Open Mic Night
7:00 - 9:00pm
$15 cover at the door, no pre-registration needed.
• 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 welcomed as well.
• 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.
• The monthly Open Mic Night is hosted by singer/pianist Kenneth Gartman. This month's featured entertainer is RAISSA KATONA BENNETT.
Kenneth Gartman (Host/Pianist)
Theatre: Inner Voices III: Arlington (Off-Broadway); Bryan Putnam’s The Toy Maker (Eugene O’Neill Theater Conference, 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 Toy Maker (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: 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
Raissa Katona Bennett (Featured Entertainer)
On Broadway, Norwalk native RAISSA KATONA BENNETT, appeared as "Christine Daae" in PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, CHESS in concert, and the First National Tours of CATS & PARADE. On television, she has appeared in shows such as: LAW AND ORDER: SVU, and UNSOLVED MYSTERIES. A multiple award-winning concert & cabaret artist, she’s headlined at Feinstein’s, the Beechman Theatre, the Metropolitan Room, The Iridium and guest starred at Rose Hall Lincoln Center, Town Hall and with various symphony orchestras throughout the East. She has 2 critically acclaimed CDs on iTunes and Amazon and in CT, she has been seen as “Mrs. Potts” in Summer Theatre of New Canaan’s Beauty and the Beast, “Helen” in Fun Home and “Truvy” in Steel Magnolias at Music Theatre of CT. Most recently, Raissa produced, hosted and performed in "Broadway at the Mansion” a fundraiser for Lockwood-Matthews Mansion in Norwalk, which her parents helped to save from demolition back in the 60’s. She brings a new cabaret show to the Music Theatre of CT on August 8, 2026, RaissaKatonaBennett.com @raissakatonabennett