Heather Moran Performs ROSIE! A TRIBUTE At Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts, 1/22-1/23

'Rosie! A Tribute' is a loving and well-told musical adventure spanning the 40 year career of the great Girl Singer, Rosemary Clooney. Heather Moran has deftly created a musical tapestry from the colorful life of Clooney, spanning from her birth in Maysville, Kentucky, through her nervous breakdown in the late 1960's, her mid 1970's comeback, all the way to her death in 2002. Also featuring Damian Espinosa on piano, Marc Piane on bass and Frank Parker on drums. 'Rosie! A Tribute' will be staged at the Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts in Wisconsin, on January 22 and 23.

Born and raised in Illinois, Heather Moran has been performing for most of her life. She studied voice as a child at New Trier High School and Northwestern University in Illinois. As an adult, she studied opera at Carnegie-Mellon University in Pennsylvania, and the University of Colorado. She eventually returned to Chicago to earn a BA in Theater from Columbia College. Over the past several years, Heather has divided her time between her two loves: acting and singing.

As an actor, Heather has worked with numerous theater companies in Chicago, but most extensively with the Factory Theater, a storefront community theater company in their eleventh season with over 100 all original productions under their belts. Heather is also a Second City alumna skilled in improvisational theater.

As a singer, Heather has performed in many settings: nightclubs, weddings, private and corporate functions, and most notably, on Navy Pier's two premiere dinner cruise ships, Mystic Blue and The Odyssey. Some venues she has appeared at include: San Francisco's Empire Plush Room, Drury Lane Water Tower, Katerina's, Grant Park, Andy's Jazz, Park West, The Acorn Theater in Michigan's Three Oaks, Café Luciano, The Stonefire Restaurant, Tivoli, Tuscany-Wheeling, Webster's Wine Bar, Magnum's Steakhouse, Davenport's, Gold Star Sardine Bar, Martyr's, and Joy Blue. She just recently ended an 12-month engagement at Chicago Old Town's wonderful Bistrot Margot and can be seen frequently performing at Katerina's on Irving Park. She was recently a regular performer at Tivoli Ristorante in West Chicago and frequently performs for the city of Chicago's Cultural Affairs department and at Drury Lane Water Tower for the CCP Monday night cabaret series.
Heather is currently singing in the critically acclaimed musical trio, 3Girls3, performing a nostalgic '40s show, a hit Burt Bacharach review, and a Christmas show.Heather's jazz esemble is made up of some of Chicago's finest young jazz musicans on the scene, some include, Damian Espinosa, Marc Piane, Bob Lovecchio. Frank Parker, Eric Koppa, Scott Burns, Dan Dufford and Jeff Lien. Heather is an active member of Chicago Cabaret Professionals and currently serves on the board as Publicist. For more information on upcoming shows, please visit www.heathermoran.com

The Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts is located at 19805 West Capital Drive, Brookfield, WI. For ticket prices and more information, please visit  http://www.wilson-center.com/moran.htm