Holiday Cabernet 2020
Performer Bios
coco sho-nell
Coco Sho-Nell was born in a small town outside of Gary, Indiana... And that town was called CHICAGO! Now you can find Coco periodically in her own drag/cabaret variety show “Coco Sho-Nell Presents..." on twitch.tv/cocoshonell. Also every first and third Thursday of the month with Ben D. Mann's boylesque on twitch.tv/bendmann. To find out where you can check out Coco Sho-Nell, visit her on twitter @CocoShoNell, IG @cocoshonell
Comedy dance collective
CDC (Comedy Dance Collective, NOT the Centers for Disease Control) is a Chicago-based group of comedians and dancers who combine sketch comedy, physical comedy and dance to tell stories in feel-good and visually-hilarious ways! Follow them on Instagram @comedydancechicago
Daija Nealy
Daija Nealy is a Chicago-based actress, singer and model with a Bachelor of Arts. from Illinois State University. She was previously seen in Little Red Reboot, part of Ghostlight Ensemble’s Make/Believe festival for young audiences.
Danielle Levsky
Danielle Levsky [she/her] is a Post-Soviet Jewish clown. During quarantine, she has been exploring the capabilities, limitations and possibilities of the live-streamed performance, the camera and the Zoom room through her clown personas. Based in Chicago, she performs in physical theatre-oriented productions and writes nonfiction and poetry for various publications. When not clowning or scribbling, she enjoys flamenco dance, tea tasting, forest bathing, yoga, French language and Soviet culture. Learn more about her at criticturnedclown.com.
Improvised Jane Austen
With independent heroines, misunderstood suitors, meddling mothers, and charming cads, Improvised Jane Austen creates a Regency love story on the spot throughout Chicago. The women of the company take an audience suggestion and craft a story the most prominent female author of the 19th century may have written and carry it through misadventures and misunderstandings to its proper British conclusion.
Nate Perez & Anneliese Ayers
Nate Perez and Anneliese Ayers are actor-musicians from Chicago. They collectively have performed music as a duo and in several groups throughout the Chicagoland region. Nate previously (pre-COVID) starred as The Wolf in Little Red Reboot as a part of Ghostlight Ensemble Theatre’s Make/Believe Fest. Anneliese most recently served as choreographer for The Collective at Concordia Chicago’s You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown.
Nitty Gritty
This Single Orange Monster hails from a sexy boudoir under the bleachers at Wells Fargo rink, in sunny Pennsylvania. She enjoys long walks in the moonlight, missing teeth and powerful slap shots. Let's hear it for NITTY GRITTY! Follow her on Instagram @nittygrittychi.
Plucky Rosenthal
Called "...daffy and sweetly outlandish" by the Chicago Tribune, Plucky Rosenthal is a vintage-style musician, drawing influence from vaudeville, tin pan alley and more schtick than you can shake a stick at. A mainstay of the Chicago cabaret scene, she's frequented such haunts as the Green Mill, the Drifter, the Uptown Underground and the California Clipper. Festivals include Chicago Women's Funny Fest, Windy City Burlesque Festival, Twin Cities Jewish Humor Festival, Minnesota Fringe Festival and as a semi-finalist for the Andy Kaufman Awards in NY. @pluckyrosenthal on Instagram and Twitter
Tyler Ross
Tyler Ross is a Chicago-based stand up comedian by way of Cleveland. He enjoys tacos and penguins but never together.
Find him on social: Insta: @tweetattyler. Twitter: @tweetattyler.