Chicago Cabaret Week 2022

Jackie Smook UNDER YOUR SKIN

Get Carried Away By Chicago Cabaret! Cabaret has been at the heartbeat of Chicago’s nightclub scene for more than a century. Come hear blues, jazz, American songbook, burlesque, French chanson, pop, comedy and Broadway by some of Chicago’s finest artists during the first-ever Chicago Cabaret Week, May 6-16, 2022. This series features 15 shows in a variety of music venues around Chicago.

All performances are ticketed between $15 and $30. A complete schedule and ticket information available at www.chicagocabaretweek.org.

Multi-venue series at the following locations:

Written by Jackie Smook and Jackson Zinn-Rowthorn featuring music that’s unique and from all the ages. The moment she worked as a medical assistant during her summer vacation was a job she never expected. She had no prior training and this, of course, caused utter chaos to ensue. This is a comedic telling, in real time, of her experience told through standup, multiple original characters and music. 

Smook’s singing, puppetry, voice characterization and mugging have vaudeville polish”  New City

“Smook and Chimes take the audience on a magical, puppet-filled, comedic (yet moving) ride” Third Coast Creatives

” You leave the theater and you want to live just a little more honestly, the way theater is intended to make you feel.”  Chicagoland Music Theater