CDs. A native Clevelander, Bob holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Otterbein College and a Master of Music degree in Organ Performance from The Ohio State University. Bob is recently retired from 30 years of public school teaching in choral music, but still serves as Organist at The Church of The Saviour in Cleveland Heights. He has also served as musical director for numerous productions in and around the Cleveland area, and accompanies for just about anyone and everything when time permits.

Performance Dates: Wednesday, July 2nd

Ayeshah douglas

Ayeshah Douglas has performed in a variety of professional and community venues including Kalliope Stage, Beck Center for the Arts and The Cassidy Theater. Ayeshah was last seen in the Cassidy Theater production of Dreamgirls, where she portrayed Effie White. She has also appeared in Nine (Saraghina), Jesus Christ Superstar (Mary Magdelene), Opal (Mana/Mrs. Potter) and Smokey Joe’s Cafe (BJ). In addition to performing, Ayeshah is a sought after soloist and cantor.

Performance Dates: Wednesday, June 25th

Songbird: The Music of Eva Cassidy: Come hear Ayeshah Douglas, Aubrey Fisher, Laurel Held-Posey and Michelle Moye celebrate the music and life of the late Eva Cassidy, whose voice was silenced by cancer at the age of 33.

 

aubrey fisher

Aubrey is thrilled to have this opportunity to sing a few beautiful tunes with a few of her favorite women. Recent credits include My Favorite Year (Daisy/Female Ensemble), History Boys (Fiona), Beauty and the Beast (Babette), Jekyll and Hyde (Featured Dancer/US Lucy) all at Beck Center, 1776 (Martha Jefferson/US Abigail Adams) at Tri-C West and Pride and Prejudice (Charlotte Lucas) at Lakeland Civic Theatre. Upcoming shows: Sweeney Todd at Lakeland. She sends her ever-growing love to Craig who frees her soul.

Performance Dates: Wednesday, June 25th

Songbird: The Music of Eva Cassidy: Come hear Ayeshah Douglas, Aubrey Fisher, Laurel Held-Posey and Michelle Moye celebrate the music and life of the late Eva Cassidy, whose voice was silenced by cancer at the age of 33.

 

Rob Gibb

Rob Gibb has traveled around the world several times, drinking the entire way. Having imbibed ports in Portugal, sakes in Tokyo, vodkas in Moscow, countless beers in London and Brussels, endless wines in Sonoma, the Finger Lakes, Sydney and Madrid and exotic liqueurs throughout the Caribbean, he has transformed his vast experience into his third performance for the Cleveland Cabaret Project.

When not savoring distilled or brewed libations, Rob is an award-winning actor and director. To pay his bar tab, he works for Jones Day as a Technology Training Specialist. Rob is also known for his well-made Cosmopolitans and Caprahinias

Rob thanks Lora for her faith, Chuck for his genius, Dave for his love and his liver for its fortitude. Cheers!

Performance Dates: Wednesday, June 18th

The Lush Life! Rob is back with his third performance for the Cleveland Cabaret Project where he divulges his vast travel experiences that arose from drinking around the world!

laurel held-posey

Laurel Held-Posey has performed in a variety of professional and community venues including Kalliope Stage, Carousel Dinner Theatre, Ensemble Theatre, Beck Center and as a soloist for the North Coast Men’s Chorus. Laurel was recently seen as Rhetta Cupp in Pump Boys and Dinettes directed by Sean Cercone, Artistic Director of the Carousel Dinner Theatre. She has also appeared as Peter in Peter Pan at Tri-C West; Petra in A Little Night Music at Kalliope Stage; Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors at Cassidy Theatre; Walkin’ My Baby Back Home, a cabaret at the Cleveland Playhouse Club; as well as Amneris in Aida and the “shimmy girl” in Smokey Joe’s Café, both at the Beck Center. Laurel also dabbles in choreography as well as costume and wig construction. Most recently, she re-created the beast wig for Beauty and the Beast at the Beck Center and is currently working on choreography, costumes and wigs for 1776 at Tri-C West.
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Performance Dates: Wednesday, June 25th

Songbird: The Music of Eva Cassidy: Come hear Ayeshah Douglas, Aubrey Fisher, Laurel Held-Posey and Michelle Moye celebrate the music and life of the late Eva Cassidy, whose voice was silenced by cancer at the age of 33.

