ABOUT Dorretta Carter, Nina Simone 

The London-born singer was surrounded by music from an early age. In 1988 Carter settled in Austria, where she first gained a foothold in the Austro-pop scene. She sang with Georg Danzer, Boris Bukowski, Hans Thessink and Rainhard Fendrich. At the same time she started her solo career. Enticing audiences with wonderful music, a unique voice, cold and warm at the same time. With Dorretta Carter & Her Funk Monsters she founded her first own band, for which she composed the songs and worked out arrangements with the jazz pianist and composer Paul Urbanek. Carter writes texts for her own compositions and adapted instrumental pieces. Carter is also the singer of the Heavy Tuba formation.. Her style moves between jazz, soul and funk. One of her last appearances at major events was the 4-day 70th Birthday Bash for Hans Theessink in April 2018 in the Vienna Metropol. When the jazz / soul / funky diva Dorretta Carter sings, the audience is not left untouched. The charismatic singer will make every evening a unique experience with her powerful voice. An absolute must for funk & soul fans On of her last appearances at a major event was performing at the International Congress Of Radiologists 2019 and in a National Jazz Festival in Finland 

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ABOUT Achan Malonda. Aunty/Sarah 

Achan MALONDA is a Berlin based singer and songwriter. After participating in a casting show, she was cast in the musical "The Lion King" in Hamburg in 2007. In Hamburg in 2010 she also became a singer and an integral part of the showgirl collective ChixxClique, a formation consisting of women * of different origins. Between 2011 and 2016 she appeared on various EPs and albums by house DJs and producers, including H.O.S.H., Niconé and Sascha Braemer. For these releases she also wrote the lyrics. In the summer of 2018, Malonda's singles "Mondin", "Blondes Gift" and "Feuerfrau" were released. In autumn 2019 she was part of the “Woodstock Variety Show” in the Varieté am Wintergarten before traveling to France in December, supported by the Musicboard Berlin, to develop a new stage show there during an artist residency 

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ABOUT Kudra OWENS, Sephronia 

Kudra Owens is originally from Seattle Washington, she trained in classical ballet and theater at The Cornish College of Arts. She has also studied at The William Esper Studio, and Actors Movement Studio, in NYC. She has been living in Vienna since 2000, and has credits in musical theater, theater, film, commercials and singing performances with such companies as Vereinigten Bühnen Wien, The International Theater, Open House Theater, Vienna's English Theatre and vienna theatre project. Some of her credits include; Broadway National Tour of “Footloose”, “The Last of the Red Hot Lovers”, “Vital Signs”, “Ordinary Days”, “Hair”, “Jesus Christ Superstar”, the film “Thank You For Bombing”, “Mary Poppins” (Vereinigte Bühnen Wien), “Much Ado About Nothing”, “Dogfight”, ““M” Eine Stadt Sucht Ein Mörder” (ORF TV Series) and “Berlin Station”. Kudra is currently also to be seen in “Sweet Charity” at the Volksoper. 

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ABOUT Shari “Truth” Krammer, Sweet Thing 

In 2000, Watson signed to the Aftermath Entertainment label from Dr. Dre. She first appeared as a songwriter and singer on Busta Rhymes' hit single "Break Ya Neck" in 2001. In 2001 she played alongside Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg starred in "The Wash," as well as a starring role in the movie Ali, starring Will Smith. In the summer of 2002 Truth Hurts received two Grammy nominations and secured a top-class place on the Smokin 'Grooves tour with Lauryn Hill, Outkast, Cee-Lo Green, The Roots, Jurassic 5 and Erykah Badu as well as the Up in Smoke tour Dr. Dre, Snoop Dog and Eminem others too. In May 2012 Truth Hurts had the pleasure of headlining the Vienna stage for this year's "Life Ball" during Bill Clinton's opening ceremonies. Truth now has three films on the Netflix screen: Security, in which she plays with Antonio Banderas as a supporting actress, The film "211", in which Truth plays a supporting role opposite Nicolas Cage, and "Day of the Dead Bloodline" in which Truth plays a major role. Truth Hurts is also part of a new film project to be released at the end of 2020: "A Day Like a Week", 

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ABOUT Dave Moskin, Music Director, Pianist 

Dave grew up in NYC appearing in numerous Broadway, Theater and Television productions. 

Musical Theater credits include, among others, Berger in Hair for the VBW, Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar, Tommy, Footloose, Jekyll & Hyde, Vince Fontaine/Teen angel in Grease, The Big Bopper in Buddy the Musical, Schrank in West Side Story at the Salzburger Festspiele, Eddie/Dr. Scott in The Rocky Horror Show, Marley in the Austrian tour of Scrooge: Eine Weinachtsgeschichte, the Rock Tenor in Bernsteins Mass with the Tonkünstler Orchester, and Musical Director/Pianist for Wiener Blut. 

Theater Productions include Jamie in Territory, Ben in IZ, Leon/Nick in Speaking In Tongues, Shakespeare in Two Gentlemen of Verona, Ben in IZ, Winston in 1984, Charlie in Over The Threshhold, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, Frank in How the Other Half Loves, Isaac in Disgraced, Nick in The Invisible Hand, Martin Sterneck in Gabriel Barylli’s Chickenshit(Butterbrot), Yvan in ART, Eli in The Who & the What, Rick in Building the Wall, Sergei in Crossing Jerusalem and Ian in Blasted. 

Film credits include Tootsie, The Godfather, Manhattan, Im weißen Rössl – Wehe du singst!, Thank You For Bombing.He is also the Producer/Creator of, and plays “Jake” in, The Blues Brothers Are Back, touring Europe and appearing most recently in the Wiener Stadthalle. 

In 1999 and 2000 he represented Austria at the Eurovision Song Contest as the composer of the songs Reflection and All To You