Suburban Showgirl – Palmer Davis’ inspirational one-woman tour de force – comes to stage at the Auburn Avenue Theater on Saturday, March 11.
The Bravo series performance begins at 7:30 p.m. at the historic theater, 10 Auburn Ave.
Suburban Showgirl, written by and starring Davis, discovers that life hasn’t turned out quite the way she had hoped.
Fired from her dream job, husband in jail, and locked in a backstage bathroom five minutes before curtain, Broadway dancer-turned-magician’s assistant Wendy Walker is having the worst day of her life. Trying to understand how her perfectly choreographed life has spun wildly out of control, Walker relives the heartaches and joys of being a professional dancer and the challenges of keeping her family intact.
It’s a make-you-laugh-I-can’t-believe-I’m-crying kind of show. Davis sings, dances and plays more than 18 character, bringing you into the world of the Suburban Showgirl.
Davis grew up in San Diego where she studied dance from the age of 7, graduated from UCLA and started her career in performing arts.
Most recently, Palmer starred in the dance film, “Stepping High”, playing Persian American dancer Sima Sadri.
She has also appeared as attorney Margaret Finn in “CSI Las Vegas” for 10 seasons, and guest starred in “Castle, The Secret Life of An American Teenager”, “90210”, “CSI NY”, “Park and Recreation” and others. As a dancer, Davis toured in the first National of The Will Rogers Follies, was a Rockette in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, and performed in several regional and touring musicals including “42nd Street”, “Seven Brides, Crazy for You”, “Mack and Mable”, “Pajama Game” and “Of Thee I Sing”, to name a few.
In film and television Palmer has danced in “Harry’s Law”, “Frasier”, “The Drew Carry Show”, “Dancing with the Stars”, “Rent”, “What Women Want”, “The New Muppet Movie”, “Winchell with Stanly Tucci”, “The Emmy’s”, “The Academy Awards”, and movie of the week “Cinderella” and “Mrs. Santa Clause “choreographed by Rob Marshall. She has also appeared in dozens of commercials and voice overs.
Davis is a grateful mother of two and devotes her spare time to teaching children and adults dance and theatre arts.
For more information about the show, visit Suburban Showgirl.
Tickets are $20 regular, $18 students and seniors. Call 253-931-3043, Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m. to noon, or order online for will call-only pickup through Brown Paper Tickets at auburnwa.gov/arts.
