Sing Happy
October 25 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
$15.00 – $45.00Sing Happy – There are no straight lines in life.
Sunday, October 25, 7 PM (Doors 6:30 PM)
Cabaret Show: 7 – 8:30 PM
Open Mic: 8:30 – 10 PM
Tickets $45
A Limited Number of Under-18 Tickets are Available for $20.
Featuring:
- Claire Mailhot, Performer
- Jessica Smith, Director
- Andrew Levine, Music Director
You thought you knew how your life would unfold. You could see it laid out-a future performing.
Well, the designs we have for our life seldom end up quite the way we envisioned them. In Sing Happy, Claire takes us on the real journey of a theater-loving performer and educator with resonant stories and songs by some of the greatest musical theater writers-Sondheim, Weill, Maltby and Shire, and many more.
Join in on the fun! The main show will be followed by an open mic.
The Art of Cabaret
If you’re a fan of the American Musical Theater, you’ve probably heard of the genre known as Cabaret. Cabaret offers audiences a chance to hear performers, many of them steeped in theater practices and repertory, in a relaxed and intimate setting. Cabaret is all about a singer’s connection with you, the audience. It’s all about ‘breaking the fourth wall’-and that’s the excitement inherent in this format.
MEET THE ARTISTS
Claire Mailhot, Performer
Claire Mailhot is a Fairfield County–based singer, pianist, music director, voice teacher, and arts educator. For the past 15 years, she has taught vocal music, acting, and general music at Wooster School in Danbury, where she serves as Head of Music & Theatre.
Claire has appeared throughout Connecticut with Musicals at Richter (The Sound of Music, The Music Man, and Annie), Ridgefield Theater Barn (The Baker’s Wife), Wilton Playshop (Into the Woods and Nunsense), and Fairfield Center Stage (Fiddler on the Roof). A passionate lover of musical theatre, she has also been featured in solo concerts and cabarets throughout the region, including performances for the Richter Arts Association and Temple Shir Shalom.
As a pianist and music director, Claire has played for and conducted more than 20 productions, with Into the Woods remaining a perennial favorite. She holds a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from The Catholic University of America—and a Master’s from the School of Life.
Jessica Smith, Director
Jessica Smith is a theater director, educator, and artist, serving most recently as an adjunct professor at Sacred Heart University and a director for theaters throughout Western Connecticut.
A graduate of the Boston Conservatory, Jessica teaches courses in directing, acting, and musical theater, and leads directing and acting workshops for theater groups throughout New England. She also formerly offered private training, working with high school students focused on preparing for the college musical theater audition process.
She is honored to direct the first in the cabaret series at The Granite and looks forward to even more fantastic programming from this inviting and diverse arts and community space.
Andrew Levine, Music Director
Andrew Levine, The Granite’s Resident Artist for classical music, has enjoyed a multifaceted career in the performing arts, working as a musician, arts administrator, educator, and producer.
Andrew served as managing director of The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture, and as the executive director of The York Theatre Company. Currently, he is an adjunct faculty member at Western Connecticut State University, where he teaches theater management, and The Hartt School at the University of Hartford, where he is an on-staff coach in the musical theater division.
At The Granite, Andrew curates, produces, and performs concerts and activities within the classical music, cabaret, and musical theater worlds.
