Tony Award Winner Faith Prince Returns to OCPAC Cabaret Series 4/8-4/11

Tony Award winner Faith Prince returns to the Center to close the 2009-10 Cabaret Series April 8 - 11 in Samueli Theater. Prince has been dazzling Broadway audiences since she swept the theater awards, winning the Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for her performance as Ms. Adelaide in the critically-acclaimed revival of Guys and Dolls. In 2008, she was nominated for Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for A Catered Affair. This is Prince's second visit to the Center, following her debut here in February 2008. She replaces Paulo Szot who is unable to appear due to his extended run in South Pacific at Lincoln Center.

Tickets to Faith Prince are $72 and go on sale March 14. They will be available at OCPAC.org, at the Center's Box Office at 600 Town Center Drive in Costa Mesa or by calling 714.556.2787. For inquiries about group ticket discounts for 15 or more, call the Group Services office at 714.755.0236. The TTY number is 714.556.2746.

The Center applauds Bette and Wylie Aitken and Mr. and Mrs. Steven Brenneis for underwriting this engagement.

Prince has also appeared in The Little Mermaid, Bells Are Ringing (Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Circle Critics nominations), Nick & Nora (Outer Circle Critics Award), Jerome Robbins' Broadway (Tony and Drama Desk nominations), Little Me, The Dead and Noises Off. She also starred in the world premiere of Terrence McNally's Unusual Acts of Devotion. She guest starred on Lifetime's hit series Drop Dead Diva in the role of Brooke Elliott's mother, Elaine. Other recent guest starring roles have included Ugly Betty, Medium and CSI. She was a series regular on Showtime's Huff starring as Kelly Knipers, the lovable and quirky love interest of Oliver Platt. Prince recurred for five seasons on Spin City. Other television credits include the self-titled series Faith, Sweet Potato Queens, Grey's Anatomy, House, Monk, Now and Again, Welcome To New York and Law and Order. Film credits include Our Very Own with Allison Janney and Cheryl Hines, Picture Perfect, Dave, and My Father the Hero. Prince works often with The Boston Pops, the Utah Symphony, the Cincinnati Pops, The Philadelphia Pops and other renowned orchestras. She toured her one-woman show, Moving On, in Australia to rave reviews. She also toured in Over the Rainbow, a concert celebrating the centennial of Harold Arlen. A live recording of her award-winning show entitled A Leap of Faith was recorded at Joe's Pub in New York, and is available on DRG records. Prince recently starred in the concert version of Sweeney Todd with the Orlando Philharmonic.

The Orange County Performing Arts Center presents a wide variety of the most significant national and international productions of music, dance and theater to the people of Southern California. It is committed to supporting artistic excellence on all of its stages and offering unsurpassed experiences, engaging the entire community in new and exciting ways through the unique power of live performance and an array of inspiring programs.

As Orange County's largest non-profit arts organization, the Center owns and operates the 3,000-seat Segerstrom Hall and intimate 250-seat Founders Hall, which opened in 1986, and the 2,000-seat Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, which opened in 2006 and also houses the 500-seat Samueli Theater, and the Lawrence and Kristina Dodge Education Center's studio performance space and Boeing Education Lab. These state-of-the-art facilities are united by a community arts plaza.

The Center's Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall and community plaza, along with facilities of the adjacent Tony® Award-winning South Coast Repertory and a site designated as the new home of the Orange County Museum of Art, are located at Segerstrom Center for the Arts.
The Orange County Performing Arts Center presents a broad range of programming each season for audiences of all ages from throughout Orange County, and beyond, including international ballet and dance, national tours of top Broadway shows, intimate performances of jazz and cabaret, contemporary artists, classical music performed by renowned chamber orchestras and ensembles, family-friendly programming, free performances open to the public from outdoor movie screenings to dancing on the plaza and many other special events.

It offers many education programs designed to inspire young people through the arts. These programs reach hundreds of thousands of students of all ages with vital arts-in-education programs, enhancing their studies and enriching their lives well into the future.
The Orange County Performing Arts Center is proud to serve as the artistic home to the region's major performing arts organizations: Pacific Symphony, the Philharmonic Society of Orange County and the Pacific Chorale.

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