08/13/2025
Sometime in early Fall 2023, Morgan Jenness, beloved dramaturg, teacher and confidant to countless theater students as well as practicing theater artists of all ages, skills & virtuosity, spoke to me:
“I want to sing and perform an evening-length Cabaret at Pangea Restaurant on August 23rd my birthday, and Nicky, you will help me.” Morgan’s birthday came and went, and then she died an untimely death on November 12, 2024. I vowed both to myself and to Morgan’s vibrant, ebullient spirit that I would perform an evening in her honor on her upcoming birthday, this very night on Saturday August 23, 2025 here at Pangea, of course. Many thanks to both Stephen & Arnoldo of Pangea for offering me this opportunity, and to my very special guests who join me to honor Morgan this evening.
——Nicky Paraiso