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Kenned & Carl began their theatrical careers
separately and their love of music and its endless opportunities brought
them together.
Carl was a name on a list of four that Kenned was considering for the
musician to record her first demo tape with her. Along with Carl on that
list were three of Chicago’s most prominent musical directors of the day.
But for some reason, Kenned picked Carl and gave him a call. She knew Carl
played the piano, but that was it. The other candidates, she had worked with
in professional Chicago theatre productions and knew what they could do, but
her fingers dialed Carl’s number. The rest was destiny. From the first day
that the duo rehearsed in Carl’s small music room, they gelled musically. A month
after they recorded the demo tape, they were performing their first concert and
two months after that, had a steady gig in a downtown bar just off of Michigan
Avenue in Chicago – not bad for a random choice of fate, should we say.
Kenned
Being cast in the national tour of Nine took Kenned from Chicago to New
York. In New York, Kenned began her solo singing career at The Judges Chamber
on Park Avenue, famous as the bar in which Paul Newman hung out in the movie
The
Verdict, while pounding the pavement for acting jobs. The tour was postponed
and Kenned began auditioning for soap operas. Kenned appeared on the ABC
Soap Opera One Life To Live as Penelope Dale. Her run on the show was cut
short when an actor broke his contract and all involved in her story line
were killed in a plane crash over the Andes in Peru. She also appeared on
NBC's Another World and CBS's The Guiding Light as Pepper, a hooker with a heart
of gold.
In Chicago, Kenned appeared professionally at most of the major theatres in
the area and was nominated for a Joseph Jefferson Award for her Ensemble
Performance in Travesties at Wisdom Bridge Theatre with Academy Award
winner Frank Galati. Other Chicago performances included Hay Fever with Mary
Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Barbara Rush, Ladies in Waiting with Megan Mullally of
Will and Grace fame and Harvey with the late David Doyle of
the original Charlie's Angels TV series. Kenned also spent two
seasons at The Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon. Her soundman
for The Rivals was John Wells who went on to produce ER among other fine
television shows. 
 Carl
Carl has been a music and theatrical professional for thirty-five plus
years, playing the organ since he was seven years old. Carl performed at the
Goodman Theatre, Chicago, Illinois in the Joseph Jefferson Award winning
production of Red Noses. He was an accompanist for Forbidden
Broadway, a hilarious spoof of the current Broadway shows on the Great
White Way. Although the theatre is now a Wal-Mart, Carl was a regular in
productions at The Drury Lane Theatre in Evergreen Park, Illinois, a
dinner theatre rich in star power and history. Those of you from the east
and west coasts may not be familiar with them, but Carl has served up
Johnsonville Brats in TV commercials all over the Midwest. Carl is one of
the few performers in the Chicagoland area who plays theatre organ and has
appeared at Orchestra Hall, Medina Temple and the newly restored
Coronado Theater in Rockford, Illinois. Carl is locally known in the
Western Suburbs of Chicago for his live organ playing at roller skating
rinks including The Orbit Skate Center in Palatine, IL and The Aurora
Skate Center in Aurora, IL. Carl's organ music has also been heard
on Midwest Ballroom WGCB radio.
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