Kevin Joseph Kelly

Kevin Joseph Kelly is a Theatre Director/Actor/Teacher in the Cleveland area. He has spent the last several years at The Cleveland Play House performing in the Children’s Theatre Series, most recently in The Wind in the Willows, directed by Seth Gordon, and their Club Cabaret Series, most recently in Walkin' My Baby Back Home, directed by William Hoffmann. In November of last year, he also appeared in the Beck Center Studio Theatre production of Greater Tuna directed by Beck Artistic Director Scott Spence. As a teacher, he has taught at the Beck Center for the Arts, Cassidy Theatre, and The Cleveland Play House. As a director, Kevin has directed at several area theaters including the Beck Center for the Arts, Weathervane Playhouse, Cassidy Theatre, Clague Playhouse, and Rocky River Community Theater. His future directing projects include Cabaret, Smokey Joe's Cafe, HONK! and Grease. His most recent credit is on the new Fox 8 morning show "That’s Life with Robin Swoboda, in which he appears as her personal assistant, Jimi Sprinkles.

Performance Dates: Wednesday, July 2nd

Gay-a-palooza! Kevin takes you on a journey of his life from finding out he was "special", to current day events that continue to shape, transform and exhaust him.

June Lang

June Lang was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio and has performed professionally in theaters throughout the United States. Most recently, she originated the Cleveland roles of Earth Mother in Menopause the Musical, and the Mother of the Bride in Tony & Tina’s Wedding, the two longest running shows in Cleveland theater history. She also does occasional voice over and film work, while holding down a full time job during the day.

Performance Dates: Wednesday, June 25th

Very Good Advice: Who would have thought that the first song you learned as a kid would foreshadow your entire life? June reviews some of the good (and not so good) advice she has received in her life, through song - The good, the bad and the ugly.

Michelle d. moye

Michelle D. Moye, an Indianapolis native, holds a BA in Fine Arts from Butler University. Right out of college, she began performing in regional dinner theater, summer stock and on cruise ships. Michelle presented her own cabaret aboard the five-star luxury liner, the Seabourn Pride, while cruising Europe for five months. On Kenny Rogers' Showboat Branson Belle, she portrayed leading lady Annabelle Layton. Cleveland audiences may remember Michelle as the 'rock n roll girl' in Beck Center's "Smokey Joe's Cafe", 'Muzzy' in Cassidy's "Thoroughly Modern Millie", and most recently 'Abigail Adams' in Tri-C West's "1776". Other favorite roles include 'Molly' in "The Unsinkable Molly Brown", 'Lucy' in "Your a Good Man Charlie Brown", 'Nellie' in "South Pacific", and 'Becky' in "Do Patent Leather...". Michelle received awards for her performances of 'Annie' in "Annie Get Your Gun" and 'Ellie' in "Showboat". She is blessed every month to sing on the worship team at Cuyahoga Valley Church. Michelle keeps very busy being "favorite Aunt BoBo" to Adam, Amber, Eli and Ava.

Performance Dates: Wednesday, June 25th

Songbird: The Music of Eva Cassidy: Come hear Ayeshah Douglas, Aubrey Fisher, Laurel Held-Posey and Michelle Moye celebrate the music and life of the late Eva Cassidy, whose voice was silenced by cancer at the age of 33.

Monica Olejko

In April of 1961, during her final First Holy Communion rehearsal at St. Stanislaus in Lorain, Ohio, little Monica Olejko got the hiccups. All her classmates laughed. That afternoon on the playground a miracle happened. She was the first one chosen for Red Rover. Being a bright, albeit short child, little Mo realized her sudden popularity was because she made her classmates laugh. She was hooked.

This power to make people shoot milk out their noses and pee a little was heady stuff for the daughter of a Polish steel worker. Over the next four decades, she became an actor and her dad went on to become the Mayor of Lorain. Both noble professions.

