Richard Skipper Celebrates

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AVERY SOMMERS is an award-winning actress, singer, and director whose voice has been described as a “powerhouse” by The New York Times.

Avery appeared on Broadway in Ain’t Misbehavin’, Show Boat, and Chicago.

She delighted audiences in the national tour of Chicago with Chita Rivera and Joel Grey. Her portrayal of Matron Momma Morton garnered her the L.A Ovation Award for that production of Chicago. She performed the role of Jewel in the first national tour of The Best Little Whore House in Texas with Ann-Margaret.

Avery made her debut in Carnegie Hall as the narrator in Christmastime in the City produced by the Continuo Arts Foundation. IN 2016, she sold out her show For Sentimental Reasons in Persson Hall, both the Kravis Center.

Also in 2018, Aver was the guest soloist with the Palm Beach Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Conductor Ramon Tabor at the Meyer Amphitheater.

Avery was nominated for a Carbonell Award, which honors the finest in South Florida Theatre, for her portrayal of Bessie Smith in The Devil’s Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith. She was presented with the Silver Palm Award for Outstanding Contribution to the South Florida Theatre Community for this role.

Avery performed her cabaret shows For Sentimental Reasons and Love. . . It’s Magic to sold–out houses - all at Arts Garage.

Avery has a loyal following amongst South Florida audiences who never miss an opportunity to see her perform. She has been nominated multiple times

for The Carbonell Award. She won the award for her one-woman show But Not for Me at The Coldwell Theatre.

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ABOUT MERRY WITCHMAS Ginger the Halloween witch has a big Christmas wish–a visit from Santa Claus. But Santa doesn’t believe in witches–until Ginger’s letter to him magically appears on his desk! Ginger spends a lot of her time creating spells, and flying through the night on her broom. But she is different from the other witches — because she also ADORES Christmas! 

Tess La Bella is an award-winning, SAG-AFTRA voice-over artist, actor, comic, producer and chef. Though theater and storytelling, Tess combined animation voice-over with her passion for children’s literacy. She’s personified everyone from the big bad wolf to Mrs. Claus. 

Petrell Marie Özbay does her best work on the back of a napkin. With a background in public affairs, she has written everything from speeches and scripts to toasts and tech pieces for c-suite executives and global thought leadership events. 

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In the 1980’s, Ritch Shydner made numerous appearances on TV, including “Late Night with David Letterman” and “The Tonight Show” with both Johnny Carson and Jay Leno. He also did an HBO half-hour special, “One Night Stand.” He played Al Bundy’s coworker on “Married with Children”, and made guest appearances on many other TV shows, such as “Designing Women” and “Roseanne.” Ritch was able to translate his modest success on TV into an obscure film career, appearing in Steve Martin’s, 'Roxanne,', and Eddie Murphy's Beverly Hills Cop II,; before moving on to minor roles on smaller pictures. He wrote for sitcoms such as 'Roseanne', 'The Jeff Foxworthy Show', and HBO’s “TheMind of the Married Man.” Ritch wrote material for Jeff Foxworthy’s Grammy nominated comedy albums, “Totally Committed,” and “Big Fun.” He also wrote for Ron White and Jay Leno. In 2006 he was co-author of a book on stand-up, “I Killed”. In 2010 Ritch produced and performed in an award-winning documentary on the world of stand-up comedy, “I Am Comic.” In 2016 he wrote a movie adaptation for HBO of Bill Maher book, 'True Story' In 2017 his book,'Kicking Through the Ashes - My Life as a Stand-up in the 1980's Comedy Boom” was published. Ritch is currently performing, “America’s Reflection in the Funhouse Mirror, A History of Stand-up Comedy,” to small, masked, socially distanced audiences. Ritch continues to work hard at avoiding work. He has given up any dreams of stardom for the satisfaction of not being an aging Uber Driver. http://www.ritchshydner.com/

