Current Venues

Saturday Front Room Entertainer, Davenport’s Piano Bar & Cabaret, Chicago  - August 2000 - present

Metropolis Performance Center

Mayne Stage

 

Theatre Shows

Drury Lane Water Tower

 "Curtain Up! The Best of Broadway", October 2008

 "Great American Composers", July 2008

 "My Fair Cabaret: Lerner and Loewe Tribute", February 2008

Park West Chicago

 "We Love a Piano", October 2010

"Put on Your Sunday Clothes", Octover 2009

"Our Kind of Town", October 2008

 "Jazzin' the Cabaret", October 2007

 "Music Speaks", October 2006

Cabaret Shows

Davenport’s Piano Bar & Cabaret

"Stop By The Church: A Gospel Cabaret", May 2004

"Swing Me A Christmas Tune", December 2002, December 2004

"And Daryl Came Too", September 2002

"Jazz Legends Live", November 2001

"Celebrity Supper Club", May 2001

"Impressions of Christmas", December 2000

"I’m A Handful", August 2000

"Have I Got A Story for You", March & June 2000

"Impressions of Christmas", December 1999

City of Chicago Shows

"City Lights - a tribute to Kander & Ebb, March 2006 - Maxim's

"Unforgettable" Nat King Cole Tribute, January 2006 - Millennium Park

Harold Arlen Tribute, January 2005 - Preston Bradley Hall

Nat King Cole Tribute, December 2004 - Preston Bradley Hall

"Legends Alive", October, November 2004

Peter Allen Tribute, September 2004 - Maxim's

Ladies With A Song, March 2004 - Maxim's

That's Amore: A Musical Valentine, February 2004 - Preston Bradley Hall

Peel Me A Grape, January 2004 - Maxim's

Judy Garland Tribute, December 2003 - Preston Bradley Hall

Doris Day Tribute, September 2003  - Preston Bradley Hall
 

        Other venues:

"Judy at Carnegie", Lakeshore Theatre, April 2004

Friday night host of “Celebrity Supper Club” at The Big House Bistro, Chicago, March 2003 - February 2004

"An Evening of Richard Rodgers", Royal George Theater, July 2002

"Beauty Queen Wanna Be’s", Royal George Theater, July 2002

"An Evening of Unbridled Song", Set ‘Em Up Joe’s,  January - June 1999

"Impressions of Christmas", Cafe Ashee, November-December 1998

"Daryl’s Back", Puszch Studios, March - April 1995

"Son of Daryl", Puszch Studios, December 1994

Television Appearances

WGN - TV, Morning News, August 2000

CLTV, Metromix, October 2000

NBC-5, Morning News, November 2000

Related Experience

Private parties, 1989-present

"Who’s That Girl" Benefit,  Park West, 1994-1998

Open Hands Chicago, Hyatt Towers, May 1994

Rori’s, Front Room Entertainer, January-May 1993

Directing Experience

    Theatre

"Judy at Carnegie", Lakeshore Theatre, April 2004

“Warning: Explicit Lyrics”, Bailiwick Repertory Theatre, June & July 2003  

“Warning: Explicit Lyrics”, The Artistic Home Chicago, January 2003

  
    Davenport’s Piano Bar and Cabaret

"Imagine: a concert for a new America,"  January 2009

Cheryl Szucsits, "We Live on Borrowed Time: the music of Nancy LaMott," December 2008

Alma Mendoza, "You Don't Mess Around with Jim: the music of Jim Croce," September 2008

Marianne Murphy Orland, "If I Were a Carpenter: the music of Karen Carpenter," February and October 2008

Melissa Young, "Lucky Star: original takes on an original artist," August 2008

Gillian Kelly, "Pop Goes the Classics," May 2008

"Stop By The Church: A Gospel Cabaret", May 2004

Pegi Johns, "A Window to Our Hearts: songs that got us through the war (1939-1945), May 2004

Ester Hana, "Travel My Way", February 2004

Kristofer Simmons, "I Ain't Got No Shame", September 2003 and January 2004

"We Could Go On Singing: celebrating 100 years of American Popular Song" - cabaret Gala for Chicago Cabaret Professionals featuring Audrey Morris, Julie Wilson, Nan Mason and a cast of 20 of Chicago's top cabaret talent, September 2003

KT McCammond, “KT sings Kitt”, September 2003

Sharon Carlson, "Sharon The Night Together: a musical romp in the hay" August 2003

Tracy Adams, "When The Lights Go Down", June 2003

Suzy Petri, "A Marvelous Party", June 2003

Lucia Spina, “Lucia’s Mob Hits”, March and April 2003

Lucia Spina, "Falling Around:  songs of leaves, love & other bad trips...", October 2003, October 2002, September 2001

Jennifer Chada, "I Want More", August 2001

Jennifer French, "Outrageous Broads", August 2001

Lucia Spina, "In Rare Form", March 2001

Mark Burnell & Anne Pringle, "Tales Of Our Travel", November 2000

Special Skills

Vocal impersonations of over 30 different celebrity voices

Comedic host-emcee

Writer of speciality material and connecting dialogue

Vocal coach and song specialist

Photo by Jennifer Girard.