CHOC FOLLIES XVIII Presents "CHOCAGO" - Business and Civic Leaders Bring on their Best "Jazz Hands" to Benefit CHOC Children's

    COSTA MESA, CA, March 09, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- CHOC Follies XVIII, the annual original musical comedy production that raises funds for CHOC Children's, will present "CHOCAGO, An Orange County Vaudeville of Guys, Dames and Debutantes!" This year, three evening performances and a Saturday matinee will be held at the Robert B. Moore Theatre in Costa Mesa, Calif., from April 2 through April 4, 2015.

With its traditional panache, the cast will tap their inner Bob Fosse to delight the audience with his iconic song and dance style in original musical performances, replete with those famous "Jazz hands."

The Follies has netted more than $7 million dollars for the hospital over the past 17 years, thanks to cast members and a stellar production team led by Founder and Executive Producer Gloria Zigner, Associate Producer Lois Augustine, Director John Vaughan, Music Director Douglas Austin and Choreographer Lee Martino.

"This year's show is so exciting. It seems that every year, we somehow manage to top the year before - and we've done it again!" said Zigner. "I am so grateful for the outpouring of support for the Follies by the wonderful people of Orange County over these many years. Thank you to our sponsors, our cast and crew, and our audience for always coming through to benefit CHOC Children's. And I especially want to give a give big thank you to our amazing co-chairs Sandy Segerstrom Daniels, Dale Skiles and SueAnn Cross."

For the second year, proceeds of the CHOC Follies will support the hospital's child life department's music therapy program.

Performances of "CHOCAGO, An Orange County Vaudeville of Guys, Dames and Debutantes!" will be held at the Robert B. Moore Theatre at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, on Thursday, April 2 at 8 p.m., Friday, April 3 at 8 p.m., and on Saturday, April 4, 2015 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Tickets for performances on Thursday night and Saturday's matinee are $75 and $45. For Friday and Saturday nights, tickets are $125 (includes after-show cast party), $75 and $50. All seats are reserved, and group sales tickets are available.

To learn more about the CHOC Follies, become a sponsor, make a donation or purchase tickets, please go to the website, www.chocfollies.org, or contact Lois Augustine at [email protected] or 714.509.4140.

About CHOC Follies
Founded by Executive Producer Gloria Zigner in 1997, the CHOC Follies has mobilized thousands of Orange County residents to sing, dance and delight audiences with hilarious original musical comedies year after year. Netting more than $7 million in donations for CHOC Children's, the CHOC Follies has become a powerful Orange County institution in its own right.

About CHOC Children's
Named one of the best children's hospitals by U.S. News & World Report (2014-2015) and a 2014 Leapfrog Top Hospital for the highest quality of care, CHOC Children's is exclusively committed to the health and well-being of children through clinical expertise, advocacy, outreach and research that brings advanced treatment to pediatric patients. Affiliated with the University of California, Irvine, CHOC's regional healthcare network includes two state-of-the-art hospitals in Orange and Mission Viejo, several primary and specialty care clinics, a pediatric residency program, and four centers of excellence - The CHOC Children's Heart, Neuroscience, Orthopaedic and Hyundai Cancer Institutes.

CHOC earned the Gold Level CAPE Award from the California Council of Excellence, the only children's hospital in California to ever earn this distinction, and was awarded Magnet designation, the highest honor bestowed to hospitals for nursing excellence. Recognized for extraordinary commitment to high-quality critical care standards, CHOC's Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) is the first in the United States to earn the Pediatric Beacon Award for Critical Care Excellence.

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