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Lori Dokken

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women on the moon - the ordway concert hall - 10/6/2019

Women on the Moon is a concert event that showcases some of our favorite artists from the 1960s such as: Mama Cass, Tina Turner, Aretha, Cher, Dusty Springfield, Lesley Gore, Grace Slick, Janis Joplin, Dionne Warwick, Mavis Staples, Joan Baez, Cher, Ella, Shirley Bassey, Laura Nyro, Diana Ross, Barbra, Joni Mitchell, Bonnie Raitt, Nancy Sinatra, and the great Nina Simone.

The 1960s was one of the most memorable decades of all time in the history of The United States.  It started out with the election of President John F. Kennedy and the dawn of “Camelot” and closed out with the first man landing on the moon.  In between these bookends would be the assassinations of JFK, RFK and MLK; civil rights legislation; protests; drugs; The Feminine Mystique; Black Power; hippies; Vietnam; Gloria Steinem; Nixon; the Watts riots; Andy Warhol; Stonewall; NOW; The Beatles; Laugh-In; The Rolling Stones; Twiggy; Woodstock; and so many other momentous events.

  

While men landed on the moon, women artists took their own giant leap into every area of the musical landscape.  The ‘60s were inarguably the most prolific decade for female vocalists and musicians in many diverse styles and categories.  From pop and folk to rock and roll and rhythm and blues, women launched themselves into the music scene and claimed their space in the mostly male dominated industry

MUSIC PERFORMED IN THE SHOW INCLUDES:

ACT ONE 


"You Don’t Own Me" - (recorded by Lesley Gore 1963 – written by John Madara & David White)

Performed by: Rachel Holder Hennig (lead) with Judi Vinar, Patty Peterson, Ginger Commodore, Joyann Parker, Yolande Bruce, Katie Gearty, and Anna Christy.

“Son of a Preacher Man” - (Dusty Springfield 1968 – John Hurley & Ronnie Wilkins) – Joyann with Ginger, Yolande & Rachel

“At Last” – (Etta James 1960 – Mack Gordon & Harry Warren) - Ginger

“Mack the Knife” – (Ella Fitzgerald 1960 – Bertolt Brecht, Marc Blitzstein, & Kurt Weill) – Yolande

“Stoney End” – (Barbra Streisand –1967 - Laura Nyro) - Katie with Joyann, Rachel & Lori

“Happy Days/Get Happy” – (Judy Garland/Barbra Streisand 1963 – Milton Ager& Jack Yellen/Harold Arlen & Ted Koehler) – Judi & Patty

“The Beat Goes On” – (Sonny & Cher 1963 – Sonny Bono) – Lori and Joyann with Judi, Rachel & Anna

“Make Your Own Kind of Music” – (Cass Elliot 1969 – Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil) – Anna with Judi & Lori

“Feeling Good” – (Nina Simone 1965 – Anthony Newley & Leslie Bricusse) – Patty

“Mississippi Goddam” – (Nina Simone 1964 – Nina Simone) – Yolande

“You Keep Me Hanging On” – (Diana Ross & The Supremes 1966 – Hollsnd-Dozier-Holland) – Rachel with Judi & Anna

“Guess Who I Saw Today” – (Nancy Wilson 1960 – Murray Grand & Elisse Boyd) – Ginger

“Piece of My Heart” – (Janis Joplin 1968 – Jerry Ragovoy & Bert Berns) – Katie with Rachel & Joyann

“Dream a Little Dream of Me” – (Cass Elliot 1968 – Fabian Andre & Wilbur Schwandt) – Anna

“Me and Bobby McGee” – (Janis Joplin 1969 – Kris Kristofferson & Fred Foster) – Joyann

“I Say a Little Prayer” – (Dionne Warwick 1967 – Burt Bacharach & Hal David) – Yolande with Judi, Rachel & Lori

“(Theme from) Valley of the Dolls” – (Dionne Warwick 1967 – Andre & Dory Previn) – Rachel

“Chain of Fools” – (Aretha Franklin 1968 – Don Covay) – Judi with the ensemble

“Respect” – (Aretha 1967 – Otis Redding) Anna with the ensemble


ACT TWO


“White Rabbit” – (Jefferson Airplane 1967 – Grace Slick) Judi

“Somebody to Love” – (Jefferson Airplane 1967 – Darby Slick) Joyann with Patty, Katie & Lori

“For What It’s Worth” – (The Staple Singers 1968 – Stephen Stills) – Judi, Ginger & Yolande

