Open Mic Night

Open Mic Night

 Saturday, October 16, 2021 from 7:00-9:00 pm, $10 Cover

Doors open at 6:30 pm.  Sign-up for those who wish to perform is from 6:30-6:55 pm.  You must sign up by 6:55 to perform.  Once the show starts we may not be able to accommodate additional performers.  Bring music printed out in your key, and Kenneth will accompany you at the piano for your moment at the microphone.  Comedians, poets, writers and musicians are all encouraged to perform!

Some snacks and non-alcoholic beverages will be available for purchase.  After the event, we will move the party to a nearby restaurant/bar for a special 2 for 1 drink offer.

Featured Entertainer: JODY STEVENS

Jodi has performed in the Original Broadway Companies of Jekyll & Hyde and Urban Cowboy. Off Broadway include Under Fire, The Body Shop , Eliot Ness in Cleveland, I Can Get it For You Wholesale , Dietrich and Chevalier, The Scarlet Pimpernel
Regional: Annie 20th Anniversary (Lily), Sweeney Todd (Beggar Woman), Heaven Help Us (Angel), Hairspray (Velma), Legally Blonde (Paulette),Singing in The Rain, Lina *Ct. Critics Circle Award Best Supporting Actress in a Musical. Gypsy, (Mazeppa). Vanya Sonia Masha & Spike (Masha). I’ll Eat You Last: A Chat with Sue Menger’s (One Woman Show). Mamma Mia (Tanya), Pippin(Fastrada) Film and TV: Pervertigo, The Narrow Gate, “Younger”, “27 East”, “Conviction”, “Central Park West” and “Sex in The City”. As a teacher, Jodi has been Founder and Director of SBEstudios for 10 years, training Online and in Person, Singers, Speakers, Actors and Theatre College and Career Consultant. Jodi is on faculty with the Performing Arts Conservatory of New Canaan, Ct. She is also a nationally certified Music Together Teacher and proud mama to Jackson Bryce and married to Scott Bryce. NATS, NYSTA.

Kenneth Gartman  (Host/Pianist) – Theatre: Singin' in the Rain (Summer Theatre of New Canaan); The White City (NMTC 2014); Broadcast (NMTC 2013); Inner Voices III: Arlington (Off-Broadway); Bryan Putnam’s The ToyMaker (Eugene O’Neill National Musical Theater Conference NMTC 2012); Zapata! The Musical (NYMF2012) and subsequent cast recording; Once Removed, a new musical with music by Graham Russell of Air Supply; Show Choir! the Musical (NYMF2010); The ToyMaker (NYMF2009) and subsequent cast recording; Trouble in Shameland (FringeNYC) and subsequent cast recording. Cabaret/Concerts: Rev. Yolanda’s Old Time Gospel Hour, Joshing Around, Unity Benefit Concerts, Concerts for City Greens, Cabaret Cares, The Salon Open Mic(Host/Co-Host), A Ballsy Christmas Open Mic (Host).  Singer/Performer: 3 Decades in the Dark: Raissa & Kenneth Go to the Movies; Kenneth Gartman…Not Like the Other Cavemen (cabaret debut); National Tour of The Music Man; Side by Side by Sondheim; Simply Sondheim LIVE! (BBC Broadcast); and A New York Songbook: Way Off Broadway. For more information, visit www.KennethGartman.com