"CANDYLAND - A Kid's Cabaret!" Part of 2002-03 Cabaret Nouveau Series

Cabaret artist and BPP's CABARET NOUVEAU Producer Candy Decker shares her childhood vision of the world in "CANDYLAND - A Kids Cabaret!," on Saturday, May 31st and Sunday, June 1st at 3:00 pm at the Bloomington Playwrights Project (312 South Washington Street, Bloomington, IN - 812-355-9001). A recipient of the 2002 INDIANA ARTS COMMISSION INDIVIDUAL ARTIST's AWARD, Candy has created a cabaret for kids and with the help of the young, talented Annelise Kent-Isaac, Chantel Nicole Martinez and Maya Wahrman together they share stories from Candy's childhood, peek into her elementary school diary, sing songs from Candy's youth and discover that no matter how long ago one was a child the hopes, joys, and dreams always remain in one's heart forever. Tickets are $8 General Admission and $5 Children (12 and under).

Through stories and songs Candy encourages the use of imagination, helping children to think about what is important in their lives, all through the creative expression of cabaret. Songs performed by Candy and her guest kid singers include some old favorites plus some new songs such as "Pure Imagination," "Figure Eight," "High Hopes," "Let Me Entertain You," "Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better," "You're Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile" and "Free To Be You and Me." CANDYLAND is made possible by the INDIANA ARTS COMMISSION.

Candace Decker has worked regionally as an actress, a storyteller, an acting teacher and a cabaret artist. She was selected to attend the 2000 NYC Cabaret Symposium as a Cabaret Fellow at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center, studying and performing with such artists as Sally Mayes, Julie Wilson and Margaret Whiting. While working as an actress in Chicago she received the 1996 After Dark Award for her performance in Bailiwick Repertory's production "The Christmas Schooner" reprising her role as Alma for three seasons.

In Bloomington, Candace is a familiar face at the Bloomington Playwrights Project (BPP) as their full-time Marketing Director as well as one of their School of Dramatic Arts (SODA) instructors. She created and is the producer of the BPP's Cabaret Nouveau Series, bringing cabaret talent from Chicago and Washington, DC to the BPP. She has written and performed in her own cabarets such as "Candy Canes" and "Dreidels, Candy for the Holidays," "Love Candy," "O'Candy!" and "Pieces of Candy." She directed and produced the cabarets "Slightly Deranged: A Thinking Woman's Tour D'Vorce" and "HOT WET FUN" and produced "the gospel according to Kris Lee" this past year. Candace was invited to speak as a guest artist at a 2003 Indiana Arts Commission Board Meeting and was also selected as a panelist judge for the 2003 Individual Artists Grant Panel.

 

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