She sang and danced her way through Ohio, won some awards and went on to "strut her stuff" at the Malemute Saloon in Fairbanks, Alaska. She also performed at the Harare International Festival of the Arts in Zimbabwe, Africa. A bit of a control freak, she found directing and choreographing the way to be part of the artistic world, make some money and still make people laugh, but without having to put on makeup. She also teaches dance and does voice-over work.

Mo performed her first cabaret last year here at Playhouse Square and was invited back again to make you laugh. God loves it when you laugh. The sisters at St. Stan's taught her that. So laugh at her or with her, it doesn't matter which, but for the love of God…laugh.

Performance Dates: Wednesday, June 25th

Man! I feel like a Woman! Two women. Both dancers. Both directors. Both choreographers. Both friends. But don't be misled - this cabaret is no Lilithfair!

Tina D. Stump

Tina D. Stump is a teacher/actor from Cleveland, Ohio.  Recent performances include the role of Ally in the new musical, Unbeatable, and Rosa in Respect at Playhouse Square’s Hanna Theatre. She played Power Woman in Menopause The Musical, which enjoyed a 22-month run at the 14th Street Theatre. Lead roles include Lisa (A New Brain), Domina (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum), Reno Sweeney, (Anything Goes), Queenie (Show Boat), Asaka, (Once on This Island), and the Witch (Into the Woods). Additional credits: Amen Corner (Cleveland Playhouse), A. . .My Name Will Always be Alice, Company, Children of Eden, Man of La Mancha (Cleveland Opera), Puttin’ on the Ritz, and School House Rock, Live! A versatile mezzo-soprano, Tina is a former member of the Cleveland Opera Chorus and a soloist with Pastor Ron Williams and the Voices of Koinonia. TGBG!

Performance Dates: Wednesday, June 18th

Black and Blue: This thematic set addresses the aspects of life that leave us emotionally, and sometimes physically, "black and blue". Love, loss, laughter, jealousy and life experiance: pieced together to form a mosaic of the many shades of black and blue.

Nadia Tarnawsky

Nadia Tarnawsky is a native of Cleveland and has performed on the stages of Cleveland Public Theatre, Charenton Theatre, Red Hen Theatre, and Opera Circle. She recently completed a stint as musical director for CPT's Y-Haven production, Making It Right. Nadia is the artistic director of MN2 Productions, an independent production company which presents works based on Ukrainian themes. In 2004 she received an Artist’s Project Grant from the Ohio Arts Council to produce Forest Song. Her voice can be heard on the soundtrack recordings of both Shadows of Our Forgotten Ancestors and Forest Song. When she is not in the theatre, she teaches Dalcroze Eurhythmics at the Cleveland Institute of Music and is a member of the chorus for Apollo's Fire.

Performance Dates: Wednesday, June 18th

The Co-Dependency Cabaret: Even though love is blind, deaf, dumb, mute and balding and has a beer belly, you just can't live without it!

Cleveland Cabaret Project Artistic Staff

Lora Workman

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 , Cassidy Theatre (Beehive & Little Me), Huntington Theatre and most recently 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, Cedar Point Amusement Park and The Cain Park Cabaret Series.

Performance Dates: Wednesday, June 25th

Man! I feel like a Woman! Two women. Both dancers. Both directors. Both choreographers. Both friends. But don't be misled - this cabaret is no Lilithfair!

Charles Eversole

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.

Cleveland Cabaret Project Band

Robert day

Robert Day (Piano).

 

Tim Keo

Tim Keo (Bass) has performed as an actor and musician in various venues around Northeast Ohio for years. This marks his third appearance with the Cleveland Cabaret Project. Tim is currently in his third year as an Actor/Teacher with the Great Lakes Theater Festival and appeared last year in The Rocky Horror Show at Cleveland Public Theatre.

Craig klonowski

Craid Klonowski (Bass).

Chris Maneri

Chris Maneri (Drums) has been drumming for shows in Northeast Ohio since he was 16. Recent shows include Little Shop of Horrors at Cassidy Theatre, and Cabaret and The Wild Party at Kalliope Stage. In his ‘spare’ time Chris can be seen around Cleveland performing with his band The Uncanny.