Local Talent To Perform In Benefit Saturday At The Firehouse
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NORTH MANCHESTER – A fundraiser cabaret performance will be at 7 p.m. Saturday at The Firehouse Black Box Theatre in downtown North Manchester.
Proceeds will benefit the theatre space at The Firehouse, at 108 W. Main St. The suggested donation is $10 at the door. Seating is limited for this one night only performance.
Cabaret performers include Emily Perkins, Clayton Marcum, Kira Lace Hawkins and Thomas Hall on vocals and Pamela Haynes on keyboard. Marilyn Sexton Mason is serving as artistic director, and Kelsy Presl is lending technical support.
Perkins has performed at The Firehouse Black Box, the New Huntington Theatre, and numerous productions in Kokomo, Peru, North Manchester and Wabash.
Marcum has performed in The Firehouse Black Box, Wabash Area Community Theatre, Manchester University, Wagon Wheel and the Theatre on the Square in Indianapolis. He will begin his senior year at Manchester University this fall where he studies vocal performance.
Hawkins is a regular and crowd favorite performer at Wagon Wheel Theatre. She directs for Wagon Wheel Jr. and Manchester University where she also teaches. Some of her favorite Wagon Wheel roles have been Mary Poppins in “Mary Poppins” and Dolly Levi in “Hello, Dolly!”
Hall has a Masters in voice performance from DePaul University and has extensive stage credits. He also has appeared as soloist for concert works such as Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and Handel's Messiah. He currently is the director of choirs and the musical director for Warsaw Community High School and the director of Lancer chorus at Grace College.
