MUSICAL MAINSTAGE
POP DIVAS – March 10-11, 2025
Meet the Cast
Never in 18 seasons have we had such a big, talented, diverse cast, and they are ready to entertain you with some of the biggest pop hits of the last 70 years! Check out the song list (and available tickets) on the website. In the meantime, let’s MEET THE CAST
With an extensive list of local and regional credits, CYNTHIA COBB has also become a Musical MainStage favorite. Her stage work has included PORGY AND BESS, GERSHWIN AND FRIENDS, AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’, SMOKEY JOE’S CAFÉ, TINTYPES, BLUES IN THE NIGHT, THE ALL NIGHT STRUT, CAROUSEL, ELMER GANTRY, COWGIRLS, and SHOWBOAT.
Rising Star CECI CORNELL is a senior at Brookfield East High School where she leads her school’s all-treble a cappella group. Her favorite roles include Wednesday Addams in THE ADDAMS FAMILY, Kim MacAfee in BYE BYE BIRDIE, and Flounder in THE LITTLE MERMAID.
Busy local performer RAVEN DOCKERY is excited to make her Musical MainStage debut! Most recently seen in WAITRESS at Skylight Music Theatre, she has also worked with First Stage and the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre. Raven has a B.F.A. in Musical Theater Performance from UW-Milwaukee and a Masters in Music for Vocal Pedagogy from Carthage College.
ALISON MARY FORBES is always excited to bring her voice and tambourine back to this series. Area credits include work with Skylight Music Theatre, Milwaukee Chamber Theatre, First Stage, Optimist Theatre, and Milwaukee Shakespeare. Alison is the co-creator of three cabarets, including THE HARMONETTES for Sunset’s SideNotes Series.
CAMILLE HUNT is a multifaceted artist who is delighted to return for her second appearance with this series following last season’s SOUL SISTERS. She has been seen in three productions of Black Arts MKE’s rendition of Langston Hughes’ BLACK NATIVITY, and also owns and operates her own vocal studio.
ASHLEY RODRIGUEZ also appeared in last season’s SOUL SISTERS concert. Favorite roles include Alyssa (PROM, Bombshell Theatre), Peron’s Mistress (EVITA, Skylight Music Theatre), Heather Chandler (HEATHERS, Outskirts Theatre Co.), Alice (THE LION IN WINTER, Pride Theatre Company, and Witch (INTO THE WOODS, Forte Theatre).
LIZ SARGENT made her MM debut in BROADWAY’S BEST: SCHWARTZ & SONDHEIM. Local credits include five Skylight Music Theater productions and Gertrude in First Stage’s SEUSSICAL THE MUSICAL. Also: Broadway’s ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS; National Tours of HAIR and OLIVER!; THE 25TH ANNUAL…SPELLING BEE; and Lincoln Center’s A MINISTER’S WIFE.
Rounding out this incredible cast will be KERRY BIENEMAN on keys, CHARLIE COLLINS on guitar, ERIC HERVEY on bass, and PAT HOPKINS on drums. Two more divas, SUSAN LOVERIDGE and DOUG JARECKI, will provide play-by-play.