“Both Sides Now” – (Joni Mitchell 1969 – Joni Mitchell) Lori

“Chelsea Morning” – (Joni Mitchell 1969 – Joni Mitchell) Rachel with Judi, Anna & Lori

“And When I Die” - (Laura Nyro 1966 – Laura Nyro) – Katie

“Woodstock” – (CSNY 1970 – Joni Mitchell)

“The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” – (Joan Baez 1969 – Robbie Robertson) – Anna with Judi & Lori

“River Deep, Mountain High” – (Ike & Tina Turner 1966 – Phil Spector) – Ginger with Patty, Yolande and Anna

“This Is My Life” – (Shirley Bassey 1968 – Bruno Canfora, Antonio Amurri and English lyrics by Norman Newell) – Patty

“Walkin’ Blues” – (Bonnie Raitt 1969 – Robert Johnson) – Judi

“These Boots Are Made for Walking” – (Nancy Sinatra 1965 – Lee Hazlewood) – Ensemble

“Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In” – (The 5th Dimension 1969 – James Rado, Gerome Ragni & Galt MacDermot - Ensemble  

Performers, Technicians and Production Folks

Vocalists:


Judi Vinar

Patty Peterson

Ginger Commodore

Joyann Parker

Yolande Bruce

Rachel Holder Hennig

Katie Gearty

Anna Christy


The Band:


Lori Dokken – piano

Joe Elliott – guitar

Liz Draper – bass

Pete Hennig – drums


Producer, Arranger and Musical Director:

Lori Dokken


Development Assistance From:

Kathryn Perich  - Concept/Title/Content


Big  Thanks to  ...


Kathy  Tauer  (photography)

Bonni  Allen  (photography)

Jen Clough (graphic design)

Kyla Moloney (visuals)

Samantha Diekman (visuals)

Levi Dokken (video)

Pauline Jennings (Company Assistant)


The Ordway:

Leslie Brandt

Samantha Goessner (Stage Manager)

Tammie Weinfurtner

Colin (Sound Engineer)

Kris Brodersen (Lighting Design)

Lucas Chase


This performance is made possible in part by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. 



TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT SOME OF THE ARTISTS FEATURED ... VISIT THEM ON THEIR WEBSITES


Judi Vinar - www.judivinar.com

Patty Peterson - www.pattypeterson.com

Ginger Commodore - www.gingercommodore.com

Joyann Parker - www.joyannparker.com

Katie Gearty - www.katiegeartymusic.com

Liz Draper - www.giantstepsmusic.org





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"shout! Sister, shout!" - The voices of women

CROONERS - WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25th - 2020

“Shout! Sister, Shout!” is a chronological compilation of music and words written or performed by female composers, vocalists, writers, and cultural changemakers from the 1930s to present day. This show was developed and produced in partnership with The History Theatre of St. Paul, MN


Music performed in the show includes:

Sister Rosetta Tharpe – “Up Above My Head” (Traditional Gospel Tune) and “Shout, Sister, Shout” (Tim Brymn, Alex Hill, Clarence Williams – 1930)

Nina Simone – “I Shall Be Released” (Bob Dylan – 1968) and “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free” (Billy Taylor and Dick Dallas – 1963)

Carole King – “Believe In Humanity” (1973), “Been to Canaan” (1972) and “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” (King and Gerry Goffin – September 1967)

Laura Nyro – “Save the Country” (1968), “Broken Rainbow” (1985)

Janis Ian – “At Seventeen” (1974), “Society’s Child” (1965) and “Boots Like Emmy Lou’s” (2000)

Phoebe Snow – “Poetry Man” (1974), “Harpo’s Blues” (1974) and “Shakey Ground” (Jeffrey Bowen, Alphonso Boyd and Eddie Hazel – 1975)

Bonnie Raitt – “What Is Success?” (Allen Toussaint – 1974) and “Guilty” (Randy Newman – 1973)

Joni Mitchell – “The Magdalene Laundries” (1994), “ Woodstock” (1970) and “Nothing Can Be Done” (Mitchell and Larry Klein – 1991)

Joyann Parker – “Memphis” (2018)

India.Arie – “Strength, Courage and Wisdom” (2001) and “One” (2013)

Joy Ohana – “Human” – (2018)

Lori McKenna – “Humble and Kind” (2015)

Andra Day – “Rise Up” (2015)

Lady Gaga – “Born This Way” (Stefani Germanotta and Jeppe Laursen – 2010)


Poetry, Writings and Quotations from – 

Terry Tempest Williams

Maya Angelou

Mary OIiver

Aretha Franklin

Coretta Scott King

Winona LaDuke

Lori Dokken

Performers, Technicians and Production folks ...

