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It was the music of something beginning...

2012-01-10T09:40:00.003-06:00

It is my absolute pleasure to be currently working on Ragtime with Park Square Theatre in St. Paul! After several months of anticipation ( I was cast this past Spring), I entered rehearsals on December 26th. Now after 2 weeks I can officially say it is a dream come true! Complete with a who's who of Twin Cities actors and under the guidance of one of the best artistic teams I could imagine, I am enjoying ever single second.

I hope you will get the chance to come see this important and powerful story!

Check out here for dates and times: http://www.parksquaretheatre.org/www/pst-showpage-ragtime.php

Long Time Coming!

2011-06-13T13:08:00.002-05:00

I know its been a long time since I've updated! But I just wanted to give a quick update of all of the exciting things happening!

In February I began a new job with Hennepin Theatre Trust in the Education and Community Engagement Department. It has been a thrilling new adventure! You can check out more information about what we at the Trust do here: www.hennepintheatretrust.org

I am also thrilled to announce that I will be performing in Ragtime this Winter with Park Square Theatre in downtown St. Paul! More information will be available soon.

And finally I have been spending my Sunday evenings at Thom Pham's Wondrous Azian Kitchen in the Caterpillar Lounge! I am there singing from 7:00-10:00 every Sunday! Drop in and join me and my special guests each week to unwind from the weekend and get geared up for the week!

Updates On Their Way!

2011-01-31T14:25:00.003-06:00

The updates I have been promising will be on their way soon! Along with some exciting new projects!

In the mean time, check out my new blog I started in honor of the new year: Road To Refreshing

More to come soon!

Updates Coming!

2011-01-31T14:25:00.000-06:00

The updates I have been promising will be on their way soon! Along withs ome exciting new projects!

Check back soon!

Join Me!

2010-11-23T14:25:00.002-06:00

I am so excited to start a new relationship with a great Minneapolis restaurant, bar and piano lounge--Tickles! --I made my performance debut on Saturday November 6th and I'm excited to return on Saturday December 18 from 8:30-midnight. I will be accompanied once again by my wonderful piano man Joey Clark and will be welcoming a couple of guest performers as well. I'm also thrilled to have been asked to spend my New Years Eve at Tickles! I hope you'll be able to join me one of these dates or in the new year! I'll get more information once I have it.

Also check back in the coming weeks for updates to the site!

News News News!

2010-10-23T12:05:00.003-05:00

I am excited to get this site revamped and updated with lots of new goodies. Check back in the next couple of weeks. I will have some exciting video from my recent parade series and news about upcoming events! Thanks as always for checkin' me out and feel free to shoot me an email if I can be of service to your next event!

Thank You!

2010-08-12T09:33:00.002-05:00

Thank you to all who attended Where's My Tony? on Monday night! We had a wonderful time and have been lucky enough to receive some great feedback. Check out our reviews: Curiocity and Cherry & Spoon!

To follow up and see some of our wonderful performers locally, check out the following links for information!

See Jared Oxborough this fall playing Che in Theater Latte Da's production of EVITA!

Check out Rose Le Tran at the Bloomington Civic Theatre in Jacques Brel in October and November!

Time is running out but you can still see Madde Gibba in her Fringe Shows (Speech! and Princess Jessica and the Kingdom of Boogers)

Kinaundrae Lee will be featured in the upcoming Ordway production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

Check out my rockin' co-host Josh Campbell in the stunning Tennessee Williams play The Glass Menagerie at The Jungle next month!

Where's MY Tony?

2010-07-24T19:31:00.003-05:00

After 2 rounds of success with my "Where's MY Parade?" cabaret series, I've been able to make my work even more collaborative and take it across the river! I'm thrilled to be working on "Where's MY Tony?": A Spoof Cabaret written by yours truly and my wonderfully talented friend Joshua James Campbell (who we are stealing from New York City for another few months). It is produced by the Hennepin Theatre Trust and my dear friend Charley Magrew.

Join me on August 9th at the Hennepin Stages on Hennepin Avenue for a fantastic cabaret featuring Joshua James Campbell, Madde Gibba, Catherine Battocletti, Kinaundrae Lee, Jared Oxborough and Rose Le Tran!

You can get tickets and learn more about the show here: Where's MY Tony?

It's going to be a great time featuring some of the Twin Cities most awesome talent! Come check it out!

Seriously, Where's MY Parade?

2010-07-02T00:21:00.002-05:00

So excited for the second installment of my "Parade" Cabaret series--"Seriously...Where's MY Parade?"!!!

All new songs, stories and fun to be had! It's the continuing saga of my life as a 20-something actress, resident diva, temporary New Yorker and forever kid at heart.

Check out the facebook invite here: Seriously!

Monday July 12th! 8:30 PM at CAMP Bar!

Hope you can make it!

Exciting Summer Series!

2010-05-11T12:12:00.003-05:00

Hi all!

Sorry I've been MIA--it has been crazy audition time and aftermath of "Where's My Parade?" But one of the exciting results of the success of "Where's My Parade?" is the opportunity for a sequel along with some other cabarets.

In the works for the summer I will be putting together "(Seriously) Where's My Parade?": the sequel to the hit "Where's My Parade?" with more stories, songs and laments about 4 month vacations in New York, being "a total chick" and of course a gay man's mistress.

I'm also working on a cabaret called "You Can't Sing that in Public" featuring some of your favorite Twin Cities performers singing songs they couldn't otherwise perform because of race, gender, age or blatant inappropriateness! It's certain to be a great time!

I have a big event that will be taking place in August, but more details will come about that soon.

Thanks as always for checking out my site! I'm hoping in the next couple of months to get some video and media files up as well!

A Million Thank You's!

