11:30 am–12:15 pm, November 4, 2023
COMING HOME: A WAUKESHA READS CABARET
Candace Decker and Phil Smith
In the Commons
Candace Decker and Phil Smith examine what it means to come home, through stories and songs inspired by Shotgun Lovesongs, The Waukesha Reads book for 2023.
About the Performers
Candace Decker has performed her one-woman cabarets throughout the Midwest and East Coast, including performances in Wisconsin for Waukesha Reads, Big Read in the Falls, Lakefly Writers Conference, Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books, literary and holiday inspired shows. She is a NY Cabaret Symposium Fellow, an Indiana Arts and Wisconsin Laird Foundation artist grant recipient, and guest cabaret artist with the Virginia State Thespian Conference. She has worked professionally as an actress, singer, and a theatre/cabaret teacher for over 30 years.
Phil Smith is a Carroll College graduate who has collaborated with Candace Decker for over two dozen cabaret productions as pianist, singer, composer and arranger. Many of Phil’s original songs were debuted publicly by Candace at cabaret themed events. Phil was inducted into the Fine Arts Hall of Fame at his alma mater, Menomonee Falls High School, in 2023,