Musicians:

Judi Vinar

Yolande Bruce

Joyann Parker

Rachel Holder Hennig

Katie Gearty

Anna Christy

Joy Ohana

Liz Draper

Pete Hennig


Spoken Word:

Eden Bodnar


Stage Manager:

Tammie Weinfurtner


History Theatre Personnel:

Chari Hall

Josh Stallings

Kyla Moloney

Nick Walberg

In-Fin Tuan

Gunther Gullickson

Ashton Schneider

Karen Mueller

Ron Peluso

Wayne Hendricks

Find out more about The History Theatre

"Shout! sister, shout!" at crooners on March 19th and 20th

"The Women's Club" Series at Crooners!

March 19th and 20th - "Shout! Sister, Shout!" - The Voices of Women ...  

(A concert event celebrating women composers and writers from the past century)  

The musical journey begins with Sister Rosetta Tharpe and travels through time to today featuring such female phenoms as Laura Nyro, Carole King, Phoebe Snow, Joni Mitchell, Bonnie Raitt, Lady Gaga and India.Arie as well as others. The evening will also be interspersed with words from some wise women such as Maya Angelou, Terry Tempest Williams, Winona LaDuke, Coretta Scott King, Mary Oliver and many others. 

 On stage to deliver an eclectic and dynamic array of arrangements of songs written by these iconic female composers are a cadre of local Twin Cities’ vocalists including Judi  Vinar, Joyann Parker, Rachel Holder, Katie Gearty, and Anna Christy backed by pianist Lori Dokken (Producer & Music Director of “Shout! Sister, Shout!”) along with Jordan Hedlund on bass and Daryl Boudreaux on percussion. We are also joined by actress Eden Bodnar who will be delivering our spoken word sections.


May 14th and 15th – Women on the Moon – Part One. 

Women on the Moon is a concert event that showcases some of our favorite female artists from the 1960s. Performed at The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in October of 2019, this reprise of the concert will come to you in two parts – one in January 2022 and the second part during the spring/summer of 2022.  

FEAT: Judi Vinar, Patty Peterson, Rachel Holder, Joyann Parker, Ginger Commodore, and Lori Dokken along with a smokin' band of Twin Cities "A" listers.


"The Women's Club" Series at Crooners!

 Lori Dokken is teaming up with Crooners to launch a new series of shows featuring The Women’s Club. 

"The Women’s Club" is a new concept group that is an evolving and revolving compilation of some of the best female singers in the Twin Cities. Their mission is to bring you some songs you’ve never heard; some tunes that you have forgotten; some you’ve heard a million times and to always deliver them highlighting the message behind the music.  This inaugural venture starts off with a series of four different shows produced once a month during November through February. Each show will be presented on a Saturday night at 8PM and Sunday afternoon at 4PM on Crooners Main Performance Stage.  Individual or full series tickets are available.  Purchasing tickets in November for all four shows in this series brings a total price discount of $20. (When purchasing a series ticket please choose the Saturday night or Sunday afternoon option.)


(Lori's photos by Bonni Allen Photography)

Lori Dokken presents:

The Women’s Club Series:

March 19th and 20th - "Shout! Sister, Shout!"


May 14th and 15th  – Women on the Moon – Part One. 


Crooners Lounge and Supper Club


Crooners MainStage

6161 Hwy 65 NE 

Minneapolis, MN 55432



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"THE MOTHER OF ALL RAT PACKS" - 4/24 @ THE CHANHASSEN

Use the code RATPACK22 for a $10 discount for the show.

We think it’s about time to put a tuxedo-clad group of women on stage and set them free to sing, swing, sass and show the alternative of what Vegas’ lounges in the ’60s could have been like.   This show brings you back to the days of the Rat Pack with Johnny Carson at The Copa Room at TheSands Hotel.   


Featuring Patty Peterson, Judi Vinar, Rachel Holder and Lori Dokken with Jendeen Forberg on drums and Jordan Hedlund on bass.   


Special Guest – James Rocco, The Ordway Center’s past artistic director and vice president of programs for 13 years, will be your host!

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"The Mother of All Rat Packs!"  

