"CABARET NIGHTS" PREMIERES AT THE BARNS OF WOLF TRAP WITH AWARD WINNING SINGER/COMEDIAN JASON GRAAE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd

Jason Graae has graced stages from Broadway to the Met; guest starred on "Friends," "Frasier," "Providence" and "Sabrina the Teenage Witch," among many others; appeared in several films; and recorded on more than 25 albums, primarily musical theater sound tracks. He was even the voice of Lucky the Leprechaun for Lucky Charms cereal, five years running. To introduce his recent release, "An Evening of Self-Indulgence," recorded last year at HollywoodÍs famed CINEGRILL, Graae will showcase his full range of extraordinary performing abilities at the BARNS OF WOLF TRAP (1635 Trap Road, Vienna, VA - Tickets.com: 703-218-6500) on Friday, November 2nd, 2001 at 8:00 pm accompanied by pianist Chuck Larkin. His performance will be the first in a series of Cabaret Nights at The Barns, a new addition to this yearÍs schedule.

Graae grew up around the theater; his mother was a nightclub entertainer and his father worked the stage door at Ben MardenÍs Riviera, a 1930s New Jersey club overlooking the newly constructed George Washington Bridge and the Hudson River. Graae remembers watching his mother perform in a community production of Wonderful Town when he was just three years old, and from that point on he was hooked. Despite the fact that his parents tried to steer him toward a career in music instead of musical theater, Graae was soon appearing alongside his mother on stage, playing one of the newsboys to her Gypsy. He eventually studied the oboe as a music major “ all the while singing and performing on stage “ and today he happily combines his love of music, musical theater, and comedy by playing chamber music occasionally, singing with orchestras, appearing on Broadway, and delighting audiences with his unique solo performances.

Graae attended the University of Tulsa and the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, and then headed for New York City, where he immediately landed a role in an Equity Library production of Godspell. His first on-Broadway show was Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?, and since then he has performed in A Grand Night for Singing, Falsettos, Stardust, and Ragtime, among others. He made his Metropolitan Opera House debut as a vocal soloist in Twyla TharpÍs "Everlast" with the American Ballet Theatre, and performed his acclaimed one-man show, for which he won Bistro and Robby awards, in both New York and Los Angeles.

Having spent several years in New York City, Graae moved to Los Angeles, where he was recently featured in Forbidden Broadway Y2K, a performance that earned him an L.A. Ovation Award. He also starred opposite David Hyde Pierce in The Boys from Syracuse at Reprise. Upcoming projects include playing a cow in Alan MenkenÍs new animated Disney film, Sweating Bullets; a P.G. Wodehouse concert at The Library of Congress; two Jerome Kern recordings with the London Sinfonetta; and a tour with Jerry Herman. “Lori Crockett

Wolf Trap is home to two performance venues, the Filene Center “ AmericaÍs National Park for the Performing Arts, and The Barns, which operate year-round; the Wolf Trap Opera Company, one of AmericaÍs outstanding resident ensemble programs for young opera singers; and Wolf TrapÍs education programs, which include the nationally acclaimed Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts, scholarships, master classes and internships. The Barns of Wolf Trap, a 352-seat theater built from two restored 18th century barns, are owned and operated by the Foundation, and feature performances during the fall, winter, and spring, in addition to housing the Wolf Trap Opera Company during the summer months.

Visit the Wolf Trap Web site at http://www.wolftrap.org/ for more information.

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