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Equally known as a comedienne and a dramatic actress, Kathleen Nolan’s range of artistry has enabled her to sing, dance and act for most of her life in the theatre, movies and television without ever becoming a typecast and remaining remarkably versatile. It all began on the ‘Goldenrod’, a Mississippi River Showboat that was her home during her formative years making her performing debut at the age of 13 months. Her father, Steve Ellsworth, was a fine television character actor and her mother, Clara Kennedy, was a successful agent in New York. Kathleen was accepted to study under Sanford Meisner in New York and became a member of the Actor’s Studio. She landed her first starring role in a Philco Playhouse production. She next enchanted audiences on Broadway as ‘Wendy’ in the production of “Peter Pan” with Mary Martin and Cyril Ritchard, for which she won two major theatre awards. Judy Garland was responsible for getting her seen for this audition! Kathleen’s activities in television have been staggering. She has made guest star and series appearances on more than 800 shows from the early “Playhouse 90” to the “Movies of the Week.” In one single year she guested in 27 shows in an age range from 18 to 35, from singing with Andy Williams to playing a dope addict on a dramatic series. Her role as “Kate” in “The Real McCoys” was a long-running ABC-TV series that established her as one of the major female TV earning two Emmy nominations as best supporting actress in 1959 and 1960 and the TV Guild Editors Limelight Awards. The role stands the ‘test of time’ as an integral part of the golden age of television.

 

Special appearances by Sondra Lee (Tiger Lily) and Spencer Garrett

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Briana Cash is an award-winning singer-songwriter and philanthropist. Her music has been licensed on multiple TV networks, films and in shopping malls and airports globally. She is a member of SAG-AFTRA, Guild of Music Supervisors, The Society of Composers and Lyricists, The Alliance for Women Film Composers, The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, and a voting member of The Recording Academy. Her music considered in eight categories for the 58th Annual Grammy Awards. Briana’s song, “Cranberry Lake” is in the award-winning film, Aga. Written and directed by Milko Lazarov and produced by Veselka Kiryakova. Bulgaria’s submission into the 2020 Oscars best international feature category. The film premiered at the Berlin international film festival in 2018. Aga went on to be screened at a number of international film festivals, including Sarajevo and Valladolid, where it won awards. In October 2018, Aga was the main winner at Bulgaria’s Golden Rose film festival, collecting awards in the best film, best director and best cinematography categories. Briana had the honor of working with award winning composer Penka Kouneva. Her eclectic writing technique and diverse sound covers a lot of ground. Her main styles as a performer are Jazz, Pop / Adult Contemporary, R&B and Adult Alternative, similar to artists such as Norah Jones, Sade, Amy Winehouse and Sting. Briana has her own unique sound regardless of genre. This former classically trained vocalist believes all styles have a way of crossing over and are interconnected.

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Dr. Judi Bloom is a practical, interactive, solution-focused therapist specializing in relationships and in navigating through major life transitions. www.drjudibloom.com

Antonia Kasper is a producer, writer, actress, and director. She is a Tulane University Theatre/English Graduate and has had several years as a Stand-Up Comedienne. Kasper has performed and written for film/television and theatre. Her new production company, Kasper Productions, focuses on women geared material. https://our.show/kasper-productions/6...

Robin Lyon-gardiner closed the original company of A Chorus Line- Maggie, Bebe, Diana, Val Aspects of LoveShe played opposite Donny Osmond in "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”. 

Ann Talman, is a stage, TV and film actor, singer, storyteller, award winning documentary filmmaker, and four-time Broadway veteran.

2021 marks Richard Skipper's 42nd year in New York. He is an entertainer, MC, HOST, Interviewer. His show Streams on Most platforms.