2010-04-08T15:51:00.001-05:00

I can't thank everyone enough for being a part of my first solo cabaret! It was a great and unexpected turnout, an enthusiastic and wonderful crowd and an absolutely fantastic time for all those involved.

Camp has already approached me about doing another one so I will be sure to keep everyone updated on what is to come!

Thank you again for being a part of my special evening! :)

Where's My Parade?

2010-03-19T11:21:00.004-05:00

Rehearsals for my solo show are in full swing and I'm thrilled to have such an awesome artistic team on my side. I also did a little promo shoot for the show this week and am looking forward to seeing the results of that! Pictures, videos and more news to come!

For more information regarding my cabaret, check out the facebook invite here!

Hope to see you on the 5th!

Solo Cabaret!

2010-03-11T12:30:00.002-06:00

My solo cabaret "Where's My Parade?" is officially on the books! A collection of songs and stories of a 20-something making her way through the theatre world. I will be performing everything from Gershwin to Journey to a 90's TV theme song medley! I certainly hope you can make it. Details are below:

"Where's My Parade?"
A solo cabaret featuring Whitney Rhodes
Directed by Traci Czech
Music directed/accompanied by Joey Clark

Monday, April 5th at 7:30PM
CAMP Bar's Cabaret Theater (co-produced by Actors Theater of Minnesota)
$7 General Admission

Theater Latte Da's Violet!

2010-03-11T12:28:00.002-06:00

I am incredibly proud to be an alum of Theater Latte Da after seeing their newest production Violet which is playing Wednesdays-Sundays until March 21st at the Guthrie's Dowling Studio.

It is a stunning and beautiful production full of talent and I would highly encourage you to check it out!

Go to Latte Da's website here for more information!

Theater Latte Da Playing Favorites!

2010-02-09T13:42:00.003-06:00

I'll be rejoining my "Woman's World" ladies from The Full Monty and performing with the Theater Latte Da benefit cabaret and auction on Saturday February 13th! The benefit takes place at the beautiful James J. Hill library in Rice Park in St. Paul. Check out this link for more information: Playing Favorites

I am still sitting in on occasion at Camp Bar in St. Paul on Tuesday nights and will be sitting in with Aaron Keith Stewart at Tickles on February 21st! You can check out Aaron at the American Burger Bar this Friday and Saturday.

Happy New Year!

2010-01-22T15:24:00.002-06:00

The end of the year found me very busy with Mr. Fezziwig's Feast and the holidays. For the second year in a row, I returned to my hometown of Lincoln, NE to produce and perform in a benefit cabaret for the Lincoln Community Playhouse. This year's "You (really) Can't Sing that in Public" welcomed back the 1987 Playhouse cast of A Chorus Line and it was not only a great success but a huge burst of nostalgia.

I am currently taking some time off and getting ready for the upcoming audition season. You can see me sitting in with some wonderful performers in the next couple of months: Camp Bar with Debbie Duncan, Tickles with Aaron Keith Stewart and at the Artist's Quarter.

Look for updates here and as always feel free to contact me for your next event!

Cheers!

Whitney

Sad Goodbye-new hello!

2009-11-09T12:33:00.003-06:00

After a wonderful 4 weeks, The Full Monty closed to sold out audiences and wonderful memories!

Next on tap is Mr. Fezziwig's Feast with Actors Theater of Minnesota running December 3-20. Get your tickets here!

Thanks to all who came out to support Theater Latte Da and The Full Monty!

Full Monty Opens & CAMP Welcomes Me Back!

2009-10-13T23:32:00.003-05:00

After a great run of rehearsals The Full Monty opens this Thursday at the Ordway in St. Paul! I am thrilled to be a part of such a poignant show with a wonderful cast and in such a wonderful venue! Check out the Ordway for ticket information!

Also I invite you to join me at CAMP Bar on Sunday October 18th from 5:00-7:00! Drink specials (2-4-1s taps and rail drinks!), new music from me and I'll even be featuring a couple of cast members in some awesome duets! Come check it out!

Full Monty & CAMP continue!

2009-09-16T22:12:00.003-05:00

Thanks to all of you who have come out to support me singing at CAMP these past couple of weeks! I'm looking forward to getting back there soon--I will keep you posted! In the mean time check out all of the fantastic events going on there right now! Click here.

Rehearsals for The Full Monty have started out with great success! I am so thrilled and humbled to be surrounded by such wonderful talent! Check out Theater Latte Da or the Ordway for more information on tickets and show dates.

Cheers!

At CAMP take 2!

2009-08-31T16:19:00.002-05:00

After a great night I have been asked back to sing next Sunday at CAMP! I will be singing from 8-11 with my wonderful accompanist Kevin Schwandt.

Once again CAMP is located at 490 N. Robert St in downtown St. Paul (on Robert between 9th & 10th) and the $5 Long Island drink special will be in full effect, especially since most of you won't have to go to work on Monday!

Hope to see y'all there!

Whitney at Camp!

2009-08-27T09:18:00.004-05:00

I will be making my official Camp debut this coming Sunday (August 30) singing from 8-11!

I've got quite an array of songs planned, including the $500 song--and if you don't know what that means, well then you better come check it out!

Camp is located at 490 N. Robert Street in St. Paul (on Robert between 9th & 10th) and the drink special for the night is $5 Long Islands--live music, good times and good deals--you can't beat that right?

It's A Woman's World!

2009-08-19T17:53:00.002-05:00

Thanks to all who supported The Only One Who Knows at the Minnesota Fringe Festival!

Next up for me is The Full Monty with Theater Latte Da performing at St. Paul's McKnight Theatre at the Ordway. Check out www.latteda.org for more information on tickets and performance dates!

Also look for me to be performing at CAMP Bar in downtown St. Paul soon! More information to come!