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The nostalgic joys of friendship, family, and the magic of Christmas come to musical life, as guest actor Greg Vinkler helps us retell Dylan Thomas' A Child's Christmas in Wales. Recommended for ages 4 and older, but all ages are welcome.

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Chicago a cappella

Chicago a cappella was created in 1993 with the vision of bringing together a small group of fiercely talented singers to celebrate every genre of music imaginable with equal passion and commitment.

Chicago a cappella's season includes concerts in Chicago, Evanston, Naperville, Oak Park, and other communities, as well as special performances and informal events. Beyond performances, Chicago a cappella pursues its mission of furthering the art and appreciation of ensemble singing with other programs and activities, including ¡Cantaré! Chicago, which brings an artist from Mexico to be composer-in-residence in Chicago schools, and HerVoice, which mentors and promotes emerging women composers.

The ensemble has released 10 recordings, including its latest, Miracle of Miracles on the Cedille Records label. The group has been featured on the nationally-broadcast radio series Performance Today over 30 times and made dozens of tour appearances throughout the U.S. and Mexico.

Greg Vinkler

Greg Vinkler is delighted to perform with Chicago a cappella again. Greg is the former long-time Artistic Director of Peninsula Players Theatre in Door County, WI. He has performed extensively in Chicago, most notably with Chicago Shakespeare Theater (40 productions - playing King Lear, Malvolio, Falstaff and King John, among many others), as well as the Goodman, Steppenwolf, Court, Writers, Northlight, Marriott Lincolnshire and Victory Gardens theaters. He has been honored with three Joseph Jefferson Awards (and 12 nominations), two Artisan Awards and an After Dark Award. Regionally he has worked at Milwaukee Rep, Paper Mill (NJ), Fulton (PA), Pittsburgh Public and BoarsHead (MI) theaters. Greg appeared on Broadway in the Tony Award-winning '09 revival of West Side Story, and internationally at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon (as Falstaff in Henry IV, Pts. 1 & 2), the Barbican Theatre in London (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest with Gary Sinise), Vienna's English Theatre and Singapore Repertory Theatre.