CABARET DUO R. MACKENZIE LEWIS & DAVID MOAN
FEATURING SPECIAL GUEST AURORA PENEPACKER
Falling in Love: An AWW-TUMN Celebration
Friday, September 24th @ 8:00 PM
Award-winning arranger/composer R. MacKenzie Lewis and award-winning actor and singer David Moan team up again with a cabaret show guaranteed to put the “aww” in Autumn!
Pumpkin spice up your Friday night with songs from Bo Burnham, Cole Porter, John Mulaney, Stephen Sondheim, Johnny Mercer, Robert Lopez, Flight of the Concords, Irving Berlin, and more. Don’t miss your chance to experience great singing, clever arrangements and general hilarity which will also include special guest Aurora Penepacker!
COVID-19 Safety Policy for Indoor Concerts
- Moving forward, all patrons and artists who wish to attend or present performances indoors at KCH must provide a valid, complete COVID-19 vaccination card OR proof of a negative COVID-19 test performed within the previous 72 hours prior to entry. Such proof must be presented at concert check-in, may be displayed on a smartphone OR presented as a physical copy, and must also be accompanied by a matching, valid ID for verification.**
- Additionally, according to current CDC recommendations, masks are required for audiences inside the House and can only be removed when seated with a beverage (when available). When performing, artists may wear a mask, or not, at their own discretion.
**Proof of vaccination exceptions will be made for children under 12 and people with a medical condition or closely held religious beliefs that prevent vaccination. These guests must provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test taken within the previous 72 hours prior to entry.
David Moan has spent the bulk of his career in Southeast Michigan using versatility and a short attention span to do a little bit of everything theatrical. David primarily splits his energies riding the line between musical theatre and opera with performances at some of SE Michigan’s most recognized theaters. Noteworthy performances include John Wilkes Booth in Assassins (Wilde Award Winning) and Sweeney Todd in Sweeney Todd (Wilde Award Nominee) at Encore Musical Theatre Company, Martin in Candide and Edward G. Robinson/Calaveras in Frida with The Michigan Opera Theatre, God/Himself in An Act Of God at the DIO, and Ash in Evil Dead: The Musical (Wilde Award Nominated) with The Ringwald. David is also one half of the musical comedy improv duo Torch Song, where he and Jeremy St. Martin recreate your favorite musicals with less people and less talent and has functioned as emcee from places like the First Lego League qualifying event to theatre fundraisers, and even weddings. When not onstage, David is instructor of Diction and Theatre at Manchester University, improv coach for Dexter High School, and teaching private lessons in voice and improv. Also, because he has been locked in a basement for the past year, you can find David at twitch.tv/davidmmoan where he plays Batman video games, makes up silly songs, and attempts to stay relevant in 2021.
R. MacKenzie Lewis has been an arranger, composer, pianist, and music director in South East Michigan for nearly two decades. In addition to being the band leader with Ann Arbor’s own band Accidentally Hip, Lewis is the composer and music director for Eastern Michigan University’s School of Communication, Media, and Theatre Arts and a lecturer and accompanist with the School of Music and Dance. Some favorite theatre projects outside of university life include music directing and orchestrating the national tour and Off-Broadway premiere of The Berenstain Bears LIVE! in Family Matters, the Musical; Gypsy at the Hangar Theatre in New York (Broadway World Award for Best Music Direction); A Little Night Music at the Performance Network (Wilde Award for Best Music Direction); Legally Blonde at MSU (Pulsar Award for Best Music Direction); Irrational (Composer, Wilde Award for Best New Script); and Romance in Hard Times with William Finn at the Barrington Stage Co. He also composed music for Wings of Ikarus, Jason Invisible, and Mockingbird (two Helen Hayes nominations), all of which were commissioned and premiered at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.. Lewis has also composed the musicals: Video Games: The Rock Opera, Treasure Island, Pinocchio, A Very British Christmas, Sugar Plum Panto, The Elves and the Schumackers, DJ Whittington – A Hip-Hop Panto, and Soaring on Black Wings, a world premiere with Ben Vereen.
Born, raised, and based in Chicago, Aurora Penepacker attended the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University. Now signed with Stewart Talent, she has been performing professionally for three years and teaches voice, piano, and guitar to young kids in the north suburbs. Her favorite recent roles have included Maria in West Side Story at the Encore Musical Theatre Company in Dexter, Michigan and Luisa in The Fantasticks at Citadel Theatre in Chicago.