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DAVIS GAINES performed the title role in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera over 2,000 times, during his run on Broadway, in Los Angeles, (where he remains LA’s longest-running Phantom), and in San Francisco, (where he received the Bay Area Critics’ Award for Best Actor). Subsequently, he was chosen by Hal Prince and Lloyd Webber to play the leading role in the World Premiere of Whistle Down the Wind. Other Broadway and National Tour credits include Raoul in The Phantom of the Opera, Cornelius Hackl in Hello, Dolly! (with Carol Channing), Camelot (with Richard Burton) and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (with Alexis Smith). Gaines’ Off-Broadway appearances include Des McAnuff’s The Death of Von Richthofen as Witnessed from Earth, the Maury Yeston/Larry Gelbart musical One Two Three Four Five, Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins, She Loves Me and Forbidden Broadway. He made his New York City Opera debut in The New Moon and appeared in the concert versions of Parade, Sitting Pretty, The Cat and the Fiddle, Pippin and the Encores production of The Boys from Syracuse. Additionally, Gaines has sung for six U.S. Presidents and with every major symphony orchestra in North America, including the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl. He has performed in cabaret in New York at ‘Feinstein’s at Loews Regency’ and ‘Rainbow and Stars’, Hollywood’s ‘Cinegrill’ and San Francisco’s ‘Plush Room’. Gaines currently resides in Los Angeles and is a frequent singer of our National Anthem for the Los Angeles Lakers, Clippers, Kings and Dodgers. www.facebook.com/DavisGainesActor

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Angela Bacari returns to the New York stage for the first time in almost 40 years on October 12, 2021 at Don't Tell Mama!

Angela Bacari has spent years gracing stages from New York City to Las Vegas as an accomplished vocalist. She is known for the song, “Baby I'm’ Yours.” Some of her many television appearances include: The Tonight Show, the Dinah Shore Show and The Merv Griffin Show. Angela has opened for several Hollywood veterans including Rodney Dangerfield, Phyllis Diller and Pat Cooper to name a few. She has served as vocal coach for last 20 years show business luminaries such as: Liza Minnelli; grandson, Nicolas King; Marisa Berenson; worked extensively with Deana Martin preparing for her new album; and has been training and managing Billy Gilman (runner-up of The Voice). She is a private vocal coach at her local, home studio in Rhode Island. Angela still performs at special venues throughout the year and can be seen at Birdland in NYC with Nicolas King.

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Jamie Lee Farrar is a 34 year old burn survivor who just happens to been born with Cerebral Palsy. She holds a BSW in Social Work and is a crosswalk safety advocate. She was born 'pre maturely". Her first memoir, "Roll On" details the last 5 years of her life from the day of the accident (Jan 3rd ,2013 until her graduation from UNLV in 2017 with an epilogue in 2018 ) It's been a very cathartic and lengthy process, but Ms. Farrar hopes to have the book out soon.

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Ron Aprea grew up in Astoria, NY and clearly remembers seeing Pete Fountain playing the clarinet on television. Inspired to play, Ron went to his elementary school band director, Mr. Cahill, and asked to play what he thought was Pete’s instrument, a saxophone. So that’s what the school gave him. That little mistake has given the world of Jazz an artist that contributes to the genre with exceptional skill to this day. Continuing to play throughout his school years, Ron finally got his own alto saxophone at age 16 and started taking lessons in a studio across the street from Radio City Music Hall. It was also during this time that Ron would frequent the famed Birdland Jazz Club on Broadway. He spent a lot of time soaking up inspiration from all of the Big Band and Jazz legends that played the club – such as Count Basie and Blakey’s Jazz Messengers. Both would prove to be major influences in Ron’s career. It was at Birdland that Ron met Frank Foster, who played with and arranged for Count Basie; the two became lifelong friends. One of many prized items in Ron’s memorabilia is a collection of original arrangements that Frank had written for Basie’s band and then gave Ron copies for his band. Ron has spent years perfecting his musical prowess. He’s played with legends like Woody Herman, Tito Puente, Billy May, Skitch Henderson and Lionel Hampton. While playing with Hamp, he had the opportunity to do a recorded performance at the Smithsonian Institute, where Ron’s solos were taped and placed into their Archives. As part of an All-Star band, Ron played at a 2001 Charlie Parker Birthday Tribute in Harlem. He has also been featured during performances at the Paramount Theatre and the world famous Apollo Theatre.