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Show SCENE The Park Record. Editor: Scott Iwasaki arts@parkrecord.com 435.649.9014 ex.113 ARTS-KIDS AT THE KIMBALL ART CENTER Arts-Kids, a nonprofit that uses art and group techniques to empower youth to build self-expression and community, will be at the Kimball Art Center, 1401 Kearns Blvd., from 2-4 p.m. on Saturday, April 7. The event will feature the Drum Bus with hand drums and juggling demonstrations. For information, visit www.arts-kids. org and www.drumbusutah.com OK GO AT THE ECCLES CENTER Park City Institute will present OK Go, the rock band and performance artist, at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 7, at the Eccles Center for the Performing Arts, 1750 Kearns Blvd. OK Go inspires creativity and curiosity with its science-infused rock music videos. This is the last show of the Main Stage season. Tickets range from $29$79 and can be purchased by visiting www.ecclescenter.org. 22ND ANNUAL POND SKIMMING COMPETITION The 22nd annual Pond Skimming competition was set to be held from noon to 3 p.m. at Canyons Village on Saturday. The event, which is part of Spring Grüv, is free for spectators and $35 for participants. Registration to participate can be done by visiting www.eventbrite.com/e/22nd-annual-pond-skim-competition-tickets-43683464418. KAMAS BRANCH BOOK CLUB The Summit County Library will host a Kamas Branch Book Club at 4 p.m. on Monday, April 9, at the Kamas Branch, 110 N. Main St. The discussion will be about “Angle of Repose” by Wallace Zenger. The event is free and open to the public. For information, visit www.thesummitcountylibrary.org. NEWCOMERS CLUB OF GREATER PARK CITY MONTHLY COFFEE Newcomers Club of Greater Park City will meet from 10:30 a.m.-noon on Wednesday, April 11, at the Park City Community Church, 4501 S.R. 224. This month’s speaker will be Kendra Wyckoff, the executive director of Peace House, a nonprofit that is on a mission to wipe out domestic violence in Summit and Wasatch counties. A light brunch will be served. The event is free and open to the public. For information, visit www.parkcitynewcomers.org. FILM SERIES’ SPRING BREAK SCREENINGS, C-2 www.parkrecord.com LIBRARY HOSTS BOOKS TO FILM CLUB, C-3 C-1 SAT/SUN/MON/TUES, APRIL 7-10, 2018 Big-city singer tells her tale in ‘PC Girl Cabaret’ Downstairs provides perfect venue for the musical performance SCOTT IWASAKI The Park Record When singer, dancer and producer Ellie Gallagher thinks of live theater, she thinks of celebrating life. “I also think of giving back the same joy I feel doing the performances with the audience,” Gallagher said. “I feel it’s a special gift when someone is touched emotionally or taken away from whatever is going on in their lives for just a few hours because of something I do.” Gallagher is ready to give more back with her new production, “PC Girl Cabaret,” which will open for one night at 8 p.m. on Friday, April 13, at Downstairs, 625 Main St. The production is an autobiographical account of Gallagher’s experience living in Park City for the past 20 years. “I’m a Broadway, big-city girl who lives in a mountain town,” she said. “That’s the inspiration. So the idea is to show people who come to the show that it isn’t where you come from and where you live that defines you. Those things may shape your life, but they don’t make you who you are.” Monday’s performance is like a test run, Gallagher said. “The idea is to show people who come to the show that it isn’t where you come from and where you live that defines you...” Ellie Gallagher, “PC Girl Cabaret” producer “Monday is a soft opening during the offseason because I want to perform this for tourists during next ski season,” she said. “I have also invited concierges from all over town to come see the show and give me feedback, because the idea is to do a weekly show in the wintertime, and I want to make sure this is something the concierge would feel confident in sending their guests to see.” Gallagher also wants to introduce people to a cabaret show that is different than burlesque. While burlesque is defined as a variety show that typically includes sensual dialog and dances, a cabaret show is more of a floor show that is seen in a nightclub or restaurant. “The performance I will do is a classy, sexy Broadway-style musical that gives people a glimpse of what it’s like to live in Park City,” she said. “It’s fun and playful.” “PC Girl Cabaret” is also sponsored by the Utah Conservatory. Conservatory co-founder Debra Cook is the accompanist, and the production will feature singer and dancers Andrew Taula, Anne Considine-Olson and dancer Cameron Aragon. “The singers and dancers are semi-professional and professional performers from around the state,” Gallagher said. “There are so many performers working in Utah, and this show gives professionals an opportunity to perform without committing to an entire run of a show.” Another reason Gallagher decided to produce and present “PC Girl Cabaret” is because there is nothing like it in Park City. “We have some fun performances at the Egyptian Theatre, and I’ve performed many musical theater and other productions there, but it’s a theater,” she said. “That’s why I decided to do it at Downstairs, which has a speakeasy feel. You’re going to break the fourth wall quite a bit more, because the audience becomes part of the story you tell.” Gallagher said the story wrote itself. “One day I went on a hike and this tale was just spinning around in my mind,” she said. “It’s the irony of living in Park City for so long and not really fitting into the Park City girl stereotype.” She selected the songs that would highlight that theme. “I had a few of them in my mind, and they all told this same story,” she said. “Interestingly, the last song of the production comes from the musical, ‘The Color Purple.’ It’s called ‘I’m Here,’ and that sums up the theme and the arc of the show.” Gallagher fell in love with theater as a child. Please see ‘Cabaret,’ C-4 IMAGE AND PHOTO COURTESY OF ELLIE GALLAGHER Ellie Gallagher is a big-city Broadway girl who lives in Park City. She will celebrate her love of musical theater with “PC Girl Cabaret” on April 13 at Downstairs. |