Sunday,  April 24th 

Dinner at 5:00 PM 

Show at 7:00 PM  


Chanhassen Dinner Theatre 

501 West 78th Street 

Chanhassen, MN 55317 

952.934.1525


Get your tickets for this show with a $10.00 discount using promo code: RATPACK22.

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"Looking for Liza" - Bryant Lake bowl - June 10 & 11 - 7 PM

Cabaret queen Mistress Ginger is taking you on a musical odyssey of very Minnelli proportions, full of love, laughs, song and dance. We’re getting back to the dream, one Liza tune at a time.

Featuring live band, sizzling hot dancers, and enough pizzazz to lift you up out of your vagabond shoes and into showbiz bliss. 


The Band:

Lori Dokken, piano & musical director 

Dustin Jensen, drums 

Ian Young, bass 

The Dancers: Scott Stafford & Jarod Boltjes 


Since 2006, Mistress Ginger has been bringing her cabaret magic to a variety of Twin Cities venues, from the Bryant-Lake Bowl to the Ordway Center. With a passion for storytelling through song, she takes her audiences on whimsical journeys full of heart and imagination. Her cookbook, Mistress Ginger Cooks, was published in 2014. 

Presented by: junkyard cabaret.com

Bryant Lake Bowl and Theater 

810 West Lake Street 

Minneapolis, MN 55408

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50th anniversary of pride all star cabaret show - 6/25 & 26

Lori Dokken presents ...

"50th Anniversary of Pride All-Star Cabaret Show”

 

FEAT:  Erin Schwab, Dan Chouinard, Mary Jane Alm, Ann Reed, Joan Griffith, Ellis, James Rocco, Mistress Ginger, Dennis Spears and many more to be announced.

 

Crooners joins in congratulating and celebrating Twin Cities’ Pride and the LGBTQ+ community on the 50th Anniversary of Pride with an All-Star Cabaret Show presented by Lori Dokken on June 25th at 8:00 PM and June 26th at 4:00 PM. 

From the first gathering in Loring Park and the first Gay Pride parade, through decades of disco, the AIDS quilt, the Human Rights Campaign, transgender rights and now same sex marriage … TC Pride has continued to grow in diversity and community inclusivity and this June expects more than 400,000 visitors to attend their many Pride activities! 


We sincerely hope you will join Crooners, Lori Dokken and her very special line-up for this insanely fun and sometimes incredibly poignant cabaret show. It will be EPIC!

Saturday, June 25 at 8:00 PM and Sunday, June 26 at 4:30 PM


Crooners MainStage 

6161 Hwy 65 NE 

Minneapolis, MN 55432



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"I am woman ... " - 7/15 - Benson,mn performing arts center

Additional Information

"I Am Woman ... Hear Me Roar!" - featuring Lori Dokken, Judi Vinar, Patty Peterson and Rachel Holder with Jay Young, III and David Stanoch.  


We hope that you will join us for an evening celebrating some of the greatest women singers and songwriters ever!   


With Lori Dokken at the piano, Twin Cities’ vocalists Judi Vinar, Patty Peterson and Rachel Holder along with bass player Jay Young and drummer David Stanoch will turn the stage into a celebration of some of the matriarchs of music. Sit back and enjoy the vibrant vocal harmonies these girls put to tunes made famous by such divas as Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Annie Lennox, Carole King, Tina Turner, Judy Garland, Christina Aguilera and many more. It promises to be a fantastic evening of hearing these women “roar” as only they can!   


"I Am Woman ... Hear Me Roar!

Friday, July 15th - 7:00 PM

Benson Public Schools' Performing Arts Center

1400 Montana Avenue

Benson, MN 56215


Here's the link to purchase tickets -  https://www.vancoevents.com/BFZI

Patrick's Cabaret - Pride 2022 Live! - Sat. July 16th - 7:30

In conjunction with The Hennepin Theatre Trust’s LGBTQIA+ Exhibit, Patrick’s Cabaret will present Pride 2022 - LIVE! a very special Cabaret in their 3rd Floor performance space, the “900 Studio”, on Saturday, July 16, 2022. Expect an amazing evening of performance, media, cocktails (including non-alcoholic) and a lot of not to be missed!


The cabaret will feature works by:

Apocalypse Theatre, Lori Dokken, Kohl Miner, Ann Marsden, Chris Stark, Venus DeMars, and Patrick Scully - MC

Apocalypse Theatre, a nomadic freak-show caravan will feature Demolition Grrrls a dance track with loud guitars, Codename:Bunny, and The Diseased. hybrid goth industrial punk.

