Helen Baldassare Cabaret Performance Workshop

For over two decades, Helen Baldassare has trod the boards of off-Broadway, regional theatre, summer stock, supper clubs and cabarets, both here and abroad. Along the way, she has garnered numerous awards and honors:

New York cabaret audiences have seen her at the original Duplex, Don't Tell Mama, The Park Ten, Caroline's Comedy Club, Eighty Eight's and Rose's Turn, as well as at the Cabaret Convention at The Town Hall and at Lincoln Center as part of the "Meet The Artists" series.

Ms. Baldassare has taken her one-woman show from Salem, Oregon to Boston, Massachusetts; she received critical acclaim at The Cairo Sheraton in Egypt; and she is currently a featured guest artist at the annual Juneau Jazz and Classics Festival. She conducted a Master Class at The Lighthouse for the Blind in 1999 and, since 2001, she has conducted intensive cabaret workshops for Il Chiostro in Italy.

Off-Broadway, she was an original cast member of the phenomenon known as "Nunsense," portraying nearly every role in that show over a span of several years (in New York, Florida and Washington, D.C.) and sharing the stage with Kaye Ballard, Peggy Cass and Jaye P. Morgan.

Ms. Baldassare's roster of students has included Katie Couric of NBC's Today show. Ms. Couric's participation in the Cabaret Performance Workshop was documented for a May, 1999 broadcast of Today.

A graduate of the University of New Hampshire, Ms. Baldassare returns periodically to her alma mater to conduct one-week intensive workshops. She earned an M.F.A. degree from the University of Utah and has served on the faculties of The New School University and the Turtle Bay Music School, both in New York City. She has directed numerous cabaret acts and often serves as a consultant and private coach.

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