Lori Dokken, - a little cross section of piano bar tunes from the 70s and 80s. Kohl Miner will perform A Queer Elder - a coming of age story.

Ann Marsden Marking a decade since Ann’s passing, Patrick has organized a slide show of Ann’s photos of our LGBTQ community.

Chris Stark will read from her second novel, Carnival Lights, about two Ojibwe teen cousins who leave their fictitious northern Minnesota reservation for Minneapolis in 1969. Carnival Lights was a 2022 Minnesota Book Awards finalist.

Venus DeMars will present an acoustic cameo 

Patrick Scully - master of ceremonies


(Covid Protocol: Artist & audience safety is a priority! Patrons are required to: wear a mask in the 3rd floor theater space, and be mindful. Proof of vaccination is not

required. If you feel sick, stay home!)

Patrick's Cabaret - Pride 2022 Live!

Saturday July 16, 2022, 7:30 pm

900 Hennepin Avenue, Mpls

for details visit https://linktr.ee/PatrickScully

Cost: $20. Payment by the "pay-what-you-can" honor system.
Pay with Venmo, PayPal or by check. 

Go to http://patrickscully.org/payment.htm



For more information in The Hennepin Theatre Trust’s fabulous photo exhibit in Jack’s Lounge (first floor 900 Hennepin) go to:

"women on the moon" - get your tickets now! July 30 & 31

WOMEN on the MOON - a showcase of some of the fabulous female vocalists of the 1960s.

"WOMEN ON THE MOON" - Part two - JULY 30 & 31

CROONERS Main Stage

Women on the Moon is a concert event that showcases some of our favorite female artists from the 1960s such as: Mama Cass, Tina Turner, Aretha, Cher, Dusty Springfield, Lesley Gore, Grace Slick, Janis Joplin, Dionne Warwick, Mavis Staples, Joan Baez, Cher, Ella, Shirley Bassey, Laura Nyro, Diana Ross, Barbra, Joni Mitchell, Bonnie Raitt, Nancy Sinatra, and the great Nina Simone.  


Producer and Musical Director, Lori Dokken, has assembled some of the Twin Cities’ finest female vocalists to transport us back more than fifty years to a time when so many things were static and tumultuous, and yet “peace” and “love” were two of the most circulated words of the era.  


Bringing their own unique interpretations to a diverse compilation of music from this decade are such local artists as: Judi Vinar, Ginger Commodore, Patty Peterson, Rachel Holder and Anna Christy along with a smokin’ band of Twin Cities’ A-listers.   


Performed at The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in October of 2019, this reprise of the concert will come to you in two parts – one in May 2022 and the second part on July 30th and 31st of 2022.  

GET YOUR TICKETS TODAY!

Saturday,  July 30th - 8:00 PM 

Sunday, July 31st - 4:00PM   


Crooners Main Stage 

6161 Highway 65 NE  

Minneapolis, MN 55432  

Tel : (763) 571-9020                                                                                         

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"Women on the moon" - Part TWO - JULY 30th & 31ST

Women on the Moon is a concert event that showcases some of our favorite female artists from the 1960s such as: Mama Cass, Tina Turner, Aretha, Cher, Dusty Springfield, Lesley Gore, Grace Slick, Janis Joplin, Dionne Warwick, Mavis Staples, Joan Baez, Cher, Ella, Shirley Bassey, Laura Nyro, Diana Ross, Barbra, Joni Mitchell, Bonnie Raitt, Nancy Sinatra, and the great Nina Simone.


Producer and Musical Director, Lori Dokken, has assembled some of the Twin Cities’ finest female vocalists to transport us back more than fifty years to a time when so many things were static and tumultuous, and yet “peace” and “love” were two of the most circulated words of the era.  Bringing their own unique interpretations to a diverse compilation of music from this decade are such local artists as: Judi Vinar, Ginger Commodore, Patty Peterson, Rachel Holder and Anna Christy along with a smokin’ band of Twin Cities’ A-listers. 


Performed at The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in October of 2019, this reprise of the concert will come to you in two parts – one in May 2022 and the second part on July 30th and 31st of 2022.  

GET YOUR TICKETS TODAY!

Saturday,  July 30th - 8:00 PM

Sunday, July 31st - 4:00PM



Crooners Main Stage

6161 Highway 65 NE 

Minneapolis, MN 55432

 Tel : (763) 571-9020                                                                                        


Find out more and purchase tickets

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